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- April 7th, 2012, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: Commercial Novel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5398
Re: Query: Commercial Novel
*Oh, definitely don't explain it in the query. I just wasn't familiar with the term myself. **Yeah, I think bitter works better... I was picturing this guy with, like, a torture kit in his dorm room and was like O.o ***I knew what you were trying to say, it's just that "effervescence" mean...
- April 7th, 2012, 11:38 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: Commercial Novel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5398
Re: Query: Commercial Novel
Sounds like a great book! It's a bit hard to follow, though. Some suggestions: Before his eighteenth birthday, Aayush's family already considers him an academic failure. In hopes of transferring to a top U.S. school, he joins a twinning* engineering course in Manipal. Wrapped up in his own shame, he...
- April 7th, 2012, 11:21 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What do you recommend?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5920
Re: What do you recommend?
The Legend of Rah and the Muggles.
Yeah. That's right. That'll teach him to point a gun at my head
Yeah. That's right. That'll teach him to point a gun at my head
- April 7th, 2012, 11:18 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: [Deleted by author]
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14392
Re: [Deleted by author]
Rachel, you don't need to feel so bad :) It got pretty tense (I'm relieved I didn't see the thread until today) but now that everyone understands where you're coming from, I'm sure no one's going to be angry. Lots of people who aren't familiar with BDSM confuse it with abuse, and the line between th...
- April 2nd, 2012, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: What's the proper thing to do here?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3988
Re: What's the proper thing to do here?
Thanks for the advice, and I think I will go for it *gets to work on query*
- April 2nd, 2012, 7:34 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: What's the proper thing to do here?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3279
Re: What's the proper thing to do here?
Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely send in a query as soon as I'm ready, and just hope for the best
- March 30th, 2012, 10:19 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Revised - Dystopia novel - ENMITY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Re: Revised - Dystopia novel - ENMITY
Thank you so much for your advice! It's been incredibly helpful. I've taken your suggestions to make a rerevised query: Taq Locke dreams of revolution, but a tracking device keeps her an unwilling government assassin. Her job is to crush any movement that would help the serf class she was born into,...
- March 29th, 2012, 10:21 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: The purest form of advertising
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1829
Re: The purest form of advertising
Well, this is a very, very good start, and it sounds like a gripping book, but there's always room for improvement. I'll try not to be too hard on you, since you're new to this site, but I'm sure you also want some constructive criticism. For starters, make sure you use proper spacing between words,...
- March 28th, 2012, 8:13 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Revised - Dystopia novel - ENMITY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Re: Query: Dystopia novel - "Enmity"
Thanks so much for the advice! You're right; I really should put in more details. I've revised it and will post an updated version
- March 27th, 2012, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Revised - Dystopia novel - ENMITY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3113
Revised - Dystopia novel - ENMITY
Revised version of my query. I'm almost finished with editing, so this may actually be put to use sooner than I thought! :) Taq Locke dreams of revolution. But, as an unwilling government assassin kept from escape by tracking devices, she crushes any movement that would help the serf class she was b...
- March 27th, 2012, 4:26 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Revised: ACEA AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4825
Re: Revised - Query: ACEA AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
This is really good; it could just use a bit of tightening up :) My suggestions: Acea Bishop loved listening to stories of his disappeared father's adventures, but he never thought they were true. Then, at twelve, he wakes up in a throne room of crumbling bricks and mysterious doors and realizes tha...
- March 27th, 2012, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: What's the proper thing to do here?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3279
What's the proper thing to do here?
Yesterday, I was at a book signing for one of my favorite authors, who's written several bestsellers. One of the people I was with mentioned I'm working on a book, and the author gave me some very helpful advice and told me the name and agency of an agent he's worked with, whom he said I should cont...
- March 27th, 2012, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: What's the proper thing to do here?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3988
Re: What's the proper thing to do here?
Thanks for the advice That'd probably work--I mean, the worst the agent can do is say no, it's not like he's going to shoot out my kneecaps--but I'm still hoping that, but the time I'm ready, he'll be open to submissions again. *crosses fingers*
- March 26th, 2012, 10:18 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: What's the proper thing to do here?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3988
What's the proper thing to do here?
Earlier today, I was at a book signing for one of my favorite authors, who's written several bestsellers. One of the people I was with mentioned I'm working on a book, and the author gave me some very helpful advice and told me the name and agency of an agent he's worked with, whom he said I should ...
- March 24th, 2012, 9:56 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Funny Typos
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9325
Re: Funny Typos
...oops.At first glance, he’s a normal kid, but there’s an utter lack of empathy in his expressions that’s disarming once you notice it.