Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Oh man! I read The Hunger games Monday and Tuesday, Catching Fire just came in the mail... and now I'm tapped out! I'll just have to wait until I can afford it- or noone else had it checked out at the library...

I'm 27 and married and still sometimes have problems getting out of bed at night to use the restroom or something. My husband bought me a little flashlight so that I can see and make sure I'm safe. . i'm just like you guys... but instead of a flashlight, it's a baseball bat. maybe i'm a little more...

CourtneyF wrote:
Um, random fact about me...I sometimes daydream about throwing avocados at passersby. No, I'm not a mental case.

ooh! those things would hurt! well, the outside might splat if it's ripe enough... but the pit!

thanks bunches Hilary and Sommer!
(I ADORE neil gaiman- in a way which is borderline innapropriate for a married woman.)

interesting take Sommer! that IS how it was for our generation growing up. i just wonder what happened to make everyone exaggerate busy-working parents who love their kid into abusive- dead parents? there is an element of romanticism in tradgedy... i wonder if that is part of it? i wonder if some wr...

maybe said : They want to read about reflections of themselves. That's why involving parents is so difficult - it's the kid's story, not the family's story. It's hard to strike the right balance between involving siblings and parents in a way that still engages the reader, and having too much of oth...

i don't think anyone is saying that ALL stories should or should not have absentee parents. each story and character should be considered individually. i think that some of us are saying that having absentee parents can come in handy, while others are saying that we shouldn't kill off parents (or ma...

mira and maybe, your characters sound AWESOME!!! (can't wait to read them!) " time travel and telepathy are tricky legal concepts" made my day! my favorite character to write is also the one who i have trouble keeping under control. he has his own agenda- he was supposed to be a bit charac...

as a parent (and i wouldn't call myself a bad one) i feel an urge to protect my children. it's natural, my boys are still young. but when they hit their late teens, i plan on giving them freedom to make their own decisions- as my mother did with me. it is natural as a parent to want to solve your ki...

Bryan Russell/Ink wrote:No structural damage, luckily. Let us say we have one hell of a burn pile in the corner of our yard, though.

thank goodness! (everyone was ok, i'm assuming..???) now just be careful when you set that bonfire, and you'll be golden!

Bryan Russell/Ink wrote:My house was hit by a tornado. On Sunday. Looks like a giant weedwhacker went through our trees.

holy cow! is there damage to the actual house?

thanks midenianscholar for all those great links! (and your sis is doing a great job!)

craig,
those were all great! especially THE PHOTOGRAPHER one! i loved how they blended big chunks of text along with the photographs, comic strip bits, and big illustrations! very dynamic! thank you very much!

To be fair, comic books in general kind of get a bad rap as being superficial or popcorn entertainment, but they're not all lighthearted superhero episodes or funnies. Some of them are incredibly poignant. So true! I did not intend to sound like I was belittling comics! Thank you all for the sugges...

Please forgive my ignorance. I've been trying to research into graphic novels, but most of what I've found are not much more than comic strips. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of better graphic novels I could look up. You know, ones that not only have amazing art, but an actual story t...