Thanks for the insight, guys. Tesoro - yeah, I meant something like a sequel as a first book if that makes any sense.. a protagonist who already...
Almost all the fantasy/scifi protagonists I read are about follow the rags-to-riches storyline, i.e. they suddenly discover they're the wizard...
Isn't there a difference, though, between saying something loudly, and yelling? I mean, the exclamation point could refer to many things. Saying...
My guess is that punctuation emphasizes the statement; for example: 1) "No," he yelled. 2) "No!" he yelled. 3) "No." 4) "No!" It goes both ways,...
2012 conspiracy, anyone?! Haha I'm on LI and I felt a tremor... wonder which quake that's from (NYC)?
It's definitely sci-fi. If you want publishers to think it's /more/ sci-fi, then add more sci-fi elements.
Yeah, that's a good decision (to look elsewhere). This'll probably turn out to be a money snagger; they snag your money, you get nothing back...
The assassination (2) seems really short, and not much you could write about. The only one I think you could truly draw out is the war council...
My mac comes with a built in thesaurus. I find myself opening the dictionary application almost 10 times every time I write, just to type in a...
Separate names with a comma.