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- June 5th, 2011, 2:13 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Positive exposure or professional suicide?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9001
Re: Positive exposure or professional suicide?
I did this exact thing. I wrote a short story set in the same world as my work-in-progress, got it published , and mentioned in the bio there about the connection. Now, it's entirely possible that my current lack of an agent is due to that short story being up there, but based on the feedback I've g...
- October 22nd, 2010, 10:41 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Page Critique Friday 10/22/10
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17643
Re: Page Critique Friday 10/22/10
This is really well-written! My only hiccup was when she went into the flashback. It felt ALMOST heavy-handed to me. But I'd read on, because whether or not it was heavy-handed really depends on how the next few pages play out. I think about her: My mom, my Mama. I was here three months ago... Maybe...
- October 6th, 2010, 3:50 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Guest Blog--The Last Writing Tips You'll Ever Need
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5963
Re: Guest Blog--The Last Writing Tips You'll Ever Need
Loved these two. Laughed out loud at both. Well done.It's not an info-dump if the stuff being dumped is cool.
You gotta write the way you speak or no one's gonna take you for serious.
- October 4th, 2010, 8:44 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: The Slow Death of a Literary Agent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1405
The Slow Death of a Literary Agent
Average American You are an average American. You sleep 8 hours, eat 2.5 hours a day, work 40 hours a week, and commute a quarter of an hour each way.* The rest of your time is split pretty evenly between things you Have To Do (cooking, cleaning, fixing things, buying things...) and things you Want...
- September 28th, 2010, 9:24 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24701
Re: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
Nathan, you totally just made my day :-D
- September 28th, 2010, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24701
Re: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
Thanks, zen. By "pages," I think Nathan meant he would check out the sample pages he normally gets with a query (as opposed to requesting the first 30-50 pages). I officially queried him with this one a while ago and he said no :-) I might try him again after my revisions, but only if I ma...
- September 24th, 2010, 9:03 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24701
Re: Query Critique Friday 9/24/10
Thank you, everyone, for your comments. I really shouldn't be surprised at any of them; the parts I like are the parts you all like, and the parts I'm sketchy on are the parts you all mentioned. This novel has almost run through its query cycle, but I'm working on some major revisions and hope to ru...
- August 15th, 2010, 2:41 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
- Replies: 90
- Views: 41288
Re: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
Re: Mira and Margo. Books may not be INconvenient, but the point is that e-books are MORE convenient. So yeah, there will be people who have no problems with books the way they are and can't see where e-books fit. Then there are people like me, who would love the convenience of owning any book insta...
- August 14th, 2010, 7:05 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
- Replies: 90
- Views: 41288
Re: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
I agree with Nathan too. I recently wrote about why a pure e-book future wouldn't be so bad (along with a few things I will miss if it ever happens). I think the bottom line is that convenience will win in the end. And really, we buy books for the stories, not the paper, yes?
- June 14th, 2010, 8:03 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 213
- Views: 183607
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Dear Mr. Bransford: For Hagai's twenty-first birthday, his mother sends him a stone that gives visions of the future. But he doesn't know why she sent it, or how, since she was killed eighteen years ago. Hagai's not exactly a hero -- the bravest thing he's ever done is put peppers in his stew -- yet...
- June 9th, 2010, 10:21 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: 451945
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
TITLE: Azrael's Curse GENRE: Science Fantasy “You've been here everyday for a week, mate,” the shopkeep said. “Good stew.” Sam tugged his hood, keeping his face carefully shadowed. He had thought he could say it with a straight face. “You waiting for someone?” Sam said nothing, just slurped his stew...
- January 15th, 2010, 8:34 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Why You Should Listen to Your Betas, Usually
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1186
Why You Should Listen to Your Betas, Usually
You've written your novel. You've sent it to your beta readers. And after weeks of nail biting and e-mail checking, you've finally received their response. Now, most writers want affirmation from their betas, but not you. You want to grow, to improve. You eagerly open their comments hoping to learn ...
- December 24th, 2009, 11:38 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Sam said vs. said Sam
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4683
Re: Sam said vs. said Sam
Ha! Good point!Scott wrote:Definitely neither if it's not Sam.
- December 24th, 2009, 10:38 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Sam said vs. said Sam
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4683
Sam said vs. said Sam
Dialog tags with proper nouns. Should it be "Sam said" or "said Sam" or does it matter? I've been getting conflicting advice on this. Some say it's always one or the other. Some say one is American the other is British. Some say they've never heard of such a rule. I've been skimm...
- December 7th, 2009, 8:08 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Old Ask Nathan Thread
- Replies: 793
- Views: 405247
Two-timeline synopsis
This isn't strictly about publishing, but I'd appreciate any advice you can give. I've got a novel written in two timelines: one present, one past. Some of the same characters are present in both timelines, and I've been having difficulty writing the synopsis in a way that's not confusing. So, quest...