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- January 8th, 2013, 11:44 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Question concerning copyright and names
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2615
Question concerning copyright and names
Hi Nathan. I'm a longtime fan and reader. I haven't been too active in the boards, but I love your blog. I'm working on a new novel that concerns aliens, and I came up with a name for a certain race after screwing around looking at different latin words for a bit. Two variations I came up with were ...
- March 25th, 2011, 12:36 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: If you self-publish, can you still attempt to query agents?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1448
If you self-publish, can you still attempt to query agents?
Hi there Nathan! I have a question for you (given many of your recent posts concerning self-publishing through Kindle) and it's something I've been very curious about. If you self-publish through Amazon like Hocking, can you still attempt to query agents with the novel? I would think that Hocking wa...
- February 21st, 2011, 9:47 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: 452924
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Title: Euphoria Genre: Young Adult Fantasy (207 words) I traveled swiftly upon the abandoned pavement, moving with celerity and without hesitation. The deserted road stretched into oblivion, winding and twisting in contortions that were reminiscent of a serpent. In the far distance, a covered bridge...
- December 13th, 2010, 11:01 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Submitting to literary journals
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1289
Submitting to literary journals
Hi there everyone, my name is Jourdan! When Nathan first created the forums I used to be pretty active, but after awhile my heavy load of coursework for school (I'm a creative writing major--predictable, right? Haha) got in the way of my activity here at the forums--and the editing of my novel, I ma...
- June 20th, 2010, 12:00 am
- 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: 184030
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Hey Nathan! I didn't see a time limit on this, and since it's Saturday night, I'm assuming that it's okay to still post my query! So, without further adieu, here we are: Dear Mr. Bransford, Disruption. Initiation. The Unknowable. So say the Runes, the ancient Viking Oracle of marked stones ominously...
- January 3rd, 2010, 8:25 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5039
Re: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
Thank you so much C. ska and Madaboutstories for your replies! They were very helpful! As of now, I haven't taken it back to the drawing board yet--ideas are still tumbling around in my mind. I feel like this is a good rough draft for my query, but the replies really helped me realize what plot poin...
- December 31st, 2009, 9:18 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5039
Re: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
First off, thank you Krista G. and Trini for your feedback! Tomorrow I'm not going to be working on editing, so the plan is to attempt a revision of the query. There are a lot of aspects that make my manuscript completely and utterly different from a book like Twilight; however, the difficult part i...
- December 30th, 2009, 10:20 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11144
Re: Recommended Fantasy Under 150K
I've kept my first fantasy novel down to 130,000 words, though it would have been much longer if I could have written it the way I feel it should have been. I already worry that no agent will bother looking at it, and I find that ridiculous. I feel you. With the edit of my novel, it's growing dange...
- December 30th, 2009, 9:05 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5039
Re: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
Thank you for your reply! It is definitely going back to the drawing board very soon. I completely understand what you mean about the overuse of adjectives and all; that was one of my biggest concerns. I will keep in mind all of your suggestions and points as I move onto draft two! As a sidenote--it...
- December 30th, 2009, 7:08 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Chuck Palahniuk--The writer's resource
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1874
Chuck Palahniuk--The writer's resource
Hey everyone! So last semester one of my English teachers posted this link to Chuck Palahniuk's official website. Essentially, it is an entire page full of incredibly helpful links and essays concerning ALL things writing--writing itself, finding an agent, self-publishing, etc. I found it really use...
- December 30th, 2009, 6:58 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Writing. What's your favorite part? Your Hardest Lesson?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18395
Re: Writing. What's your favorite part? Your Hardest Lesson?
I have a love hate relationship with being a writer. i hate having to do it, but I love doing it when I am in it. Every part, the turn of a phrase, the build of a character, the setting of the pacing feels like it is being discovered anew in each project. Recently I have been marveling at the way u...
- December 30th, 2009, 6:49 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 309500
Re: What are you reading now?
Haha, Trini! Intimidating for sure. Personally, I've only been rereading my favorites lately, save for Through Black Spruce. I find that rereading my favorites doesn't interfere with my writing style, but instead kind of gives me new ideas to bounce off of. I'll look at a description they wrote, and...
- December 30th, 2009, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Night Butterfly - latest query draft!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8732
Re: Night Butterfly - third attempt - feedback welcomed!
Hey there C.ska! I'll preface this with a little disclaimer by saying that I am by no means a professional, but here are my opinions for ya! So I read this about a week ago when I was just lurking the board. I actually found your first query very impressive--I loved the opening paragraph. However, I...
- December 30th, 2009, 4:25 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5039
EUPHORIA-- 1st query attempt!
Alright, so let me preface this with a few words. I am the unfortunate writer of a young adult vampire novel. I say unfortunate because in most agent blogs I follow (most notably, Kristen Nelson's--she has SEVERAL posts about this issue), I'll inevitably see a post about how the YA market is overflo...
- December 30th, 2009, 4:04 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 309500
Re: What are you reading now?
Currently, in the time that I'm not editing my manuscript, I'm slowly making my way through THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE by Joesph Boyden, a Canadian author. I'm taking a course on Canadian literature next semester, so I'm attempting to get ahead on the reading material before the semester actually starts, ...