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- May 8th, 2010, 8:56 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Write a query before you're done with the book?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12538
Re: Write a query before you're done with the book?
I wrote my query immediately after the first draft. I've spent a lot of time on publishing related sites, and even though neither of my projects is at query stage, I decided to write the query and get it out of the way. This way I can let the query sit, and edit it. So that I send of my best query. ...
- April 17th, 2010, 5:21 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Which celeb/s have you met?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17500
Re: Which celeb/s have you met?
George Bush Sr. Maya Angelou Mark Curry Sugar Ray (the band not the singer) (Interesting things happen when you're in the military.) Beyonce touched me at a concert last year- but I'm not sure that counts. Shontelle Layne (singer) Eric Jerome Dickey (writer) Eve Tony Blair's family a prince, but I'v...
- April 1st, 2010, 2:25 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Old Ask Nathan Thread
- Replies: 793
- Views: 407975
Re: Ask Nathan
not an ask, but you should check this out. I think you'd love it. Plus they mention you :)
http://www.yahighway.com/2010/03/ebook- ... n-pre.html
http://www.yahighway.com/2010/03/ebook- ... n-pre.html
- April 1st, 2010, 2:24 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: eBook Overlords Attack!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1405
eBook Overlords Attack!
Check out this amazing post I just found on YA Highway.
http://www.yahighway.com/2010/03/ebook- ... n-pre.html
Please forgive me for sounding so much like a spammer!
http://www.yahighway.com/2010/03/ebook- ... n-pre.html
Please forgive me for sounding so much like a spammer!
- April 1st, 2010, 2:22 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Borders survives!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2755
Re: Borders survives!!
Borders is my heaven :)
- March 12th, 2010, 1:03 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Pen Name Bio
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2551
Re: Pen Name Bio
Sophie Kinsella, who wrote the Shopaholic Series, is actually a pen-name. When Madeleine Wickham decided to change her voice and direction, she sent the books into the publisher under the pen name. So there is a precedent for writign different genre under different names. For years, she kept it a se...
- March 12th, 2010, 12:53 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Tone down a gay character?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9127
Re: Tone down a gay character?
One of the perks of being a foreigner living in Japan is that I have access to a wide cross-section of English speakers. My friends are from NZ, Can, Aus, UK, various US states, Indonesia, India, etc. So I get to see many opinions on these things. Something I've found is that there are a lot more pe...
- February 20th, 2010, 10:46 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Reading Translations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5689
Re: Reading Translations
The only book I can think of that I've read in translation is The Alchemist. But I read French books in French, and Spanish books in Spanish, and hopefully I will soon be able to read Japanese books in Japanese. Also, I am Barbadian, so I don't speak for the US norm. I think in the US though, it's a...
- February 20th, 2010, 10:41 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Should you share your writing before it's finished?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12264
Re: Should you share your writing before it's finished?
It's all about alphas and betas. Awesome author, Natalie Whipple, goes into detail. http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/betas.html http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2009/04/get-thee-alpha.html Here's a quick summary. You get an alpha while you're writing. Alpha's love you, even...
- January 29th, 2010, 10:30 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Copywritten or not??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5010
Re: Copywritten or not??
What about names of people, songs, movies, etc? Is that all free territory too?
- January 29th, 2010, 9:24 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: No Stars- The ensemble cast dilemma
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3839
Re: No Stars- The ensemble cast dilemma
Thanks everyone! The story is about a people's revolution, so it works to follow each group of characters.
It's going to be interesting writing query letters though... :)
It's going to be interesting writing query letters though... :)
- January 27th, 2010, 1:59 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Looking for critique partners?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1638
Re: Looking for critique partners?
Thanks! I'm not quite at the stage, but I will bookmark it for the future!
- January 27th, 2010, 1:47 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Name-calling
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1387
Name-calling
I was just wondering what's the feeling/rule/law about using the names of real songs, movies, people etc in your work. For example, if my characters meet at a concert, do I need to make up a singer, or can I just use a real one? As hard as I think about it, I can only think of one author who regular...
- January 27th, 2010, 1:43 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: No Stars- The ensemble cast dilemma
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3839
No Stars- The ensemble cast dilemma
Recently I went on an ensemble cast binge. Ensemble casts are groups of characters from plays of movies where there isn't technically one star or protagonist. Think of the movies, Crash, Snatch and Love Actually and the series Friends. The thing is, while it's fairly well established in MG- Hardy Bo...
- January 27th, 2010, 1:35 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Switching POVs = manuscript death?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4749
Re: Switching POVs = manuscript death?
I think first and third can work together. After all, isn't that how life is? I don't think you should try to do 2 "firsts" though. I've read a couple books like that, and it was difficult to adjust my brain from I= Character 1 to I= Character 2. I think the first person could lead the aud...