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Keep on writing? As a rule of thumb, when you're sending off one piece, you should be working on the next. So you don't feel so bummed, cos you'll have ...

I don't really show my work to people I know. Heck, I haven't even shown my parents the stories I've had published, even though they keep on asking about it. ...

Nah, lookit, say, Brad's Choinophobia. He's simply clicked 'edit' and erased all the chapters he's posted. Google won't bring up any results. But yeah, the information certainly is useful, and ...

That's true. But I don't think anyone's posted an entire novel here, only portions of a novel, so hopefully they can get away with it. At any rate, I - ...

The Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2007 I have the general (ie. non-Children fiction) 2006 copy, and 'tis full of loads of useful advice, and tells you the publishing process. ...

Editting > writing more.

Remember, also, that in Europe it can be reversed, and you can use single quotations for doubles, and doubles for singles, which I how I prefer to do it. So, ...

I do the occasional session on writing.com, although I'm disliking the 'star' rating system there more and more.

Yes, he's correct. As soon as you create something, it's copyrighted to you.

'For the love of God, check your spelling.'

I don't like to plan out what a character is going to be like before I write. Largely because I can't write like - they'll come out completely different to ...

and select 'New Zealand' from under countries.

YWS doesn't actually ask for any particular copyrights like some sites do (eg. http://www.writing.com) so you probably don't need to worry. But, just to be on the safe side, if ...

He doesn't really need that now - his agent will deal with all the stuff: sending off submissions to publishers, recieving responses, engaging in negotiations, making sure he gets the ...

Oh yeah, [rude word]ing awesome! That's just so cool. When it finally comes out - and I'm sure it will, given the overwhelmingly positive response from agents - I'll be ...