Nathan Bransford - The Forums

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...