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    Submitted my first novella!

    Back in December, I was contracted to write a book featuring 2 unrelated horror novellas. Though I had already written multiple full-length novels and feature-length screenplays, I'd never written a story that was more than 20K words, but less than 40K. Though there were many delays in the...
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    Challenge! It's CONTEST TIME!

    My opening 3 lines for an urban fantasy novel I'm currently writing: My name is Agent Russell Donaldson, FBI. I believe in three things: my God, my country, and the magic of Disney; and that’s the only magic I’ll ever believe in. I have served my country loyally and without hesitation, just...
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    My First Published Novel!

    This was actually my 4th written. First published. Nearly finished with the first draft of my 5th, but I've put it aside to write a novella with a guaranteed physical publishing contract for the time being.
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    Challenge! And the winner of the holiday first few lines is....

    Thank you all for your votes! I honestly didn't think my dark take would resonate for such a joyous occasion.
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    My First Published Novel!

    It's crazy to think that this project started 4 years ago, but I can finally got to hold the finished novel in my hands today. 'Xtreme Saga - Book One: The War for Rig' physical print now exists, complete with an ISBN number and soon to be recognition/inclusion by the National Library of Taiwan...
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    Challenge! It's CONTEST time again!

    Since his childhood, Kenny “Goggles” Normans always loved the holiday season. The frosty chill in the air, the twinkling lights, the uplifting music set to repeat, and the vibrant red decorations all added an extra hop to his step and a twinkle to his eye. But the thing he loved most about the...
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    Do you actually want to read a novel in first person?

    This is an interesting point that I don't leverage as a writer, but certainly do as a reader/viewer. Because fantasy is so steeped in tradition, because of Tolkien being the foundation for like 80% of Western fantasy, a writer today can make assumptions about the audience's understanding of...
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    Do you actually want to read a novel in first person?

    Haven't posted in a while, so hello, fellow writers. Hope you are doing well as we move towards the holiday season. I have been querying a fantasy trilogy since earlier this year. I've gone through the same depressing experiences all querying authors have, so I won't bore you with those...
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    Picking slang and slurs for a fantasy novel

    I think about this sort of thing a lot in my fantasy and sci-fi writing. I really liked how in Firefly they used the word "goram" in place of "god damn". And it worked because they used it consistently across multiple episodes, so the viewer was able to pick up on it. Now, in the case of that...
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    Novel POV?

    As I've thought about this more, I've been toying around with doing a first or third person present narrator or possibly multiple narrators for my next project. It's a magical realism story that follows an immortal who is on the run from a government agency that has discovered his true identity...
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    Novel POV?

    As my querying journey for my fantasy trilogy continues, I've actually not received much in the way of personal feedback. But I did recently receive one note that said third-person omniscient narrator is a dated writing style that isn't very common anymore. I admittedly tend to read older...
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    Querying is a struggle for reasons I didn't expect.

    Reached 50 total queries today. 20 publishers and 30 agents.
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    This was a depressing, but not surprising read. Much of entertainment is starting to look like...

    This was a depressing, but not surprising read. Much of entertainment is starting to look like this. Games don't sell as much anymore, as companies like Microsoft have gotten everyone into subscription service based gaming. Obviously movies and TV have fallen to streaming for the most part as...
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    I started querying agents. I've sent out to 4 so far. Will continue on my climb to 100 queries.

    I started querying agents. I've sent out to 4 so far. Will continue on my climb to 100 queries.
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    Querying is a struggle for reasons I didn't expect.

    I'm not disinterested in querying agents. I just wanted to query publishers first. I do plan on querying agents as well at some point. I just opted to start with publishers taking open submissions.
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    Querying is a struggle for reasons I didn't expect.

    I recently started querying my fantasy novel trilogy. Or the first book in the series anyway. This is my first time querying a novel specifically. Honestly, it has been a mostly positive experience for me so far. I have gotten 3 rejections of the 20 I've submitted, but that has not gotten me...
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    Howdy!

    Hello from Taiwan! I'm Terrence. Though I'm originally from Los Angeles and studied screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania, I haven't lived in the US for nearly a decade. I work in tech marketing, which has allowed me to gain a great many creative professional experiences including...
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