Happy Friday! Off topic day. I'm going to do the EPL challenge for the coming "football" season.
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/08/05/c ... section-3/
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- August 5th, 2011, 10:16 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
- July 29th, 2011, 1:03 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Happy Casual Friday! I talk about my final edits as I prepare for a possible trip to New York! (also make sure to check out my other posts about living a more active live.)
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/07/29/c ... nal-edits/
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/07/29/c ... nal-edits/
- July 6th, 2011, 7:23 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
been really bad about updating.
but here is a post not so much about writing, but about relationships in that real world thing.
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/07/06/c ... -the-ship/
but here is a post not so much about writing, but about relationships in that real world thing.
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/07/06/c ... -the-ship/
- June 3rd, 2011, 1:39 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
- June 2nd, 2011, 4:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: What's in a Name?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3478
Re: What's in a Name?
yeah, the crazy thing is you name a Character and then several drafts later, you could never imagine them being anyone else.
my names are simple.
Jake
Michelle
Alex
rebekah
chelsea
but that's who they are. I can't see naming them anything else.
my names are simple.
Jake
Michelle
Alex
rebekah
chelsea
but that's who they are. I can't see naming them anything else.
- June 2nd, 2011, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4100
Re: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE UPDATED (5/11)
much appreciated. Will focus more on what is at stake.dragoness wrote: You should emphasize what is in stake- what can he lose? Only a date? Is he in danger? How?
(His sister adds nothing here, you can delete her)
- June 1st, 2011, 10:25 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
- May 13th, 2011, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Casual Friday takes a look at first books and if they're terrible (via our on going discussion).
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/05/13/c ... rst-books/
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/05/13/c ... rst-books/
- May 12th, 2011, 9:00 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Do first books always suck?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7816
Re: Do first books always suck?
I've been working on the first book for a while. It's a story I like and want to make work. I found a copy of some of the first draft. It was terrible. Bad enough that I wondered why I ever considered doing this :) but it's gotten better. LOTS better. I've written probably about 1,000 pages. Most of...
- May 11th, 2011, 8:09 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4100
Re: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE UPDATED (5/11)
Jake Wilson has just discovered that he has been assigned a project at work with his evil, red-headed ex-girlfriend. This is not just any ex-girlfriend. This is the ex-girlfriend. She’s the benchmark, but she also has a bad habit of showing up at the worst times … or the times just become the worst....
- May 7th, 2011, 11:37 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: (This thread is not yet titled)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20116
Re: (This thread is not yet titled)
I'm definitely a titler. I've already titled my next four ideas: Songs for the Day After How I Spent New Years with the Mob The Man Who Killed God The Machiavellian Debate It's fun and helps with my theme for the book. Though, I reserve the right to change the title at any point. I have a buddy and ...
- May 6th, 2011, 4:15 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4100
Re: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE
Also, I'm not sure coming-of-age qualifies as a proper genre. This character sounds too old for it to be young-adult, but maybe I'm wrong. If it is YA, definitely include your character's age and mention YA as the genre. He's technically a young-adult :) he's 28. The genre is almost impossible to p...
- May 5th, 2011, 1:18 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 823189
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
I told one of my readers that I thought a scene was terrible. They disagreed.
Which is why I wrote:
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/05/05/t ... -relative/
enjoy!
Which is why I wrote:
http://idiocracyrising.com/2011/05/05/t ... -relative/
enjoy!
- May 4th, 2011, 10:26 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Running Dialogue
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4653
Re: Running Dialogue
Hey, guys, I think you may have dug a little deeper into this than you needed to. Did you ever think that maybe all the dialog needed was a little pause here and there? Could a character stand up? Yawn? Run their fingers through their hair? Now, I cannot say exactly what it needs without seeing the...
- May 2nd, 2011, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Do you "warm up" before writing?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8841
Re: Do you "warm up" before writing?
I depends on what part of the process I'm in. If I'm in the creative process, then I don't really care how well it is writen. I feel I am a good writer, and I can make it pretty later. During the beginning stages, it's more important to get the story going. Once I've got a basic story/plot, I write ...