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- June 12th, 2010, 2:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: "Boy books"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6780
Re: "Boy books"
Also, books that have a male protagonist. Boys prefer to read books where the MC is male. Some speculate that if Harry Potter had been Harriet Potter, the books would not have sold as well. :) I have to object to this theory boys will only read books with a male lead. I agree guys do not want to re...
- June 11th, 2010, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: How old are you?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 46752
Re: How old are you?
21 and still starry eyed about it. Finished my first novel just last year after many miss starts. There are the two "self published" books I wrote in grade school hiding the depths of a bookshelf somewhere in my room. Fabric covered cardboard hard bounds that I'm still proud of for the cra...
- June 11th, 2010, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24142
Re: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?
I think the last thing anyone wants on a forum is a clique that intimidates new people from posting or entering contests. I know my post count isn't all that high because frankly I spend more time reading then actually posting. Good advice is best put into practice rather than regurgitated. Between ...
- June 9th, 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: 453583
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Title: Mirrored Oasis Genre: YA/SciFi I can remember perfectly the noise gravel crunching underfoot makes. A band of soldiers marching in unison, off to fight in battles of titanic forces cashing against one other until a bloody victor arises. The jingle of many prisoners’ chains, captured by the te...
- June 9th, 2010, 3:24 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Introduction Thread
- Replies: 647
- Views: 407229
Re: The Introduction Thread
Hi all, Call me Schmidtty, I'm from deceptively not sunny California. I've been reading Nathan's blog on and off (depending on school work) for a while now and had the great idea of joining the forum right before finals week. So this introduction is long over due now that I'm firmly entrenched in su...