Nathan Bransford - The Forums

BransfordGroupie wrote:I wonder who is filling Jacob Wonderbar's shoes.

Will Smith's son!

Scott wrote:Ever seen the movie Planet of the Bears? No, no you haven't.

'Nuff said.

Someone get that into production!

"Get your stinking claws off of me, you damned dirty bear!"

I pitched a novel at RWA national conf. I meant to polish it up and send it when I got home. But a head injury and sevear personal issues made it so I didn't get to it for months. So I finally have the first three chapters edited, but not completely polished. Is it too late to send it? I would reco...

Hey, wherever you get your inspiration I'm sure you could make it work. There have been lots of Shakespeare-inspired works of literature, it's all in the execution!

Hey forum friends, just wanted to make sure that everyone stops by the blog today: For every comment my wife and I are donating $1.00 to Heifer International, an organization that fights world hunger. Also, if you'd like to join in as well and make your own per-comment pledge just write a post on yo...

Hi Nathan, I'm still editing away, and now have my word count down to 128k. I know this is too high for a debut novel, but I'm hoping it's not ridiculously high. My fear is that I will get a form rejection based on word count alone, as I've read on some agents' sites that they stop reading queries ...

Alright, this has probably been covered on your blog, but even I don't have the energy to go back and read through the endless archives or a bunch of categories to find it. Sorry! What (estimated) percentage of books you've represented haven't managed to find a publisher? That seems like the scarie...

Let's face it. No matter how good our books are, a lot of us (myself included) will likely never be published. Or at least our current book may not be published. Two questions. First, how do you you feel about the feature at sites such as lulu which allow you to make a fairly professional copy of y...

This is actually being discussed in the Publishing Forum:

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Hey all, just a quick forum announcement that I have named Ink a forum moderator. You may know/recognize him from his even keel and keen insight from the blog comments, and I know he will bring that level head to help me maintain the positive spirit and tone of the forums. He'll be working with me t...

Phyllis wrote:Just a little bit of hairsplitting: The first ten pages in an e-query means I send roughly 2500 words, even if not double-spaced. Right?

However much is ten pages in a normally-spaced manuscript.

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Hey guys, that's an interesting idea for a share your work forum. One of the reasons I've chosen to have just a few forums is that I personally get confused when I approach a discussion forum with zillions of different forums. I think it would be totally fine if you posted, say, short fiction or ex...

I'm putting my hand up for a "share your work" thread in here too. I have tried a couple of various critique sites, but for some reason I find the people in this forum are a lot more trustworthy, friendly and most of all helpful and encouraging. As if Nathan didn't have enough on his plat...

There are only a couple of books I re-read (so many new ones to get to!), but my favorite comfort book for re-reading would probably have to be HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Always puts a smile on my face.