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Re: My Publisher Dropped Me Today...
Yeah. Type it in Google, and you should see one of the first results a site labeled "Don't Use PublishAmerica". That provides a complete explanation of why they are corrupt. ...
Oct 12, 2008 -
Re: Thunder's Attempts to write more
It is. Didn't really think about that. Though I have planned Betrayed and Plagued pretty much completely, so that takes away one month. So...write a better novel than Eragon in ...
Oct 10, 2008 -
Re: Thunder's Attempts to write more
I think I've just commited literary suicide. I was on the bus today, when a guy I know is reading "Eragon". I laughed at the positive comments on the back ...
Oct 10, 2008 -
Re: How can this be?
Avatar? You mean the one where everybody's dead except a few teenagers? I've seen that, I wanted to read it. As for plot... How about this? Al, because of his ...
Oct 10, 2008 -
Re: Choose a hero
If you change your main character from a human to any of those and not notice that the story is basically a totally different story than before, there may be ...
Oct 10, 2008 -
Re: How can this be?
Ah, you have an example to work with on that. Well, study what makes the tone so good. That's how I read: I think of what I really enjoyed, then ...
Oct 9, 2008 -
Re: How can this be?
I like this. You have some very nice ideas and a variety of characters. As is, I'm seeing character driven-plot, because I have little else to work with. I'm thinking ...
Oct 8, 2008 -
Re: Choose a hero
^Agreed. You can use any of them. It's the way you go about writing it. For example, say you were to have your main character be a witch. If (s)he ...
Oct 8, 2008 -
Re: A new kind of magician
I agree with what others have said. My advice is to just look around. The magic comes from something, but what? In an untitled novel I have in my head, ...
Oct 7, 2008 -
Re: Different Types of Publication
True. Because publishers want to make money themselves, a selective process allows you to "screen" for any problems with your novel. The example you gave in the third paragraph of ...
Oct 6, 2008 -
Re: Thunder's Attempts to write more
Hi! Sorry I haven't been posting, but I came across an idea. See, fantasy has become cliche because everybody uses the same old dragons, unicorns, and pegasus. Where did these ...
Oct 3, 2008 -
Re: My Publisher Dropped Me Today...
Oh...your agent actually signed you you PublishAmerica? Get out of this. Now.
Oct 2, 2008 -
Re: My Publisher Dropped Me Today...
Well, at least you have your agent and an actualy publishing company. very glad they rejected you. They would have taken your money and not sold your book anyway.
Oct 2, 2008 -
Re: My Publisher Dropped Me Today...
That's not fair :x I mean, it's hard to make contracts with teens due to all the laws around it, but after they accepted the manuscript. And next time you ...
Oct 1, 2008 -
Re: Saying more by saying less
Use the first, with indents, when sending something in for publication. Use the second when posting online, where indentations are automatically removed.
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