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- August 20th, 2010, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: (This thread is not yet titled)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20251
Re: (This thread is not yet titled)
I was talking to a friend that is writing a book and he said he didn't have a title yet. I couldn't understand that! I LOVE thinking of titles for my books. I have titles for books I haven't even started writing yet. So... am I odd? Do you like thinking of titles or is it something you do not conce...
- August 20th, 2010, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Do any of you other unpublished authors have websites?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 38331
Re: Do any of you other unpublished authors have websites?
Yup. I am very pleased with it too, http://josephlselby.com
- August 13th, 2010, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
- Replies: 90
- Views: 41733
Re: 10 reasons e-books might not eat the world
An interesting proposition, but one I do not agree with. Here is why ebooks WILL eat the world. 10. I disagree. The book is text on a page, but reading is a much larger experience driven by numerous factors. Improving the experience improves the story. Imagine a book that comes with its own soundtra...
- July 23rd, 2010, 5:26 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How do you celebrate finishing a book?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15772
Re: How do you celebrate finishing a book?
I'm like Heather B. I finish one, I try to decide which one I want to work on next. I'll usually have two or three false starts before I find an ms that catches and I start working on it full-time.
- July 23rd, 2010, 5:24 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Best Fantasy Books
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23220
Re: Best Fantasy Books
I have to agree with Ink, Tad Williams is one of my favorite fantasy authors. While the epic trilogy Memory, Sorry, and Thorn made him a best seller, I usually introduce people to him with the stand-alone novel THE WAR OF THE FLOWERS. Urban Fantasy enthusiasts will enjoy that one as well, I think. I...
- June 18th, 2010, 3:20 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: 185432
QUERY - WANTED: CHOSEN ONE, NOW HIRING
Hello Mr. Bransford Nashau and Podome, two out-of-work prophets, have a plan to get their jobs back. They must find a chosen one to complete their quest. The problem is they can’t find one. So they hire Bastin the Bold, a renowned flimflam man, to play the part for them. Bastin's girlfriend, Jara, i...
- June 9th, 2010, 1:45 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: 456372
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
[Swapping out the below with a more recent story] Title: JEHOVAH'S HITLIST (or DOWN BELOW THE UP ABOVE) Genre: Alternate-History Science Fiction Chapter 1 All but for the want of shoes. Jehovah looked at the street ahead of him, trash strewn from either gutter and up the walls to his knees. One brok...
- February 18th, 2010, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query - Wanted: Chosen One, Now Hiring (Fantasy) [REVISED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3376
Re: Query - Wanted: Chosen One, Now Hiring (Fantasy)
I shortened the query considerably and it's better for it. The names will remain as a matter of context. Any agent I send this to will rep fantasy and won't be turned off by the names. As the genre goes, those names are incredibly simple. Plumb the depths is an idiom, but I've scratched it. I took t...
- February 13th, 2010, 9:19 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Process
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13544
Re: The Process
If you have a good idea, write it down. :) The thing is, if I have a good idea and don't write it down, I will forget. If I then try to reconstruct that idea from the tidbits that are left, it will suck. So I either have to write it down or go a different direction. I don't actually forget the big s...
- February 13th, 2010, 9:09 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Share your opening sentence!
- Replies: 236
- Views: 87340
Re: Share your opening sentence!
This is my favorite so far as well.maybegenius wrote:Sometimes the world is so cold my voice freezes in the air and shatters.Josin wrote:We're all immortal until we die.
- February 13th, 2010, 9:04 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query - Wanted: Chosen One, Now Hiring (Fantasy) [REVISED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3376
Re: Query - Wanted: Chosen One, Now Hiring (Fantasy)
What exactly is bbasbabsbaASSDS?
The query for my current solicitation is much shorter. On Kristen Nelson's blog, she posted a query that caught her attention and I was surprised at the length. So for my WIP, I wrote the above to see how it compares.
Thank you for your comments.
The query for my current solicitation is much shorter. On Kristen Nelson's blog, she posted a query that caught her attention and I was surprised at the length. So for my WIP, I wrote the above to see how it compares.
Thank you for your comments.
- February 12th, 2010, 10:35 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Computer, thy name is Satan
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5461
Re: Computer, thy name is Satan
When I'm writing, I turn off the computer's wireless modem. As soon as that thing comes on, I'm done for a couple hours at least. So it stays off until I'm done writing.
- February 12th, 2010, 9:19 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11240
Re: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
Lois McMaster Bujold's Challion books (CURSE OF CHALLION, PALADIN OF SOULS, and THE HALLOWED HUNT) are all 150k I believe. Certainly not as long as her Sharing Knife books.
While most of the fantasy books I read are 250k, the one I'm writing right now will finish around 150k.
While most of the fantasy books I read are 250k, the one I'm writing right now will finish around 150k.
- February 12th, 2010, 9:17 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11240
Re: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
A number of years ago I did the whole word count research and got one number. And I did it again recently, out of necessity, and got another. Times have changed, and changed decidedly in favour of the shorter novel. The economic and publishing situation has imprints looking to push down cost and ri...
- February 12th, 2010, 9:01 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Share your opening sentence!
- Replies: 236
- Views: 87340
Re: Share your opening sentence!
From the manuscript I'm currently soliciting:
William Henderson wears pants and a suit coat.
From the manuscript I'm currently writing:
Nashau had never been in a city as large as Tinadian.
William Henderson wears pants and a suit coat.
From the manuscript I'm currently writing:
Nashau had never been in a city as large as Tinadian.