Thanks. It's been quite a while, and I have been focusing on my main project. I may come back to this, but my backlog has only grown in the meantime.
It was a blast from the past to read this (To answer the original question from way back, the rags were supposed to only cover the head from a window).
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- November 6th, 2013, 10:53 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Page 1 of "I am Alone"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10186
- November 5th, 2013, 1:28 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: STRINGS OF FATE-Any advice?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3423
Re: STRINGS OF FATE-Any advice?
Long time away, but I thought I'd chime in here and be a helpful little badger. Please, take anything I say in the best possible light :) First and foremost, I think this might work against you. It may not be what you want to hear, but don't tell me that she's snarky, give me an example. Eighteen-ye...
- September 6th, 2013, 1:36 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Checking and catching up and I've missed you!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9635
Re: Checking and catching up and I've missed you!
A wonderful read, Sommer. I think I've addressed most of these, some with more nuance than others.
- September 6th, 2013, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 173658
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
Thanks, Beethoven. Here's the full scoop. I sent the first bit of my story, which was in rewrite mode and only had 13 pages. She was like "What? Where's the rest of it?" (In an eager way, not an insulted/insulting way). I explained that I had just started a rewrite because I had a bunch of...
- August 15th, 2013, 11:24 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 173658
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
I got convinced by a few friends to do WriteonCon this year despite last year not going so well for me (Still working on the same manuscript, into the 3d year for me) I listed my book as a WIP, as per courtesy guidelines, and though excited for my friends showing off their nicely polished finished b...
- May 31st, 2013, 11:55 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 173658
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
Almost a year ago, thanks to a post someone on this forum put up, I watched the 2010 BYU Brandon Sanderson lectures. I sent him an email, thanking him, and told him I had plans to be a writer, and that the information he gave me made me feel better prepared to go ahead and do it, to make it happen, ...
- March 25th, 2013, 4:35 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: What's wrong with it, please be critical
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6436
Re: What's wrong with it, please be critical
Fair enough. I noticed that your own submission was related to a work of non fiction, and the wording in your reply made me think you were suggesting a similar tact. Any luck with your submissions, assuming you have made any?
- March 25th, 2013, 1:24 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: What's wrong with it, please be critical
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6436
Re: What's wrong with it, please be critical
Perhaps you should take a little bit of time to explain your writing style; as opposed to just the story line.The story line itself seems good. I just want to know what the ultimate reason for the book is. What kind of book is it? Is it funny, romantic, or straight forward? Is there something you w...
- March 13th, 2013, 10:22 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Worldbuilding Tips from Patrick Rothfuss
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4987
Re: Worldbuilding Tips from Patrick Rothfuss
I was wandering in a deserted wasteland until I read The Name Of The Wind. I bought it because it is the same "type" of book I am trying to write, in as much as not the voice, nor the style, but the approach is what I was after. He's a good writer and can teach a great deal.
- March 11th, 2013, 11:31 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: 100 page taster/work in development
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20780
Re: 100 page taster/work in development
Agents are business people. They happen to be in the business of books. Your 100 pages, if unfinished, unless you are some godly writer with talent oozing out of their pores, is going to be rough and disjointed compared to the things you'd find over the course of writing, editing, fixing, editing, g...
- February 5th, 2013, 10:22 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: After the Closing - YA Fantasy Query
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4503
Re: After the Closing - YA Fantasy Query
Many agents prefer you start by hooking them. That being said, I'd suggest you put the first paragraph last. They want to get to the meat of things, with hundreds of emails in their inbox, I can't say I blame them. The first sentence of your next paragraph is pretty strong, but I would remove teenag...
- January 30th, 2013, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Writing YA and making meaning of those adolescent years
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6883
Re: Writing YA and making meaning of those adolescent years
I can add my take to the matter. Writing for YA has made me peel back years worth of scars to remember who I was back when I was the age of my characters. Hard, lumpy bits of a shell had grown over them, and it was quite awful the first few times while I knew it had to be done, and in a way, it was ...
- December 27th, 2012, 9:35 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: V.O.I.C.E. query- YA Romance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4511
Re: V.O.I.C.E. query- YA Romance
You made it much better, but need to work out the repetitiveness of it.
- December 23rd, 2012, 7:44 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: V.O.I.C.E. query- YA Romance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4511
Re: V.O.I.C.E. query- YA Romance
Hi, Thanks for being one of the foolish/brave. FYI, your second sentence has a tense conflict, might want to fix that. One other thing I noticed is that by the second paragraph, I still have no idea what the book/conflict is about. It seems a little scattered, and you should consider tightening this...
Re: YA Query (Rejected 4x)
I'm glad you understood what I meant and didn't take offense. That already made me happy. I share your pain with queries. It has taken me many many... many attempts to get to the point where I have one that works without confusing the reader as to what I'm going on about. Figure you have, as you alr...