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  • Lounge, The Re: A Publisher Pays You, You Don't Pay A Publisher

    I'm pretty sure a publisher can't ask for the advance back. After all, the entire point of an advance is that you're getting money up front, regardless of how well ...

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Bob Cat's Death

    I'm trying to work out if TL G-Wooster is being serious or not. :?

    Aug 7, 2008
  • Research Re: When your research comes up short

    Maybe there is no waterfall. Maybe you really live next to Area 51. Really: the only advice I can think of is to simply go and see the waterfall. Looking ...

    Aug 6, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: so you want to be a writer?

    PerforatedxHearts: He actually wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels. He eventually had 110 books in print.

    Aug 6, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: What makes Purple Prose?

    I wouldn't really consider Kang227's example to be purple prose. Something more like, "In his almost violent desperation, Joe stumbled and skidded and slipped towards the toliet, that bastion of ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: so you want to be a writer?

    Well, this poem was written by a man whose gravestone has only the words 'Don't Try' engraved on it. Read into that what you will.

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS Radio: August 9, Live From Planet Earth

    So we just give questions here? Right oh. Are either of you two most awesome of dudes currently working on any novels?

    Aug 4, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Background Check Center

    gyrfalcon: Well, I have to say, I'm very impressed. =) Glancing over their website, they look like a very big agency. Look at all the bestsellers and award winning books ...

    Aug 3, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Reading 'Popular' Books

    I buy books because they're popular. Popularity is usually a good indication of how enjoyable a book is, which is why I use it as such a guage. *shrugs*

    Aug 2, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: so you want to be a writer?

    Wow, so much bad advice in so little time.

    Jul 30, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Furby!

    I was always dissapointed mine never learnt the swear words I was trying to teach it. clograbby is right: they don't actually learn your language, they just use more and ...

    Jul 28, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Get Pregnant Quick!!

    I think for punishment, the parents of those girls should make them keep their babies and raise them with minimal, if any, help from others, which means that those girls ...

    Jul 28, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Just out of curiosity...

    If I remember correctly, Nate said that there are slightly more girls than boys, but the guys tend to be more active, so the posts are split pretty much 50/50, ...

    Jul 23, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher

    Yeah, I've read about micro black holes. Wherever I read about it - I can't remember now - mentioend that it's entirely possible that we've already produced a whole bunch ...

    Jul 20, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher

    A black hole occurs when an object has an incredibly high density, so high that not even light can escape its gravitational pull. An extremely large sun collapsing in on ...

    Jul 20, 2008


There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.
— Maya Angelou