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Re: The Rift Progress update
The cute and cuddly: This sounds well-planned out and entertaining. A young teenage reader will be much more interested in Ben and Steph, as the characters, than the black holes, ...
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: Gaea and Frux- Progress Thread
You should not be losing sleep (or weight) over writing! Writing should be for fun. That aside, I agree that this seems very organised. It's not my cup of tea, ...
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: Historical Fiction? or not?
I'd categorise it as Historical Fiction. I'm not sure what magazines you could send it too, but I think that instead of making it a "random battle", maybe you could ...
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: British Boarding School
Cool! I love this idea! I'm going to do two, just because I like it so much... Name: Charlotte Clankley (I like alliterative names) Sex: Female Race/Ancestry: I'm undecided here. ...
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: I need... advice.
It's not something I would read or write personally. I love philosophy and existential discussions, just not mixed in with my fiction. It's just not my cup of tea.
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: What do you think about the preface to my story?
It's an impressive beginning. And the last sentence stole my heart. I think it's mysterious as well, but at the moment there's not much to go on-not much action and ...
Mar 1, 2009 -
Re: A Name For a Character
Sorry for repeats Kerenza "Kerry" Clementine "Clem" Georgina "George" Roberta "Bobby" Bernadette "Bernard"
Feb 24, 2009 -
Re: Prologue to Omni-Fate
Wow, you've definitely spent a lot of time and effort on this, and I applaud you for that. It's very large-scale and serious. What age group are you aiming for ...
Feb 24, 2009 -
Re: Choose a hero
I wrote a story involving a high school aged goddess who played a mentor role to the main character. She turned out to be quite the Mary Sue. I like ...
Oct 19, 2008 -
Re: Book ideas: Having so much trouble thinking up one!!!
I've developed a very methodical and efficient way of writing. I think of the idea, and plan out each chapter. Then I start working on it, and I can never ...
Sep 8, 2008 -
Re: how many drafts do you go through??
I don't make more than one draft-I just edit and alter details.
Aug 20, 2008 -
Re: How long is/was your longest story?
25,330 words for my longest story (44 pages). It's definitely not a short story, but if it's a novel then it's a very short one.
Aug 16, 2008 -
Re: New Idea
Yeah, I think this would be better if it wasn't set on Earth-that way it could get a bit too preachy, what with global warming. Does the old man have ...
Aug 16, 2008 -
Re: Names
I actually find a lot of inspiration for names in the most unlikely places. I've got a character called Theobroma, which is a chemical in body lotion. (She goes by ...
Aug 16, 2008 -
Re: Can't come up with originality
Some tips off the top of my head... Invent a new species Set the story in a modern-day Earth place Use magic in different ways-a renewable energy source or something ...
Aug 16, 2008
