Nathan Bransford - The Forums

On top of the interesting things I find: have a look at two great entrys in the Blog fest contest here: Patrick Neylan's Pulped Fiction and hartjohnson's, Bloginality: The types of Bloggers and their attitudes. Started a additional piece called Week after Week on my blog. 29,300,000 hits on the home...

It may not be PG, but I truly enjoyed your post. Well thought out and timely given the current debate regarding social networking.

All the Best,

DougM

http://devinbriar.blogspot.com/ Couldn't resist a little prostitution... maybe a PayPal link? :-)

Nice post. Interesting, informative and funny.

Thank You for the link, it was extremely helpful.

DougM

Hi Nathan,

Is posting pieces of your MS on my blog ok? I have only posted 3 rough chapters and not the entire work. Do agents or publishers frown on these public postings?

All the best and have a great time on your time off!

DougM

"Trends in social networking" is an oxymoron Any book about the planet Uranus that mentions Bifidus Regularis as one of it's moons may have been researched exclusively in Wikipedia. Rachel Gardner's rendition of "The Call" http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/ creates a "stare ...

I have posted links to " Must Read " observations by Alan Rinzler on Plot, Freelance editors and Publishers POV opinions. Great stuff for the novice, as well as reminders for the experienced writer. Mr. Rinzler is an extraordinary editor, with an amazing resume of client author success sto...

Newest blogging "don'ts" seem to be on the rise.

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Thank you for the great insights into Writers Conferences. I had planned on going to the SCWC, but a shoulder injury since my last post has me visiting a surgeon this Monday. I live in New Mexico, so the Pike's Peak or Rocky Mountain conferences will be on my schedule for next year. Learning the cra...

But there are subtextual depths there for scrutiny comparable to the most acclaimed literary works. For, example, might not the novel's shallowness be evidentially interpreted as an intentional subtext message about the shallowness of cliques, elitism, and social mobility? Mixed messages are great ...

I have my doubts about age being an accurate barometer when measuring a readers acceptance. A younger reader may be more forgiving of style or substance based on his/hers social or geographic situation. A younger reader may have a kinship with adolescent angst, if that genre is read to the exclusion...

Your question comes down to the importance you attach to a beta reader. Are you thinking of the reader as a peer or an editor? For what it's worth, I find peer review extremely helpful, as long as I keep in mind that the creative mind of my peers may lie elsewhere. My subject may not be right up a p...

I've been readng a number of the blog posts from this forum. If the blogs are any indication of talent, then we have a TON of extremely talented people here! Keep it up!!!! I'm clicking the "Follow This Blog" button whenever I go to one of these blogs. Not all agents will give the "Fo...

Hi Nathan, I've been reading alot about the difference between Estimated vs Actual word count and that agent use "Estimated word count". I calculate that my MS could be counted at a far lower number using estimated than using actual (MS WORD) count. I want to do what is the right, professi...

I've changed and shortened this. It's 135 words. Thanks in advance for your comments. 85-year-old Dara McBride scorns those who turn talk shows into confessionals by flaunting deeds better left unmentioned. For decades she has kept quiet about her sins of passion, preferring to be seen as a hard wo...