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Dear Ms. Jackson,

I am seeking representation for my fantasy novel, The Crimson Mask, complete at 130,000 words.

A synthesis of epic fantasy and Grecian myth with an Asian flair, The Crimson Mask tells the story of Ryjel, an orphan-turned-assassin who must save the world from a powerful mage who has unraveled the laws of death - but to do so, he ( Read more... )

Wow, this thing still exists? I kind of figured LJ would just delete it from inactivity. Anyway, Sara has written a query letter for me and I desperately need some feedback on it. Hopefully soon, too, because I'd like this thing mailed out (or e-mailed out) by Thursday ( Read more... )

When writing 1001 Insomniac Nights ...


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Several writing projects have been set to the side at the moment as I've started attempting to trim down The Crimson Mask's word-count significantly. So far, so good, as I'm averaging 65 words per page, and at 247 pages, that's close to 16,000 words. Now, I'm only 20 pages in, and still at the beginning before I started worrying about word-count, ( Read more... )

Because the only things I talk about on this thing are writing related.

1) Massive, and I mean MASSIVE, update to 1001 Insomniac Nights. I've been lapse for about seven weeks now but am all caught up. If you're not reading it, you should be. C'mon - the current chapter is called "The Grapes of Passive Aggression." How could you not want to read it? ( Read more... )

Consider this: You go back in time and meet someone from two centuries ago. I've been saying Thomas Jefferson, but really, it could be anyone predating industrialization. They believe you when you tell them you're from the future, and want to know what the greatest achievement of humanity is. (Not counting time-travel itself. :p ) What do you tell ( Read more... )

So I'm 8000 words into the science fiction. That marks it close to ten percent of the way through for a novel, and a fifth the way through for a novella.

I honestly don't know how long it going to be. But since there's a possible market in either form (I'm looking at you, Apex), I'm not worried about it. I'm simply writing the story as it tells ( Read more... )

“Hmm… You know what you need to do, Shades?” Tony said suddenly. “You need to buy her a few dozen roses. Then you need to go by her house and sit on her doorstep, waiting for her. And then, when she gets home, you need to stand up and shove them into her hands and say, ‘I love you! I need you back. I’ll never do - whatever it is you did - again.’”

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Okay, I've seen this around way too many times, and I am utterly sick of it.

This

I don't have a problem with the whole list. There's some good stuff there. But, believe you me, it has problems.

Now, while I have an issue, as a reader, with #2 (Never use prologues, he says. I like reading prologues, I say.), the issue I have the biggest problem with ( Read more... )