Sureal

I was just looking back over the stories I'd sent off. With the comedy After Life (accepted by Delivered), I noticed a number of punctuation errors and some poor writing. ...

I know, I was trying to be funny by agreeing with myself...I failed :( Don't worry - your avatar makes up for any bombed jokes you may make ^_^.

I write in past as default, unless I have a particular reason to write in present.

One suggestion I've heard for writing summaries is to write a great big long one. Then to take it and cut out everything you can, and rewrite it so it ...

Jiggity: No, it shouldn't matter. Most magazines will accept submissions from all over the world.

There is no set length for chapters. A chapter ends when you feel it should end, regardless of word count. Afterwards, if you really feel the chapter needs to be ...

Sureal Tiptoeing into the World of Short Story Publishing Being the over-ambitious, more-confidence-than-actual-skill sorrta writer, I’ve tried my hands at having some short stories published. Origi

I've run through a number of your chapters - does that not count as caring ;)? I'll get round to the other ones you've posted soon.

I'm impressed by the very fact that you succeeded in finishing a novel - edditing and all. If you manage to get it publish, why, that would be even cooler ...

Is this the first book in a planned trilogy? Does your novel contain characters transported from the real world to a fantasy realm? Eep. Still, only two outta seventy-five :P. ...

Not in the conventional sense of the term ;). Random thought: it'd be quite cool if the bones could be filled with not air, but a gas that is less ...

Ah, but those bones are filled with bone marrow (so aren't truly hollow), whereas bird bones are filled only with air :).

There's a reason bones aren't hollow... 'Pterosaur bones were hollow and air filled, like the bones of birds.' - :) The Pterosaur are probably as close to dragons as you're ...

Yup. And in regards to dragons, you could mention them having hollow bones to make them lighter. Or make a mention of the location they live in having more oxygen ...

Evolving Your Alien Species When writing a sci-fi story involving aliens, I like to think through how that aliens could have evolved. In my opinion, this is especially important if ...