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- January 12th, 2013, 8:11 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Mental Illness in Fiction
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9805
Re: Mental Illness in Fiction
There's a great short story, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892) - link here: http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/hi ... paper.html
- May 10th, 2012, 12:11 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Does Two POV= Two Heros
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2273
Re: Does Two POV= Two Heros
I just finished Patrick Ness' CHAOS WALKING trilogy, and while I can't stand his titles, he tells some fantastic stories. Each book adds one additional POV, which builds the world, shakes up the storytelling, and reveals motivations for actions. I think in his case each POV very much represents a co...
- April 24th, 2012, 8:25 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: National Novel Writing MAY
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16337
Re: National Novel Writing MAY
Yes. 2k words per day and/or reaching the halfway point of the WIP.
- April 18th, 2012, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Contracts with others
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1897
Re: Contracts with others
Thanks - that looks very helpful!
- April 14th, 2012, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Justice Dept Lawsuit Moving Forward
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3785
Re: Justice Dept Lawsuit Moving Forward
Couple day old update - expect it's no news to most people here that 3 of the publishers settled at once.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/253593/s ... wsuit.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/253593/s ... wsuit.html
- April 13th, 2012, 1:05 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Contracts with others
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1897
Contracts with others
Does anyone have any standard contract language or templates that they use for working with editors or illustrators? I've got informal agreements going right now for some WIPs, but I'd like to have something formal in place to make sure that both parties know what we're getting into and what our rig...
- April 12th, 2012, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Novels With Multiple Plot Lines
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8961
Re: Novels With Multiple Plot Lines
I recently read Paolo Bacigalupi's THE WINDUP GIRL and learned a great deal from outlining the structure and storytelling afterwards. Four primary plotlines, very interesting characters, all of them difficult for me to like in one way or another (1: grasping, manipulative corporatist; 2: racist, rev...
- April 12th, 2012, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Justice Dept Lawsuit Moving Forward
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3785
Re: Justice Dept Lawsuit Moving Forward
An attorney's blogpost in full support of the DoJ as regards collusion (point made one or two comments above).
http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2012/ ... antitrust/
http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2012/ ... antitrust/