Nathan Bransford - The Forums

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

Just sent my MS off to my first real beta reader. My baby is out there in the world for someone else to read. (Granted, I have sent parts out there for feedback a couple times, but this is the first entire MS beta crit that I'll likely get back.) I'm nervous. But looking forward to getting that fres...

Thanks! I'm excited to get to share more of my photography in the future.

I should say this isn't YA. There are definite relationship issues, but they're more related to adult relationships. I figure an older audience could handle the larger time span. But I'm still worried about it.

Thanks for all the input everyone.

I probably don't show enough. I counted. And out of those 4 years, 1 week, 2 1/2 days, I show 43 of them. It's a challenge. One which I don't know how to overcome. I like the idea of parts, but I do agree that it can be jarring. I will confess I'd never thought about character change in the long spa...

What's y'all's opinions on length of time a book covers? I'm struggling with this issue right now as I launch into revisions of my urban/contemp. fantasy. The book currently covers a time frame of just over 4 years. The majority of the book takes place nearly at the end of that span. The book starts...

I got a film scanner for Christmas so I've started up again with my photography blog.

stephaniemcgeephotography.blogspot.com

I could barely get through Huck Finn, but that doesn't mean I agree with the censoring of it.

It just didn't grab me. But everyone deserves freedom of speech, even those gone before whose words live on.

I loved the nickname Silk from David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean series. It just summed up the character in one word. Tamora Pierce's Alanna. I'd love to name a daughter that. Or Keladry. I just like names that are pronouncable, look semi-normal, and flow off the tongue. Like Varyen, from one o...

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Highly Effective Habits of (Writer) People

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Work-in-progress Wednesday with a call for a beta or two.

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I use italics. If you're consistent in how you set off the internal thought/monologue, you'll give your reader a visual cue so they'll know what they're dealing with as they go and don't get caught up on the how of what's being communicated.

"Well, I suppose if it were two African swallows." MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL "Certainly not. Oh no, certainly not. This will be a full grown mynah bird, full grown." Mrs. MacGruder - THE BIRDS “I speak over two thousand languages, including Dodo and Unicorn. I had a classi...

Talking about inner scorecard versus outer scorecard.

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