Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Thanks a lot guys! I really appreciate your insight.

I would definitely take some time off. Relax a bit, watch a few movies, read a few books. Do anything but think about your book because you're trying to clear your head. When you go back to write, make an outline of what you want to do in your chapter. It can be specific or general depending on your...

Lol my only soundtrack is the typing on my computer hahaha. I have siblings who yell and run around, so I can work in the loudest environments. When they're asleep, I can also work, so I suppose I can work in the quietest environments as well, so it's kind of funny that it's impossible for me to wor...

Just a few suggestions (lol it may seem like a lot, but I just had the time to write them out.) I liked the excerpt, and hopefully these will make it be even better!!!! :D "At JFK, Kristen checked her suit case at the curbstand." How about just: At a curbstand at JFK, Kristen checked her s...

Dear Agent, Most people would kill for the power to shoot stone shattering rays of energy out of their hands, to melt metal just by touching it, to set fire to something without so much as a match. Eighteen year old Chase Gray, on the other hand, wanted absolutely nothing to do with channeling. For ...

Hi! This seems interesting, but some of the sentence structure/phrasing sounds a bit off to me. "She can’t control her city-razing hurricanes, and her father was brutally murdered by those who can’t control the elements, the Masha. Those gun carrying fools." I'm not getting the connection ...

Hi! I really like this. I'm curious as to where in the query letter you're positioning this. If you do it at the start, I think it will immediately draw in the attention of your reader. But some sites out there say to introduce your book (word #, genre, etc.) right at the start. I'm new to query let...