Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Thank you everyone! Australia! Awesome. This was exactly what I was looking for.

Does anyone know of a listing like AgentQuery.com that lists agents in other countries?

Oh no you ***HAVE*** to get Sims 3 it rocks! Between Sims 3 and World of Warcraft and then the table top role playing games I enjoy I have tons of distractions and yet I manage to read a couple of novels a week. Which I consider to be pretty good with everything else going on. World of Warcraft onli...

dios4vida wrote:"Actually, I'm addicted to the highs of a good plot arc, the lows of a protaganist's struggling, and the overall madness of this process called 'writing.'"

I will have to remember this one ... great response! :)

Here is the worst comment I have ever come across...

"You can't be a good writer because you aren't hooked on drugs or alcohol and you don't smoke"

UM? Really?

Title: Empty Genre: Science Fiction Sarah watched her mother walk past her door as she finished making her mattress with the cleanest sheets in the apartment. As she tucked in the last corner, her hand brushed against one of the three bottles of vodka she had hidden there. She stood up and looked ar...

capaloha wrote:Way tighter and better than the earlier versions. It doesn't even sound like the same project. I immediately understood it was sci-fi/fantasy.

Congratulations!

Capaloha---

Thank you! :)

On the world of Larynth it is common for the state sponsored child to take over the parent’s profession but at eleven years of age Sarah isn’t ready to step into her mother’s shoes and start whoring. When Frank comes into her life he forces her to do just that after taking what he wants from her. Pl...

You can depict anything you want in a book. Freedom of speech. And there are published books on some very difficult topics, including the ones you list, so this is not new ground. Of course, if you write graphic and/or violent sex scenes involving a minor, that would turn the stomach of just about ...

I do have a question for everyone ... due to the content at the beginning of the book I have avoided age. I know how old she is but I don't want legal trouble. Is there a law against her being too young when the pimp abuses her and pimps her out at parties? I do want to keep her age low because of h...

Thank you! I did use a template ... but perhaps it was an older version from times long past. I will revise and repost.

Be as harsh to this query as you desire. I need the help! If I can't learn from you guys I can't help others. :) Thank you in advance to everyone on the forums that help me! Now on to the query ... Dear (Agent): I hope you will be interested in taking me on as a new client. I have completed a 51,000...

If it is done right present tense is good. It is a little strange to encounter the first time but having read one book with present tense I think I could get to enjoy more.

Is it sad then that I already have an outline? I tried taking this one author's advice: know some of the beginning, some of the middle, and all of the end. The problem is that the middle got lost in a stream of events that are only important later. It's like chauffeuring a friend to the airport. Wh...

I'm personally in favor of flashbacks both as a reader and a writer. Either that or give me a prequel about the character so I can know what happened in their life before it became so chaotic. My current WIP does have a lot of flashbacks and dreams. It had so many I had to cut a few out because the ...