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Twelve Facts 1. You’re reading this fact. 2. Now you’re saying/thinking that’s a stupid fact. 4. You didn’t notice that I skipped 3. 5. You’re checking it now. 6. You’re smiling. 7. You’re still reading these facts. 8. You know all you have read is true. 10. You didn’t notice that I skipped 9. 11. ...

Collectonian wrote:Alas, I can't tell you my password for analysis, because it is so secure, even I don't know it! My little auto thingy just takes care of all that for me. If it ever goes Skynet on me, I'm up a creek...

You know Sarah and John are coming to your house now, don't you?

do over on 2. You said sigh, and even polymath knows a sigh isn't a snort. How 'bout bark, sharp growl, or grunt - a lot of it depends on context.

1. What's a non-colloquial word for 'bad-ass'? There has to be one, but I can't, for the life of me, think of it. 2. Let's say you get annoyed, frustrated, or let down; you let out a sharp sigh of exasperation. Is there a word for that noise? 3. Same but more indignant: the scoffing snort, or maybe...

Great post rosepetal.

If we're rude, it's because we really are working and we really do want you to Go Away.

I'd love to see a good alien/pirate/cops and robbers mashup. Maybe alien raiders who rob the planet and take off and then alien cops show up later to track them down. And some humans help the cops by leaving the planet with them. An intergalactic posse riding titanium horses chasing graviton cutter...

This seems to be a common dilemma. I sometimes wish there was a category called: literary alternate history science fiction fantasy YA epic (poetry has even been suggested - “It leads you to the answers, and you have to think back to find the questions”). I just picked the two most obvious genres (s...

Claudie wrote:

Chantelle.S. wrote:Monsters and Aliens.
Now Cowboys and Aliens.
What's going to be next? Vampires and Aliens?

Wombats and Aliens.

So I should scrap my new WIP: Werepires and Cowboy Aliens?

Looks really good Watcher. But this line: "Ted resists his slave status." sounds flat to me. Might there be a less dry way to get this across? Or is it even necessary, as what he does makes it clear he isn't going to play ball with them? Funny you should mention that Matt. I knew there wa...

I've noticed that you're putting two spaces between sentences, but with modern wordprocessors this practice is no longer necessary. Manuscript formatting calls for one space only. Yeah - I learned to type on a manual typewriter and the old way looks better to me, and it doesn't feel right to hit th...

Aaaand - my next final draft (thanks Brenda) Dear Mr./Ms Agent, Ted, a seventeen-year-old 21st Century boy, should know things – like his name and his past. Gods from an alternate future enslave him in order to launch an invasion on his Universe and add a new province to their empire. Ted resists hi...

However, for the sake of reader surrogate centrality, which is important for young adult genre, I feel Ted should be the cause of his memory loss. <--- THAT (sort'a) What if him derailing the transport causes his memory loss? That way he's the direct cause of his hardships, with the gods as proxima...

Yeah, I like the quick links idea a lot - I wish "Author! Author!" would use them.

Isn't it considered risky to compare your work to that of famous authors like J.K. Rowling? Good luck, your project sounds great. It can be a bit touchy, I think, but overall I think the really dangerous thing is to say that your book is the next Harry Potter. I don't think most agents get in a bun...

j) Depending on the size, remember that people will largely read from most recent entry, back a few, then - if they like it, consider catching up. If you end up with 2 years worth of story then that's a hell of a lot of reading to catch up on where you are now. Think like a comic if you can. Have a...