Heidigirl666

Would you consider Tara(my name) to be a strange name? Or Kali? Or Hester? Or Dee? I would. 'Cause in my "wee group" there are five of us(yeah I know ...

I always just choose normal names that I like; my characters are supposed to be normal people so if I gave them really unsual names it would just be weird. ...

I swear liberally in my recent novel, and I wouldn't change a thing. It's impossible to get away with saying 'he swore' all the time when half the novel is ...

Thought I'd point out that self-publishing and vanity publishing are not the same thing, as you mentioned it. :wink: Vanity publishing is where you pay someone to print a very ...

My novel which I'm just about to finish editing (the end of the week I'm aiming for :D) is about 140,000 words. I've written a couple of others (which were ...

As I understand it, the point at which you're paid royalties doesn't really correlate with your advance. It isn't like you have to 'pay back' the amount you've already been ...

The only waiting rooms I've ever been in have had the dullest magazines ever, been really quiet (everyone whispering practically) and had really uncomfortable chairs (not great when you're seeing ...

we could suggest a name like Bob in a fantasy novel. Why couldn't someone in a fantasy novel be called Bob? It's a bit cliched to give all your fantasy ...

Real characters and good dialogue are probably the key to writing a romance that isn't cheesy. Characters that are too perfect and all lovey-dovey just makes for an 'yuck' factor. ...

*sigh* Why write something no one will read? :wink: They said, they probably wouldn't get it published. That doesn't equal no one's going to read it, and besides, I don't ...

I have no idea what they are either. :? I try not to think about 'techniques' when I'm writing though. I just write how I like to write. :wink:

Mine has so far taken six weeks to do several edits, I'm now half way through a final edit on the 140,000 words. Should be (hopefully) finished in the next ...

I always think you can't break grammar rules until you have learnt them properly and learnt to stick to them. Of course you can write dialogue however you like, but ...

I only write plans once I've got the plot set in stone, and only to know how I'm splitting up chapters. I can't change them once they're written. Sometimes I ...

I don't use a mirror, but I do it without thinking while I'm at my computer or have a notebook open and I'm writing, I make faces and talk to ...