Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the help. Anyone else?

Yep, Lisa. I've lost interest by halftime of all four games. Oh well. Maybe the Pack can stage a miracle comeback ... ;)

Right now, I'm alternating between "Nine in the Afternoon" by Panic at the Disco, and "That's Entertainment" by the Jam.

Ah God. I can't believe I'm doing this! Dear [agent], Burned-out newspaper editor Michael Reed reluctantly takes a call from a disgraced former nun that changes his life forever. The desperate woman’s request that he meet her son sets Michael on a quest to determine the true identity of fifteen-year...

Thanks guys. This helps. You know, I swear the query is harder work than the novel was! I didn't think that was possible.

Color me confused. I wrote my query letter a few weeks ago and posted it on a very well-known writing group's website for critique. It got ripped, although they loved the idea and want to read the book. So I went back and again read everything I could find on agents' blogs (including Nathan's) and e...

Thanks Brian!
Sigh. I sorta miss her already.

Wait a minute. Vampires are villains?

Hey Nathan,
Any way to get rid of the irritating porn bots that seem to be taking over the forums? I mean, I like Pamela Anderson as much as the next guy (she's so '90s!), but really ...

I was inspired to ask this by the "what are you listening to" thread in All Things Procrastination . It seems a lot of you listen to music while you write. I know Stephen King likes to write with old school rock blasting in his ear. Me, I need quiet to do the actual writing. But music is s...

let alone feel

be too deep

Some of my favorite writers are women (Toni Morrison and Anne Tyler to name two), and I generally don't care who writes a book that I like. If I like it, I buy it. But since I've gotten involved with writer groups, Twitter, Writer's Digest, writer blogs and this site, I have been stunned at how many...

Good question. I just wrote a blog post about this earlier this week! My recently finished (and first, I might add) ms was both very dark and very personal. I ended up drawing a lot from my childhood and adult life to form the crux of my main character's angst (nice, huh, that I must serve in that c...

I'm reading the expanded version of Stephen King's The Stand. I read the original many years ago, and loved it. In fact, it's long been a favorite of mine.

If anyone has ever wondered why editing is so important, read this version of the novel. Way too bloated.