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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 -
Re: Bob Cat's Death
I'm trying to work out if TL G-Wooster is being serious or not. :?
Aug 7, 2008 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Re: so you want to be a writer?
Wow, so much bad advice in so little time.
Jul 30, 2008 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
