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hehe, ya, it was a long while before I found out either. They've said that more than once they've both auditioned for a part and it came down to a coin toss.Hahahah, poor them! Though looking closely, I can pick up some differences in them. Not enough to make you think "different person!" but enough to make you take a second look.
Ive been trying to figure out a good actor for Billy Borden, and I think Ive settled on one of the Ashmore Twins. It probably doesnt really matter which one, they are both comparable actors. It might be randomly cool to use Shawn for early Billy, and Aaron for the later one after billy was supposed to have bulked up a bunch, but I think they'd need a story with more flashbacks to make that sort of thing necessary.I'm an idiot. I never knew there were two of these guys.
I"ll give it a try.
windylass:I'll accept the first one. The second one is a gassylass. /threadjacking
1) A young woman who constantly bables about nothing.
2) A young woman who has had too many bean burritos.
Pft. I already know what a windlass is: A girl who has an airship. Obviously.No, that'd be a windylass.
by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris: Phoenix rising (The first book in the Ministry of peculiar occurences series)Ulfgeir - about this book, one of the reviewers on Amazon mentions something awful.
In an ideal world, the best possible option is to find a writer who is enough better than you to be able to show you how to usefully improve, but not so very much better than you that you can't make head or tail of their insights because you're not that good yet, who is willing to look at your stuff and give feedback.Done. (No, seriously.)
If you're fortunate enough to find one of those, marry them.
You have my sympathies on this Spot. Dealing with a family member is always tricky.I've considered having the manuscript fall into her litter box. However, she's a discerning kitty and may not use the litter box after that.
Frankly I'd hand it back to him or her and say - if you won't listen to my criticisms then go find
yourself a good paid for beta. (The more brutally honest the better.)
Odds are though that this person WILL NOT listen to criticism from anyone - family member or professional. I've met that type.
Plead being too busy with work and give it back to them. You DO NOT need the heartache.
A family member will expect you to LOVE their work and to make it all neat and pretty for them
without paying you, and taking up your valuable free time, and blame you when their crap doesn't
sell or gets shredded by some reader.
I've got an idea - tell them about self-publishing - and still use the work defense to get out of doing
anything with the manuscript.
(Maybe you could accidentally, on purpose, let it fall into Mocha's litter box?)
I'm already claiming the "busy at work" defense. We'll see how long I can keep it up. Eventually though, I'm going to have to fob them off on a paid editor. )
Oh was that Brandon Sanderson at the end of the video asking a question?No, someone asked which authors Jim can recommend to them. Brandon Sanderson was one of the straggler names.
A lot of people turned out, it seems like it was a success! I didn't notice anyone's name tag featuring their forum name, though I did see one girl who had, "An Authority Figure", written on it. I hope everyone got their books signed!Watch out for a PM from me coming your way.
Does anyone know if there's a video or transcript of the event anywhere?Priscellie posted a link on her Twitter. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gn-qp4aOXc
