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- June 12th, 2010, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Updated YA first page :)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7407
Re: Updated YA first page (Ronnie Gold) :)
Oh! I thought you were older (because you're a mother)! But yes, I still feel like a teenager in most respects, for sure.
- June 10th, 2010, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 720
- Views: 451905
Re: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Genre: Contemporary YA Untitled As soon as I walk through this door, I will officially be a high school student, I thought. Finally. I stood outside the door of my first class, even though it was cold and drizzling. This was typical first day of school weather for Seattle – or in my case, Dumont, a ...
- June 10th, 2010, 4:55 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Updated YA first page :)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7407
Re: Updated YA first page (Ronnie Gold) :)
lmitchell and wildheart, thank you for your input!
wildheart - I am basically still a teen.... (I'm 20, and rather sad not to have an excuse for teen angst anymore). So those teen girl emotions/insecurities are still very fresh in my memory. :)
wildheart - I am basically still a teen.... (I'm 20, and rather sad not to have an excuse for teen angst anymore). So those teen girl emotions/insecurities are still very fresh in my memory. :)
- June 8th, 2010, 9:59 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 149160
Re: Rejection Stats
Holy crap, HillaryJ, a full ms request after one day?!?! Congrats!!!!!! I aspire to be like you. I started querying my urban fantasy Hunting in the Dark ( shout out to all my query critics ) last night. Stats: Queries: 4 Full MS Request: 1 *!* Partial MS Request: 0 Form Rejection: 0 Personal Rejecti...
- June 8th, 2010, 9:56 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: First Page YA: opinions on voice and technique appreciated
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12225
Re: First Page YA: opinions on voice and technique appreciated
I like it. Awesome voice. I think it's spot on, but there were a few minor things I wanted to edit, so here you go: Could this ordeal be any more awkward? My jaw clenched so tight I worried my teeth might crack , and my mother’s dental insurance sucked so , of course, that would be just my luck. Cra...
- June 8th, 2010, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Updated YA first page :)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7407
Re: Updated YA first page (Ronnie Gold) :)
Just updated my first page using lots of these helpful suggestions! Take a look. Thank you!
- May 23rd, 2010, 8:47 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: PREDICT THE NEXT BIG YA GENRE
- Replies: 61
- Views: 28002
Re: PREDICT THE NEXT BIG YA GENRE
Just replace vampires with illegal immigrants!
It'll be all the rage, I promise.
It'll be all the rage, I promise.
- May 23rd, 2010, 8:45 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: "Interview with an Agent" - INTERACTIVE WITH SUSAN HAWK
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20837
Re: Blog Series: "Interview with an Agent" - SARAH LAPOLLA of CB
Krista, your interviews are awesome! I went through them all and added quite a few new agents to my list. Thanks!
- May 19th, 2010, 12:10 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Embarassing lines in my book
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5351
Re: Embarassing lines in my book
Um, yeah, I have one every bit as good as that, but it's too horrid to post. I was trying to get inventive with a verb to replace 'grab' and came up with a turn of phrase that belongs only in hardcore porn, so sayeth a major editor. I'll let everyone imagine what the phrase might have been. It's on...
- May 12th, 2010, 8:36 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 818798
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
I just started a blog! Inspired by all of you, of course. (Including Nathan!)
First post: Teen Twenty year old Angst
http://www.laurenattwenty.blogspot.com
First post: Teen Twenty year old Angst
http://www.laurenattwenty.blogspot.com
- May 11th, 2010, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Is present tense ever okay?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14409
Re: Is present tense ever okay?
Of course present tense is okay, as illustrated by the examples everyone just gave you. But for me, as a reader, present tense is usually a deal breaker. I can't say exactly why, but it doesn't read as well as past tense. It seems a little amateur to me. The only book I remember actually finishing t...
- May 10th, 2010, 11:34 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Words I Can't Stop Using
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12438
Re: Words I Can't Stop Using
Wow, that Wordle thing was fun! And it was quite pretty... until I unchecked "remove common words"! Now there's a huge "THE" splashed across the page, followed closely by "I". But I'm not gonna worry about those two too much... When I uncheck that, my most common word b...
- May 3rd, 2010, 11:04 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Starting to Query
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6597
Re: Starting to Query
kenpochick - congrats!!!!! Let us know what happens. :)
- May 3rd, 2010, 10:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Time to Fess Up - How Long Is It Taking You?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21877
Re: Time to Fess Up - How Long Is It Taking You?
I'm working on my first novel. I'm almost done with the first draft and it's been 14 months. I'll definitely be editing by the end of this month! Oh and it's about 85k words.
- April 29th, 2010, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What do you "do"?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13928
Re: What do you "do"?
This is so fun to read! There's such a wide variety of people here. It's awesome.