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Author Craft / Yay! I got my first rejection letter.
« on: August 17, 2008, 05:08:09 PM »
I know, it sounds odd that I'm being cheerful about getting rejected, but hear me out: I sent out about 7 in the past month and only one of the 7 came back, which means that at least SOMEONE is paying attention to me. That wasn't even the oldest query letter I sent out, either.

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Author Craft / Re: Cure for Writer's Block: Character casting
« on: August 01, 2008, 06:08:06 AM »
Yeah. And there's other ways to create characters. Superhero creator (which is free), Sims, etc. I made my webcomic characters in Sims just to see what they'd look like more realistic and some to see what they'd look like human.

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Author Craft / Re: Oh Slinky...How I deplore you...Also known as that D@mned Tangled Knot
« on: June 12, 2008, 09:17:49 PM »
Make an outline. You don't have to follow it, but it helps unravel the jumbled thoughts of a story. Also, I've been known to let my subconscious do the writing. I'll sit and listen to music and sort of zone out while my fingers do the writing. Okay, so it's probably not really my subconscious doing the writing, but it does help quite a bit.

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Author Craft / Re: Tools of the trade?
« on: May 30, 2008, 05:53:30 AM »
I can't see voice recognizing software being useful for fantasy or Sci-fi writers. I can just see Patrick Rothfuss using it and getting pissed every time it wrote "Quote" instead of "Kvothe."

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Author Craft / Re: Tools of the trade?
« on: May 29, 2008, 09:15:13 AM »
I use Word. It works for me and I don't see any reason to change.

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Author Craft / Re: Tips for the Unmotivated
« on: May 08, 2008, 04:29:50 PM »
Quote from: Noey on May 08, 2008, 02:35:29 PM
Bad Silence of the Lambs joke.  ;D

Nah, it wasn't bad, just esoteric.




Lois: It's geat they picked your theme, but isn't it a little esoteric?
Peter: Esoteric?
(Zoom in to the guys in Peter's brain)
Guy1: Could it mean sexy?
Guy2: I think it's a science term.
Guy3: Fellas, fellas! Esoteric means delicious!
(back to the real world)
Peter: Lois, "Who's the Boss" is not a food.
Brian: Swing and a miss.

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Author Craft / Re: Tips for the Unmotivated
« on: May 08, 2008, 10:32:15 AM »
"I really want to see my name on the cover of a book someday."

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Author Craft / Re: Good Magic References
« on: May 02, 2008, 08:00:20 AM »
I'll like the scientific approach myself with equivalent exchange (x amount of magic to do x level of spell), too much magic in a system can be volatile. Mine is quite a bit like the magic in the Dresdenverse, except a little more scientific than that.

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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: May 01, 2008, 05:30:23 PM »
"That quiz was hard," Tom said testily.

"What is on the test?" Tom asked inquisitively

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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: May 01, 2008, 01:31:10 AM »
"That worked!" Tom said forcedly.

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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: April 29, 2008, 01:09:12 PM »
"What kind of bird is that?" Tom chirped.

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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: April 29, 2008, 04:21:30 AM »
"I like this book," Tom said, turning read


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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: April 29, 2008, 02:59:13 AM »
"I want a bicycle," Tom spoke.

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Author Craft / Re: Fun With Tom Swifties
« on: April 27, 2008, 07:45:55 PM »
"Are you gay?" Tom queried.

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Author Craft / Re: Using personality disorders.
« on: April 23, 2008, 01:46:33 AM »
Yeah, the first character gets irritable and the second character gets the shakes.

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