Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Count me in! I'm always ready for a party. I AM TOTALLY ROCK AND ROLL. Also, I am making these: http://i51.tinypic.com/2m7du9y.jpg Introducing: Creme Egg Cakes Compliments of the very cool blog Blue Bird Cage: http://blue-bird-cage.blogspot.com/2011/04/whats-more-beautiful-than-this.html If I haven...

I know we have some Friday Night Lights fans here. Did you guys see the auction scheduled?
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Congrats! How exciting.

Yay!!! Congratulations!!! One thing I wish I would have found out when I moved out in college: DAVE RAMSEY! Google him. Get his program. Do it now!! Nothing better than living completely debt free and hey, it may inspire you to purchase your very own home next. I also love Margo's suggestion: 1st ni...

New Blog post!

Increasing tension using some techniques from Donald Maass.

http://robinlucasmyth.blogspot.com/2011 ... oblem.html

Have you considered taking a month away from it? Just move on to something else. Or spend one entire month reading nothing but YA or MG (you have to pick on genre to focus on).

Hope this is helpful.

Looks like a great class! May try it.

LOL!! That was great. Love the "You can use the shelves to decapitate the zombies"

How awesome! But, where is the orange? No orange?

I showed my kiddos the first one and they've been harassing me to get it. They absolutely go bonkers for cool covers.

Word counts... As a NaNoWriMo participant, I was obsessed with hitting that 50K mark, but quickly realized that most of my 50K written at the time was crap. I whittled my MS down to a svelte 28K and added quality. I'm almost back up to 50. I think in the end, my novel will hover around 55-60K I gues...

Tear it up Tuesday! Query Critiques.

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Cute. My kiddos kept on repeating him when he said, "Kray-ins"

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for all of the suggestions.

The thing that worked the best: Sitting my butt in a chair and writing. That. Simple.

I'll third The Handmaid's Tale- excellent book. And yes, most dystopian novels make me depressed after reading, but isn't that the draw? Isn't that supposed to be the goal of any book? To feel something? To close it with the words and themes swirling around in your head, like an after taste of a goo...

Sit. Breathe. Put your feet up. Breathe again. Drink a cup of hot tea. Now, quickly bring the palm of your hand across your face in a sweeping fashion. Do it until your cheek tingles and reddens. Or until you can't remember why you were freaking out. You'll be fine. Success, while a frightening thin...