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From The Hobbit (J.R.R.Tolkien): Some of them actually sat down and laughed.

Who knew goblins could sit down and laugh?

Hi people! Like everyone else, I've been lurking Nathan's forums/blog (for a year and a half. :? Do I win the award for longest lurker?), and I've finally decided to post. This site has been really helpful so far, so I wanted to get involved in the forums more and perhaps contribute a thing or two. ...

I think a lot of it comes down to what the book's like. Recently i read Margaret Atwood's 'The Blind Assassin' and was blown away by the writing style and her ability as a word smith. I have found since I started writing seriously about four years ago I have started to pay much more attention to th...

I started off with "literary fiction", and although I plan on continuing with it, I'm beginning to venture into middle grade fantasy.

Thanks polymath & maybegenius! Makes sense. And my protagonist does have foster parents, so I guess I'm not as off-track as I thought I was.

@marion: That's the same with me! I often find myself going to bed, and after a few minutes, rushing to the computer to jot down images or semi-formed ideas that somehow spring into my mind for no reason at all. It's really inconvenient, but it's during this time (before I fall asleep) that the imag...

Firstly: Hi everyone! I've been lurking around this forum for quite a while now, but I've finally decided to post something. :D Anyway, the point of this post: I noticed that some of you use 12-year-olds for YA novels, but would it be possible to use them for MG novels? This is something that's been...