Karsten

Hi Hippie, I’m glad you asked me to review this, because I enjoyed it. It’s dramatic, the opening is punchy and the writing is clean. I love your use of ...

I wish I could read Redwall books for my classes. :P I still have a huge nostalgic love for the Redwall series. It's repetitive at times, and the bizarre racist ...

The only real differences between first and third person are the pronouns. Depth/closeness of viewpoint is an entirely separate issue. You can have close third person and distant first, or ...

I had this moment yesterday: "It would be so helpful if I could quickly see how much of my novel is dialogue." If you zoom right out so you can ...

What's a good publisher for a Wolf Fantasy novel? Each imprint (subdivision of a publisher) generally only handles one age range: adult, YA, MG etc. So the right imprint and ...

Snoink hit a nail bang on the head for me: Right now, it's very common for instructors and greeters to work very hard initially and then to get so stressed ...

Thanks for reminding me about this feature. I had no idea what the gold star was actually used for. :P

You're welcome. :) I'm glad you're doing your research. If I could recommend a few websites where aspiring authors can research, I'd suggest AbsoluteWrite , Writer Beware and Preditors & ...

I have a question if you don't mind. Do we send the whole 'book' or just like the first 50 pages\3 chapters? Or a summary for beginning,middle, and ending? Or ...

Isn't practicing spelt that way not practising?? Good question. My understanding is that in British English, to practise is the verb and practice is the noun - but in American ...

Thanks. I don't care how old i am I just want my book published. Sureal and Blink have given some excellent advice. I also wanted to note that writing at ...

I'm also a little skeptical on the nomination process. I can understand the storybook badge, but the greeting and reviewing badges would be really hard to achieve for members who ...

Finish the third draft of novel 3. Resubmit to long-suffering beta readers. Begin querying. Revise novel 4. Finish the first draft of novel 5, a YA urban fantasy. I'm pegging ...

Hello Karsten, reviewer extraordinaire. I'm editing my Nano and thought I'd post up the first chapter for scary judgement. The Wrong Side Ch. 1 You're so brave! I'll check it ...

Hi Garland, Reviewing as per your request. I'm afraid I had difficulty with this story. It's riddled with spelling and grammar errors: the very first sentence has at least two. ...