Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Waiting is absolutely the worst part. 1,000% agree.

To me it's all in the execution -- I've read some terrific books that were written by women and feature a male protagonist, and you simply lose yourself in the narrative. When I was an agent especially, I also read ones that missed the mark. I do think this question goes both ways though. What do yo...

I tend to want to know things in general rather than for them to be left vague. I would vote for fully, visually described.

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the query up for critique on the blog tomorrow, July 11th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer f...

Below is the page up for critique on the blog on Tuesday, June 13th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer feedback. When offering your feedback, please please rem...

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the query up for critique on the blog tomorrow, June 20th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer f...

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the page up for critique on the blog on Tuesday, June 13th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer ...

Hi fuzzy, feel free to reach out to me and I can connect you. nathan@nathanbransford.com

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the query up for critique on the blog tomorrow, June 6th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer fe...

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the page up for critique on the blog on Tuesday, May 30th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer f...

Yeah, I hear you -- I try to reassure myself that writing is one of the most important things we can do right now (here's my post on that), but it can feel insignificant relative to the moment.

I recently surveyed my blog readers, and one of the things a lot of people said was to stop talking about politics. But there were also quite a few people who said you can't NOT talk about politics. I've seen so many authors complain about how distracting the political situation is right now and how...

I've seen a few different waves of online activity over the past ten years. At first there was a huge upswell in blogs -- everyone had a blog! Then people moved over to Facebook and Twitter. Now... where is everyone? Aside from politics Twitter, which seems super-active, where is everyone spending t...

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the query up for critique on the blog tomorrow, May 23rd. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer fe...

Want to see how your editing approach compares to mine? Below is the page up for critique on the blog on Tuesday, May 16th. Feel free to chime in with comments, create your own redline (please note the "font colour" button above the posting box, which looks like a drop of ink), and otherwise offer f...