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For a lot of people, NaNoFiMo isn't something they set out to do. Which is to say, they go for 50 000 words in Nanowrimo and then (for whatever reason) ...

Haha. I figured last week's quote was a potentially touchy one. ;)

Yeah, I've been more or less harbouring the same sentiment for a long time. Plus: an English major means nothing now, if it ever did before. Or it doesn't really ...

Hah, clarification. According to Wikipedia : A novelette (or novelet) is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction of novelette compared to other literary forms, like a novella, is ...

They're synonymous.

So at some point, the majority of people who write stories are asked this question, and the majority of this majority can't really explain where they get ideas for stories. ...

Jane Austen's Emma and The Virgin Suicides . Possibly a handful of others, but I can't think of them at the moment.

I try to like Tamora Pierce — I really do. The problem is that she limits herself so much and restricts herself to very narrow plots and refuses to explore. ...

I just put down the book I was reading and picked up New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Advanced Reader's Copy in Stores October 2006). Oh, yay — I love advance ...

I will (and do) read any genre, and that includes romance/chick lit. Which means, yes, I've read those crappy Harlequin novels, and enough chick lit to keep me over-fluffed well ...

I just finished Juliet Marillier's Son of the Shadows , despite the incredible urge to crack it against a wall. Ugh. Right now, I'm going to start They Came to ...

So — let's talk feedback. You post a story. What kind of response do you want? Do you want people to analyze your characters? Do you want grammatical errors fixed? ...

Yay, Perks of Being a Wallflower ! ... okay, right now? I just finished re-reading V For Vendetta , by Alan Moore, which is (thank goodness) five hundred times better ...

Duskglimmer >> Oy. Congratulations! I feel really weird. People on the NaNoEdMo forum were talking about how much they cut from thier novel and how they lost thousands of words. ...

Éloeré >> Succinct and articulate. You summed it up pretty much perfectly. Thanks.