Cogito, I second your advice. ((SO GLAD someone else pointed out the hissing thing! I did so in an above post; it drives me absolutely nuts.))
People who look down on you for failing need to be reminded of all the times they failed. There is nothing wrong with failing. Sidebar: I'm a...
Yay, Shunn! :D I used to struggle with formatting manuscripts when a publisher didn't specify preferences, but my first publisher recommended...
My advice? Ditch your friend. I say that because you seem to be scared of struggling, or at least unhappy with the idea of doing so. Well......
Addendum: Here's a template. http://www.shunn.net/format/novel.html Note the name in the heading differs from the name under the story's title.
If you have a cover letter on your application, just mention that you publish under a pen name. That should take care of it. If you haven't...
Good dialogue is its own reward. Great advice, here. If your dialogue needs exhaustive tags to work, something's wrong. Wreybies' got it.
Actually, just ignore all my blithering. Listen to this. Poetry helped me with intention more than anything. Peachalulu's got it.
"Anyways" is not a word. "Anyway" is a word. "Anyways" first came about in 1940s script writing when a writer wanted a character to appear...
First of all, "a moan escaped my lungs" is just plain weird--because lungs don't make sound. If yours do, see a doctor or use your inhaler. Your...
The stuff you've outlined sounds like a plot to me. What happens after your main character struggles and achieves her dreams sounds a lot less...
Wreybies, glad my post made some sense. Here's a super basic concept. I think US/UK agents and publishers don't see French works because they're...
"With the possible exception of Michel Houellebecq, what French novelist has made it into the Anglophone market?" I can list a few. Two of my top...
I've published short fiction and creative nonfiction/personal essay in lit mags. One my my essays was recently listed as a Notable in Best...
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