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by BCarle
November 12th, 2010, 7:17 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: Page Critique Friday 11/12/10
Replies: 16
Views: 92362

Re: Page Critique Friday 11/12/10

I like your first page. I'm curious about who this Scott Parker fellow is, what will happen when she returns to the outdoor setting, how their relationship will evolve, and how her parents seem to know how she'll react already. The voice is good, you let us know her[?] general age and social prefere...
by BCarle
November 5th, 2010, 8:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: NaNoWriMo Word Widgets
Replies: 47
Views: 13452

Re: NaNoWriMo Word Widgets

Oh, hey! There I am! I was just about to add my name to the list, and I'm already there. Cool. :)

Now back to writing. I'm in the running for a cover in the 30 Days, 30 Covers competition, so I have to keep up to speed or I'll lose my place. If I haven't already. Eep.
by BCarle
October 11th, 2010, 10:41 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: Nanowrimo
Replies: 88
Views: 38662

Re: Nanowrimo

Scroll toward the bottom of this page:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node%252F3470212

For those who aren't able to participate in NaNoWriMo, there's a list of events similar to NaNo, including NaNoFiMo (National Finishing Month) in December and NaNoEdMo (revising) in March.
by BCarle
October 9th, 2010, 2:10 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Nanowrimo
Replies: 88
Views: 38662

Re: Nanowrimo

There are no NaNo police, but you are supposed to start on November 1st with no more than an outline or some notes.

A link to the FAQ:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/402737
by BCarle
October 8th, 2010, 2:48 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Nanowrimo
Replies: 88
Views: 38662

Re: Nanowrimo

This will be my second year attempting NaNoWriMo. I'm usually a belly-acher of a writer, agonizing over every line, but last year's NaNo was deliciously liberating! I grabbed a silly idea of what would have happened if my "real" protagonist had chosen a different path, and I went tearing a...
by BCarle
June 14th, 2010, 1:20 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?
Replies: 55
Views: 24045

Re: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?

Sommer - I totally know what you mean! I can feel confident, but the moment someone else looks at my work, I totally lose it - and get completely insecure. :) Glad to hear someone else feels similar! I posted mine and then sat there thinking, "What the heck did I write? Those aren't even words...
by BCarle
June 11th, 2010, 7:04 pm
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?
Replies: 55
Views: 24045

Re: So who's entering Nathan's first page contest?

I entered. Perhaps I'm into pain -- the pain of never winning a random drawing and the pain of discovering the true extent to which I am a hack, should I be selected. ;) Yes, it's my first post on the forum. I'm a daily reader of NB's blog, but I never noticed the forums. I already feel like I've be...
by BCarle
June 9th, 2010, 4:04 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: 451848

Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog

WORKING TITLE: The Society of Unicorns & Other Exotic Goats GENRE: YA/Literary 249 words Life on Mars Flagstaff, Arizona September 1968 Elizabeth fit her feet into the rut of a forgotten rainstorm, one sneaker before the other down the old dirt road. Just a needle in a record’s scratchy groove,...