Seems clear to me, Karl. And truly compassionate.
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
-t - Jul 28, 2018 3:26:08 pm PDT #6541 of 6681
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Beverly - Jul 28, 2018 3:58:26 pm PDT #6542 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Very clear. And more compassion than he extended, it seems.
hippocampus - Aug 11, 2018 1:51:07 pm PDT #6543 of 6681
not your mom's socks.
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Thanks Sparky - (hello friends, I should put this in the delurking thread. Sigh) - so many b.org hands in this new book. Thanks to Consuela and Kat, Javachik and Raq especially, with more to come.
Gudanov - Sep 12, 2018 4:55:10 pm PDT #6544 of 6681
Coding and Sleeping
It looks like the narrator for my audiobook might be able to start recording again after having to take a year break for medical issues. It might actually happen at some point.
erikaj - Nov 12, 2018 8:45:40 am PST #6545 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
Need some thoughts about how to give a sense of time passing in a short story where you have limited pages to work with. Because I paid "Masters' Review" for extra feedback(So far, I think the notes are helpful, in that this editor does seem to get what I'm after with the story, but he did say "This wouldn't happen in one afternoon."
erikaj - Jan 01, 2019 2:05:54 pm PST #6546 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
I put some fiction up on my blog.http://bohemiancrip.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-taste-of-twist.html
erikaj - Feb 18, 2019 12:30:20 pm PST #6547 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
Another new blog post. [link]
Topic!Cindy - Mar 17, 2019 3:14:48 pm PDT #6548 of 6681
What is even happening?
So, my youngest son has written a book -- a 120K word Sci-Fi novel.
He wants to pursue having it published and I don't know where to begin. I take it we should find an agent, etc. How do we do that?
In the meantime, I am beta-reading it. I don't want to edit him or rewrite it, and I think hearing some kinds of feedback from your mom can dampen the creative flame, which I definitely don't want to do.
I told him the first time through, I'm only going to read it to read the story, and if I notice a glaring error of some sort, I'll tell him.
I was thinking we can then talk about what kind of feedback he thinks he'll find helpful.
Can anyone suggest some beta reading guidelines? What kind of feedback (when I'm on subsequent read-throughs) do you think might be useful, without feeling like mom-criticism?
Amy - Mar 17, 2019 5:11:21 pm PDT #6549 of 6681
Because books.
That's awesome, Cindy!
My honest advice here would be to do exactly what you said and read it through for any story bumps or questions, and explain those constructively. Then I would encourage him to find the best writing sites/communities to start reading, so he can learn the basic ropes. If he's serious about writing and publishing, he's going to have to know how to do that.
hippocampus - Mar 18, 2019 12:37:08 am PDT #6550 of 6681
not your mom's socks.
What Amy said! This is so great. Cindy, how old is your son? There are great workshops for all ages, in person and online.