Nathan Bransford - The Forums

In my experience, when you see writers bashing other writers, it’s time to look elsewhere. There are so many writers that go to such great lengths to help other writers, it’s incredibly inspiring. I've had so many writers help me in so many ways, and I've tried to help other writers as well.

I love-love-love writing the first draft, especially the first half and the ending. I usually struggle somewhere in the middle of a first draft.

This summer, I became a gamer. Discovered that I love playing PORTAL and KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC.

I love writing short stories. I’ve had short stories published in numerous anthologies. Because short stories are written so much more quickly than novels, I've found that having one short story or several short stories published in anthologies that include short stories by a variety of authors is a...

Mira, I found it difficult to find enough time to write when I wrote my first couple of (unpublished) novels, so I took a Writer’s Digest Writing course and then a couple of Writer’s Digest Advanced Writing courses through which a published writer critiqued my work. I think I might have found it dif...

Right now, I'm reading TINKERS by Paul Harding, the indie novel that won the Pulitzer Prize this year: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/books/19harding.html . Such beautiful writing! Recently, I've read several other wonderful novels: ROCK PAPER TIGER by Nathan's client, Lisa Brackmann, ANGELOLOGY ...

Hi, JuiceinLA,

So far, I'm published by indie press. I've had a website for several years and receive about 11,000 hits to the site per month. I'm also active on Twitter, but that's much more recent than establishing my website: http://www.marilynpeake.com

Way to go, bcomet! That's wonderful!

One of the writing groups I’m most delighted to be a part of is a travel writing group run by William Reese Hamilton. He’s an amazing writer, with stories published in many literary magazines. He recently had a story, Storyteller , featuring his exquisite writing style published in Front Porch , the...

Looks like Steven Spielberg is about to delve into the subject of outer space in a really big way. In addition to “Super 8”, his upcoming movie with J.J. Abrams http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1526990617 , he’s working on a project called INTERSTELLAR (2011) which is described on IMDb as “An explor...

Last weekend, I saw IRON MAN 2 (which I loved!) in the movie theater. Before the movie, there was a mysterious trailer for an upcoming movie about Area 51 called “Super 8” directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. Online, there was no official trailer, just articles about the new mov...

Two days ago, the online version of The New York Times posted an underwater video of the oil continuously gushing from the damaged pipe in the BP oil disaster: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/underwater-video-shows-oil-gushing-from-damaged-pipe-into-gulf/?src=twt&twt=nytimes . Rather...

I only recently discovered this show and bought the first season on DVD. I think it's fantastic! I'm behind in a few shows I'm watching on DVD, including LOST and MAD MEN.

Congratulations, bcomet! That's fantastic!

Very interesting article in THE NEW YORK TIMES today, "For Chernin, an Empire of His Own":
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/busin ... wt=nytimes