Nathan Bransford - The Forums

A tribute for Memorial Day:

http://josinlmcquein.blogspot.com/2011/ ... ember.html

Steal Banks' time machine, go back in time to the seventies and bump him off. Then write another novel about a writer who steals another writer's time machine, goes back in time, bumps him off and writes another novel about a writer who steals... BTW, a Flavorzoid sounds like an edible robot. i was...

The process of my first attempted Picture Book: http://josinlmcquein.blogspot.com/2011/ ... -baby.html

My first paragraph in my second WIP is actually an "experimental" preface. Those points are morse codes. Let's see how is it going to work out. :) NIGHTFALL Throughout our history, ships were designed and built, commissioned and sailed. ... --- ... / ... --- ... / ... --- ... Many despera...

Wherein I channel Shel Silverstein

http://josinlmcquein.blogspot.com/2011/ ... -kidd.html

The steel sword was heavy in his hands and pulled on his already taxed arms. His feet slid shoulder width apart and bore down into the sand as he pressed to one of the rocky pillars spread about the desert. He could see Thomas as a dark spot in the distance, and was able to differentiate him from t...

charlotte49ers wrote:Thanks for all the suggestions and nice things. :-)

How are y'all doing multi-quotes? I want to do the new ones in one thread.

{quote="poster's name"} abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz {/quote}

Replace the curly brackets with square ones.

Give him some quirks, idiosyncrasies. Maybe he listens to a particular song over and over. Maybe he hates the color puce. Maybe he only drinks chocolate milk Maybe he's so tidy that the compulsion to clean makes him miss out on things he wants to do. Maybe he can't say no and almost bankrupts himsel...

Someone was going to die today. There was no other choice: it was kill or die. Vitiosus stared at the tall, bulky warrior and took a deep breath. He stepped forward. Gravel crunched below his feet and wisps of wind swirled about his head as he calculated his chances. With one final glance toward hi...

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BREAKING THE RULES is my first novel No one cares. It's also implied if you don't have a list of publishing credits, therefore, it's wasted space. and is complete at 87,000 words. Try something like" BREAKING THE RULES is an 87,000 women's fiction novel. <--- all the info you need, and much mo...

The first 250 words of my novel, A Lullaby which is a YA fantasy, well just on the brink of paranormal romance too. Rip it apart. I can take it (I think). I wanted to stop my feet from tapping erratically <-- not a great opening. One, she CAN stop her feet if she wants to, so this is a silly thing ...

I'm breaking out my Red Pen of Doom (Doooooooooooooooooooooooom!) It's been called that for a reason, so if you want a nice or easy crit, then ignore mine. I'm not trying to be mean; the comments I make are blunt, but will hopefully help you strengthen your query. Before you try and jump in to defen...

Hi Terry. :-) I broke out the colored pens. Just remember, this is only my opinion. Use what you can and torch the rest. Here's the first couple of chapers of my first book (completed and in the querying stage). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Terry 11:35 p.m. Friday The explosion came f...

The Pooh comments must come from the same people who have decided that early Sesame Street episodes are detrimental to young children because Big Bird has an imaginary friend that he interacts with and the kids are regularly shown hanging around adults to whom they aren't related.