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Kill one of your characters and see how the others respond (I guess that falls under making them uncomfortable... but that's how I develop "character" in characters). You can learn much about an individual by placing them in disturbing situations.

If I may falsly quote your signature, I advize you to reconsider your signature to the following: "To be a writer, imagine being this or that. Disturb your mind with seeking".

He'll find that out by the end of the book.

Here's the page with mark-up if anyone is interested (disregard the highlighting, I had to search for the page): The problem I have with putting "he said", "he asked", etc. after simple sentences and questions is an ongoing issue that has stuck with me since I can remember. It's not...

I don't want to be friends with you either...

If you are saying "my sister is a bitch", one will most likely identify that you, the speaker, are female (based on your voice). If you are writing "my sister is a bitch", why do we need to know in that sentence whether or not the speaker is female? Shouldn't we, the reader, understand that by...

This was regarding The Davinci Code, no?

Is there a way to put those posts, previously deleted from such threads, into places where they are deemed appropriate (I heard there was some slightly heated discussion about one of the books in particular that I never had the chance to read through before they were removed from here after some...

I would rather not have the name Dan Brown associated with my book in any way. So you've read Palindrome Hannah, then? Kidding.

I tried contacting Jay for a few weeks following his departure from The Book Forum. It seems he left on a bad note, never to return. He was the first I approached for an honest review of the book, as I respected his opinons, and now that he is gone I will never know. Last I heard, though, he...

Money is the green fire that burns us all. It's hard to be a man in a strip club.

My current avatar resembles the album cover of Violator.

Twenty-three years from now you will receive a package in the mail, along with an apology from the United States Post Office. A second copy is on the way. :cool:

$2.52 this morning. The rest of you must be buying all the cheap gas... :cool:

I've got bad assmar!

The Little Motorcycle: Review from a Horror Buff I know there's not much correlation between the horror genre and books for children, but maybe there should be a market for such a strange combination. After reading The Little Motorcycle, I just might head down that path. Sure, there were no...

The "what do you look like" thread, or similarly titled.

Google Book Search A while ago I took part in Google Print, which is now called Google Book Search. It's still in beta stage at books.google.com. Here's my Palindrome Hannah search page, for those of you interested in seeing interior pages. Feel free to search the pages to your heart's...

So dirty...

I am a Tess Gerritsen fan, but I'm afraid I'm male, so that prohibits us from discussing her work.