Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Hi John, That's awesome! :D I've been thinking of converting one of my ideas into a comic or graphic novel of sorts. In terms of online comics "not getting big name distribution" you should have a look at Home Star Runner, The Oatmeal, Hyperbole and a Half, and X.K.C.D. These are nothing l...

Waiter, waiter, there's a chick in my soup. :lol: :lol: :lol: Here's a few things this Q reminded me of: I wonder if anyone appreciates the irony in eating Anthony Hopkins. :twisted: Or Soylent Heston. Ben & Jerry's already made ice cream out of Alec Baldwin's Schweddy Balls. :roll: You might w...

Not to be a downer, but I personally don't celebrate Xmas or any of the religious holidays. I was raised Christian -- Catholic, in fact -- but now consider myself an atheist. So for me, all the hubbub about holidays/holy days in general seems strange and peculiar. :| That said, I actually walked out...

Mira wrote:That's right, Nigerian Princes. Send me money and lots of it. Once you do that, don't worry, I'll get back to you soon.

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I wear glasses and have thought of getting laser correction. Purely for aesthetic purposes; I hate wearing them, because I look like a nerd, although without them I'm moderately attractive. (OK, mildly. Very mildly.) But contacts irritate my eyes, and I'll do anything to stop Dorothy Parker's famous...

A nickel a word doesn't sound like much in print, but when you do the math, an average 75K word ms works out to $3,750. :shock: This is something I'd love to look into, but four grand is waaaaay out of my ballpark. Which sucks big time , because any non-zero integer is above that line too. :| It'd b...

Rachel, I could be wrong, but it doesn't really sound to me like you're interested in a different perspective or a dialogue. That's alittle sad to me, because I was trying to communicate something you might find valuable. However, you seem set on your own course and comfortable with it, so I'll jus...

I completely agree with everything Polymath said. Polymath is too smart :D so I completely didn't understand anything s/he said. ;) I also came here looking for a push-button "poll" but was pleasantly surprised to find something more detailed. I have no problem coming up with ideas. And I...

This is apparently becoming popular nowadays, what with the Meyer factor and Pynchon's surprising entry into the mp3 game. So I'll push play. :D I second the comment someone made about an "album" specific to the work or the story. Although if one isn't careful it can be a procrastination m...

By the way: As one blogger said, "I just paid 1.19 for a box of sandwich bags. Surely a novel is worth more than sandwich bags." Unless you go eco and have all your books printed on recycled sandwich bags... ;) It's not a real good way to make a living, as a "paper bag writer." :...

OK, wow. I went offline for about two months and am just now coming back into the fold on this one. I'm sure I can compensate, though... First of all, Margo, that's awesome, your average is 60,000 words written in a month? I'm struggling to even get past my (very many) outlines! :roll: Second: Twili...

I think it depends how you define a slush pile. For me, anything with lots of stories makes up a slush pile. That means any online writing forum has their own pile, including this one. I think the whole Internet is just one big slush pile. :lol: Although I'd say 99% of it is more like a landfill th...

Rachel - I highly recommend college. Not just because it improves your chances in the job market (it does. Someone with a B.A. in anything is always a step ahead of someone without it), but because it's a wonderful thing for your mind. College helps people broaden their viewpoint. It introduces the...

Thanks for everyone's replies :) Sorry I haven't been able to reply right away. I have to say I was a little surprised at how many people latched onto the "30 is old" statement... ;) I did say, "no offense," but that's still how I perceive the big dreaded 3-0. (It's even unluckie...

I just wanted to add my $.02 because I'm technically still in the YA demographic. (I'll leave the leap year thing out for now.) Abraham Lincoln is famous for saying you can't please everyone 100% of the time. There's an old adage, one person's trash is another's treasure. So what one person might fi...