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- June 14th, 2010, 3:28 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 720
- Views: 453563
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
HALFWAY TO ANYWHERE, literary fiction Ari Tonight was meatloaf. It was quiet and just our forks. Then Mom said, “I think I’ll give her a call later.” Dad didn’t answer. Mom said, “What?” Dad said, “These challenges…well, don’t you think they’re par for the course to adulthood? Maybe she needs a litt...
- June 14th, 2010, 3:21 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 213
- Views: 184419
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Dear Mr. Bransford, At twenty, Ari, who has Down Syndrome, fears that others will always view her as a child. Her younger sister Steffi has already passed her in many ways, and has now gone off to college while Ari remains stuck in her high school special education class. Everything changes during w...
- May 19th, 2010, 8:43 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Old Ask Nathan Thread
- Replies: 793
- Views: 408217
Re: Ask Nathan
Dear Nathan, Thanks for this feature on your forum. Here's my question: How many form rejections does it take to get a clue? To explain -- I've sent out 21 queries (lit fiction). The first 5 were with a sucky query letter; the next 16 were with a better query letter (I think). So far, I've gotten 14...
- April 2nd, 2010, 5:42 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Contest ideas?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20067
Re: Contest ideas?
Most hookable first word. Or first letter of first word.
- January 18th, 2010, 8:51 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Are you a good loser?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7028
Re: Are you a good loser?
Marilyn, thanks for your insights. Would that we now lived in a time where it was easy to get judges' feedback. Rose - Wow, sounds like you made it to the other side. That gives me hope. Krista, I wonder if every writer who saw that guy had the same analogy in their brains. Maybe he got it later, af...
- January 15th, 2010, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Are you a good loser?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7028
Re: Are you a good loser?
DeadSchool and Matildamacc, Thank you for your comments. And M - did you coin the word contangst? Love it. ER
- January 15th, 2010, 9:03 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Are you a good loser?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7028
Are you a good loser?
This week on American Idol , one contestant erupted into spectacular rage. “I’m not going to say you have a terrible voice,” said a judge - which, of course, the contestant took to mean, “You have a terrible voice.” His face looked like the frozen, anguished half of a comedy / tragedy drama mask. Th...