DO NOT shove your entire book in a query. It’s literally impossible to cram 70,000-word manuscript into 200-250 words summary. People try – and they fail. Miserable, miserable failure. Instead… DO focus on the beginning of your story or the…
Oh no! That's so sad and frustrating! I'm so sorry for your friend. She'll just have to find a way to tell her side of the story better. It's kind of an opportunity when you look at it like that. A good topic to address-- on some level, we'…
I actually enjoyed reading through in this posting. Many Thanks. Not sure if we're on the same page if you saw what I saw… Greetings, earthling. Because I was an actual NDE on the outskirts of the Great Beyond at 15 yet wasn’t allowed in, l…
Wandered over from supreme Write, and I'm excited to explore your blog some more... I completely know this sinking feeling as I realize I'm not the only one who comes up with good ideas, but you're totally right. You just have to tell a gre…
Aww, I loved the book! I've been looking forward to buying the next book in the series. I was bugged by the whole flashback thing, but when I got over that I really got into the story xD I think it's because I liked how resourceful Kvothe i…
I agree with this. Something else -- I sometimes wonder if a lot of horror comics should be classed as something else, because most of the time they're not actually scary :SI didn't really like the character designs either, they looked like…
Guess I can spend that $2 on this instead of a jello shot Saturday night. And it's all about the weeblies. Out of five stars or weebles (what the hell is a weeble? o.O)I've found this to be a useful guide on writing action scenes: http://ww…
Totally agree, Kerry. Dystopic stories ARE often too gray. Movies pull this off better than a lot of books...to me, anyway. Especially when the author relies heavily on descriptions. Gray, gray, gray, cold, hard, empty, gray, gray, dead...s…
This is off topic, but with justification I hope. I've nominated you for the Stylish Blogger Award.What does this mean? Ideally only benefits. I've posted all of the details here:http://theporkster.blogspot.com/2011/04/where-styles-at.html
I'm so excited! It's going to be brilliant, I think. I might pass out when I see Khal Drogo...or drool, slip, fall, hit my head, and then pass out, but it's all good ;) I actually skipped this post because I haven't read A Game of Thrones y…
I agree, Blade Runner doesn't feel like a dystopia, it's more of a noir detective story with a sci-fi twist. Dark and gritty doesn't make dystopia. Although you could argue that it was a dystopia for the Replicants, but since the story wasn…
DO NOT shove your entire book in a query. It’s literally impossible to cram 70,000-word manuscript into 200-250 words summary. People try – and they fail. Miserable, miserable failure. Instead… DO focus on the beginning of your story or the…