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- June 14th, 2024, 5:27 pm
 - Forum: Books
 - Topic: Are you reading more or fewer books than 5 years ago?
 - Replies: 8
 - Views: 35090
 
Re: Are you reading more or fewer books than 5 years ago?
I think I’m reading less books, but listening to far more. I know it sounds weird, but it’s far easier to do audiobooks at work than trying to read during breaks and after work. I generally finish 1 or 2 books a week. I’ve read new authors as well as finding unknown works from my favorite authors.
					- March 5th, 2024, 8:10 pm
 - Forum: Excerpts
 - Topic: First page for my MG book: The Wizard’s Dog
 - Replies: 3
 - Views: 32041
 
Re: First page for my MG book: The Wizard’s Dog
Thanks for the interest!  I’m actually working with an editor now. Hope to get great ways to improve it. This is my first MG book.
					- October 16th, 2023, 3:07 pm
 - Forum: Town Hall
 - Topic: Hello, aspiring Middle Grade writer here.
 - Replies: 2
 - Views: 29863
 
Re: Hello, aspiring Middle Grade writer here.
Hello SouthernWriter!
I’m also an aspiring Middle Grade writer! How are things going on your manuscript? Is it in another forum?
Good luck!
					I’m also an aspiring Middle Grade writer! How are things going on your manuscript? Is it in another forum?
Good luck!
- October 16th, 2023, 3:01 pm
 - Forum: Town Hall
 - Topic: New Member Intro
 - Replies: 0
 - Views: 20510
 
New Member Intro
Hey all! I’m Lee Smith and I’m not real good at introductions. (Maybe it shows?) I’m from Columbus, Ohio and I’m old. (63.) I’d like to think that I haven’t been writing because I’ve been busy with all the other parts of my life, but I’m not sure if that’s true. I was an elementary school teacher fo...
					- October 16th, 2023, 2:46 pm
 - Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
 - Topic: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
 - Replies: 214
 - Views: 1414783
 
Re: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Title: THe Wizard’s Dog Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy “Any suggestions?” Haddo asked, his fat feet standing in the broken glass. The three of us stood across the street from the Cobra-Hounds, a new gang in Reading, PA. They’d busted up his family’s bodega behind us, the yellow and blue wood sign still...
					- October 14th, 2023, 5:55 pm
 - Forum: Excerpts
 - Topic: ECHTRA : BLOOD MAGICK - FIRST PAGE
 - Replies: 11
 - Views: 33360
 
Re: ECHTRA : BLOOD MAGICK - FIRST PAGE
I liked the imagery of darkness as fog. Quite compelling. Why not make IT the antagonist against Mavis? Bright florescent lights illuminate the inside of a diner, flooding through huge windows in a feeble attempt to push the darkness back. Why not: Bright florescent lights illuminate the inside of t...
					- October 14th, 2023, 5:33 pm
 - Forum: Excerpts
 - Topic: First page for my MG book: The Wizard’s Dog
 - Replies: 3
 - Views: 32041
 
First page for my MG book: The Wizard’s Dog
Title: The Wizard’s Dog Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Word Count 249 “Any suggestions?” Haddo asked, his fat feet standing in the broken glass. The three of us stood across the street from the Cobra-Hounds, a new gang in Reading, PA. They’d busted up Haddo’s family’s bodega behind us, the yellow and b...