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But, still no lasting snow on the ground in Berlin. I've had to go to two other countries and three other cities to find snow. And now it's snowing where ...

Normal, standard Theory of Beginnings goes something like this: When it comes to beginnings, the thing you have to consider is the kick-off point where the action all starts, and ...

I've actually always understood the difference as "blonde" being a noun, almost always female, and "blond" being the adjective. "There's this blond guy in my class." "I was never really ...

A "this just felt like the right place to end the chapter" person, weighing in. Well, sort of. In the last two novels I wrote, I had really, really short ...

Betrayal/Forgiveness - Apocalyptica

I'll give you my top three, because it's hard to choose: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien The Child Thief, Brom

--to finish a novel, prepare it for publication, and start sending queries

First, a linguistics nerd correction. What you're looking for here is "dialect" and not "accent." That'll probably help in your research. An "accent" is only pronunciation--and everyone, for the benef

My strategy for as long as has been important is character-oriented. My basic assumptions are that "plot is conflict" and that "plot is a character wanting something" and, then combined, ...

Rach, Ribbit, YWS, and 2011: May Special thanks to: In particular, Borntobeawriter , for convincing me to come back to YWS. Good advice, Mama Tanya. And then, of course, Power ...

So, basically, I go to Vienna, and when I get back, there's a spiffy new YWS waiting. This'll be awesome.

So. Ooey-Gooey, my delicious one with whom I share some sort of creepy trans-oceanic ESP connection, This made me happy. Strangely, because it's dark and edgy and stuff and shouldn't ...

Well, reading this backwards is certainly an interesting experience. I guess I was wrong about Revil being on some revenge-mission against everyone who wronged him. Have I mentioned how much ...

Kasim!!! Hi. :D So, on the one hand, I pretty much have no idea what's going on. I haven't read the previous installments, but by the end of reading this, ...

If you like the melodramaticness, then by all means keep it :). The main reason I advise against it is that...well, what happens when you get to a super dramatic ...