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- March 15th, 2010, 8:58 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 397185
Re: What are you reading now?
Done with the TWILIGHT series. Started off well, and nosedived in terms of character continuity, but got interesting at the very end when we started to get a glimpse of the lives of vampires. Too bad she's stopped writing them; she was just into the romance hook, I guess. Am now reading MILLICENT MI...
- March 13th, 2010, 10:03 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 1067723
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Oooh, goody! An opportunity for a shameless plug!
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I blog about writing and acting at www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com
My most recent post is about eBooks and the use of electronic media by actors and writers for self-promotion. I try to post 2 or 3 times a week or so. See you there!
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I blog about writing and acting at www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com
My most recent post is about eBooks and the use of electronic media by actors and writers for self-promotion. I try to post 2 or 3 times a week or so. See you there!
- March 13th, 2010, 9:33 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Introduction Thread
- Replies: 646
- Views: 541291
Re: The Introduction Thread
Hi everybody, abc, I think you and I must be kindred spirits. I'm from Cincinnati and have traveled quite a bit - my husband is from London, England, and we got married just before he started University in Edinburgh, so we lived in Edinburgh for 4 years (where I worked with Autistic kids) and then i...
- March 13th, 2010, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Does your genre make it difficult to find an agent?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13603
Re: Does your genre make it difficult to find an agent?
Or take my genre for example, romance. My genre boasts huge sales compared to some, and readers range in age from 18-102, so I wonder if it's easier? Don't get me wrong, I personally, haven't found it easier yet, but I wonder since the market for that genre is on the constant upswing, if theres a b...
- March 13th, 2010, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 59498
Re: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
Okay, it bothers you: but WHY does it bother you? Write about that.Lorelei Armstrong wrote:This line bothers the grown-ups.Ishta wrote:And now feel free to lambast me for saying that regardless of our personal life choices, women the world over really do have a secret daddy complex. :-)
- March 13th, 2010, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Does your genre make it difficult to find an agent?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13603
Re: Does your genre make it difficult to find an agent?
Picture Books. Agents hate picture books. Or, rather, most agents who represent PB authors say that they're not really taking on PBs at this time, which I interpret as "write a good MG or YA, and if you have some PBs in the drawer, we'll take a look at those too." So, I'm really trying to ...
- March 13th, 2010, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The importance (and difficulty) of gestures
- Replies: 55
- Views: 66622
Re: The importance (and difficulty) of gestures
Ink and Polymath: Right On. I find myself falling into the same trap while writing - using "sighed" or "groaned" or "grumbled" over and over and over. I sometimes end up typing the same sentence 6 or 8 or 12 times before I settle on something I like, and can move on to ...
- March 10th, 2010, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Comparing your work in a query... to a TV show?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2649
Re: Comparing your work in a query... to a TV show?
I went to a writers' event last year at which the suggestion was made that in a query, as well as in preparation for face-to-face events, writers try to come up with something to describe their WIP along the lines of "It's _(classic reference)_ meets _(modern pop-culture reference)_." In t...
- March 10th, 2010, 2:16 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Thank you, Sapphire
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1737
Re: Thank you, Sapphire
I don't know; he could have done a bad job, and the film wouldn't have been nominated. It was probably a great book to begin with, (I haven't read it, but it's on my ever-growing list), but it's the screenplay adaptation that gets nominated. Maybe I'm just still irritated by having to hear "Pre...
- March 10th, 2010, 2:10 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Good Books - Bad Endings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16437
Re: Good Books - Bad Endings
I haven't allowed myself to be burned since the Animorphs series when I was in my tweens. I hated the last book so bad I dragged the whole series outside and barbequed them. The only more satisfying destruction I could have given that series is if I'd been able to hold that barbeque on the author's...
- March 10th, 2010, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 59498
Re: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
I want to add a qualifier to my last post: I don't think that women, young or old, actually want a domineering romantic partner in life. Most of the women I know who have found themselves in these kinds of relationships aren't happy with them. Whomever posted that what women really want is the good,...
- March 10th, 2010, 11:13 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 59498
Re: TWILIGHT - thoughts?
Well, now that I've mostly finished the books, (I say "mostly" because I have read as much of them as I think I ever will, barring anything that makes it necessary for me to pick them up again), I thought I'd jump into the discussion again. SPOILER ALERT!!! I liked TWILIGHT, but liked each...
- March 4th, 2010, 11:22 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Head-Hopping - what's the deal people?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24026
Re: Head-Hopping - what's the deal people?
Sometimes I like POV changes, and sometimes I don't. I tend to prefer to spend at least a whole chapter in the same person's head, so if the POV changes within a chapter, I tend to get irritated - it's just too much to try to keep up with. A rare exception to that can be made when a character reads ...
- February 22nd, 2010, 2:52 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 528
- Views: 397185
Re: What are you reading now?
TWILIGHT, by Stephenie Meyer; A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES, by Diana Gabaldon; THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama; THE ABSORBENT MIND, by Maria Montessori; and about a jillion picture books. :-) I want to read THE POISONWOOD BIBLE - my mother sent it to me a while ago, and it's in my "to read&...
- February 22nd, 2010, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: POLL: Where do you buy your books?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12842
Re: POLL: Where do you buy your books?
Scholastic and brick and mortar, mostly. I go to the library pretty often, but read too slowly and end up having to renew too frequently to make it really worth it. I use Amazon occasionally, mostly for gifts for other people so that I can have it mailed directly to them since most of my friends and...