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- March 28th, 2011, 8:44 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: UNDER A DEAD MOON, fantasy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2137
Re: Query: UNDER A DEAD MOON, fantasy
Thanks so much, everyone, for the thoughtful replies! I'm working on a new draft, and will post it when I'm finished.
- March 24th, 2011, 1:55 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: OK, how about least favourite characters' names?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7888
Re: OK, how about least favourite characters' names?
I love Amanda Downum's Necromancer Chronicles, but "Isyllt Iskaldur" (the main protagonist's name) does NOT exactly roll off the tongue. I kept deciding every few chapters that I wanted to pronounce it a different way in my head... but I didn't like any of the pronunciations! Ugh!!
- March 24th, 2011, 1:50 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: A few other manuscript issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3486
Re: A few other manuscript issues
3.Single spacing - is that the way to go now? I think I read in one of Nathan’s blogs that' this might be the case? Single spacing after commas and periods, and double spacing for overall paragraph format. But always check the agent guidelines. Ahh, I think I misunderstood this. Yes, I do believe t...
- March 24th, 2011, 1:40 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: A few other manuscript issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3486
Re: A few other manuscript issues
Review the submission guidelines for the agent you're sending it to, but ultimately, unless they put something very specific about what they want to see, they are not going to reject your manuscript because you did or didn't put your name in the header/footer. Hopefully they will be focusing on the ...
- March 24th, 2011, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: The Horror of Hayesfield- YA HORROR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2754
Re: The Horror of Hayesfield- YA HORROR
I would greatly appreciate any time taken to critique my query thus far. I will gladly return the favor, as well. When Adam travels to Hayesfield to live with his grandparents, he feels as if his luck couldn't get much worse. Now, in addition to struggling with the suicide of his best (and only) fr...
- March 24th, 2011, 12:39 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: UNDER A DEAD MOON, fantasy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2137
Query: UNDER A DEAD MOON, fantasy
Powerful magic comes easily to Lady Fierine Calloun, the daughter of the late, great Archmage Calloun. She’s too clever to have the magic burned out of her, and too wealthy to be relegated to an undermage’s life, fueling the Empire’s factories. Smart mages know to avoid the darker magic of long-impr...
- July 24th, 2010, 1:57 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Writing Multi-Lingual Characters
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3414
Re: Writing Multi-Lingual Characters
There's a great segment in Self-Editing for Fiction Writers where they highlight John Le Carre's dialogue that's assumed to be in another language. Even though it's written purely in English, it READS like German, it SOUNDS like German to our ears! I think a lot of it comes down to word choice and s...
- July 24th, 2010, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Dark Protagonist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5763
Re: The Dark Protagonist
I love well-written villains; as a child I always found them so much more interesting in the Disney movies than the predictable heroes! The main character of my fantasy series is an unapologetic villainess; she acknowledges it up front but tells you she wants to show you why she did what she did. I'...
- July 23rd, 2010, 5:00 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Best Fantasy Books
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23038
Re: Best Fantasy Books
Has anyone read the House of Night series by P.C and Kristen Cast? I've bought them for the cool covers but I 'm hesitant to read them due to the amount of books P.C. Cast pumps out. It may be naive of me but I have doubts on the quality. The prose is hardly deathless, but the stories are entertain...
- July 20th, 2010, 6:50 pm
- 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: 184511
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Dear Mr. Bransford, UNDER A DEAD MOON is a 100,000-word dark fantasy epic that will appeal to fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Jacqueline Carey. A young mage turns to dark magic to restore order to her troubled kingdom, but the cure may be worse than the disease. Young noblewoman Fierine wants no part i...
- July 17th, 2010, 10:55 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Does your writing smell?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3387
Re: Does your writing smell?
I always appreciate it when writers focus on senses beyond sight and sound, but on multiple occasions I've read some horrendously misguided attempts to throw in smells. One I recently read described a romantic interest as smelling like leather, cherries, soap, and mint all at the same time. Yuk! Try...
- June 26th, 2010, 11:43 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Suggestions for YA Realistic Contemporary Fiction
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4481
Re: Suggestions for YA Realistic Contemporary Fiction
I recently read Hate List by Jennifer Brown, which was pretty good.
- June 17th, 2010, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 822505
- June 6th, 2010, 2:52 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 822505
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
This week I wrote about the terrifying reappearance of writing tics you thought you overcame:
http://offcentre.net/blog/?p=68
http://offcentre.net/blog/?p=68
- May 5th, 2010, 5:36 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 822505
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Part III on Critique Buddies is here: assessing structural issues in your buddy's ms.
http://offcentre.net/blog/?p=53
http://offcentre.net/blog/?p=53