I want to change my user name on here from Dana-Lynn to Danalynn Donovan. Can anyone please tell me how to do it?
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- May 1st, 2015, 3:22 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: How do I change my user name?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7767
- May 1st, 2015, 3:12 pm
- Forum: Synopses and Plot Outlines
- Topic: Summary for Big Mouth Blues -- YA Contemporary
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11019
Summary for Big Mouth Blues -- YA Contemporary
Summary/back-cover blurb for my YA realistic fiction contemporary novel Big Mouth Blues. I think one thing that might really be lacking in this is voice? Can anyone help me with that? ANY feedback, advice, suggestions, rewrites will be very much appreciated! :D Fourteen-year-old Kacey Dalton is a b...
- November 4th, 2011, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: NaNoWriMo: 30 Days of Support and Encouragement
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17943
Re: NaNoWriMo: 30 Days of Support and Encouragement
THANK YOU for this! It's all so inspiring.
This is my first year doing NaNoWriMo, and so far (as of the end of day 3 -- I'm waiting till the kids go to bed befre I start my day 4 writing adventure), I'm right on track. So far so good!
This is my first year doing NaNoWriMo, and so far (as of the end of day 3 -- I'm waiting till the kids go to bed befre I start my day 4 writing adventure), I'm right on track. So far so good!
- April 5th, 2011, 10:46 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4175
Re: BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
Thank you so much Emily J. and Wilderness. Some great suggestions. THANK YOU!
Please keep the feedback coming. :) I really need the help.
Please keep the feedback coming. :) I really need the help.
- April 4th, 2011, 7:17 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4175
Re: BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
THANK YOU so much for the suggestions, maybegenius. I'm really grateful for your input.
:o)
:o)
- April 4th, 2011, 8:51 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: So I want to self publish...and I did!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2761
Re: So I want to self publish...and I did!
Wow, that's awesome. Congratulations on your success. It's nice to hear.
- April 4th, 2011, 8:48 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Another writer beware
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1810
Re: Another writer beware
Wow, that's awful. Thank you for the link.
- April 4th, 2011, 8:45 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: How NOT to respond to reviews.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 20211
Re: How NOT to respond to reviews.
Bottom line: She asked for the review. She got the review. She went bonkers. I've had critique partners like that. It's bad form to go off on the person giving their opinion even if you disagree vehemently. I doubt her work, though I have not read it and will not, is so good that some industry muck...
- April 4th, 2011, 8:34 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4175
BIG MOUTH BLUES, Contemporary YA query
Hi, everyone. This is my 4th attempt at a query letter for Big Mouth Blues. Please feel free to tear it apart. Thank you in advance for taking the time to give me your feedback. :) I need all the help I can get. One sentence tagline: Fourteen-year-old Kacey Donovan masquerades as a normal teen want...
- April 4th, 2011, 8:28 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: What Gender is Your Writing Style?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10231
Re: What Gender is Your Writing Style?
This is neat. Thanks for sharing the link.
:oD
:oD
- January 27th, 2011, 4:41 am
- Forum: Synopses and Plot Outlines
- Topic: Helpful Synopsis Worksheet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5191
Re: Helpful Synopsis Worksheet
This worksheat is awesome! THANK YOU for sharing it with us!!!!
:)
:)
- October 4th, 2010, 8:57 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Big Mouth Blues -- Contemporary YA -- PLEASE HELP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3583
Re: Big Mouth Blues -- Contemporary YA -- PLEASE HELP
This board is so awesome! Thank you all for your taking the time to give me your input. I am soooo new to writing queries . . . and this side of the writing process is so different from actually writing the novel. LOL! I still have A LOT to learn. All of these ideas and suggestions are amazing. Hol...
- October 2nd, 2010, 4:59 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Favorite quotes about writing
- Replies: 62
- Views: 20617
Re: Favorite quotes about writing
I love this thread! Soooo many great quotes! I actually keep a file of Good Quotes in my Word documents. Whenever I come across a quote I like, I paste it into my file. :) Here are a my favs: Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. In...
- October 2nd, 2010, 4:37 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Big Mouth Blues -- Contemporary YA -- PLEASE HELP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3583
Big Mouth Blues -- Contemporary YA -- PLEASE HELP
Hi! I only recently discovered this board, but have been a member of Absolute Write for nearly 3 years. It's so exciting to find another wonderful community where I can get to know other fellow writers. http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/EmoteSun.gif I'm have two completed YA novels...
- October 2nd, 2010, 3:50 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Stuck at the 1/3rd way mark
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5673
Re: Stuck at the 1/3rd way mark
Sounds like you're on the right track. Maybe it was going so good in the beginning because something inside of you just NEEDED to get out. Then once you got it all out, that something inside decided it was time to move on. Give yourself a break and write what you love, read what you love, and work ...