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How do you feel about reading 'you' in narrative? For instance, He turned off the light. The afterglow created a ghostly image, like when you're half-asleep and think someone's in the room with you. As a reader, it jars me out of the story. I see a lot of writers doing it lately. I wonder...

Thanks for the replies. I'm about 3/4 of the way through the second draft. So, about half-way done! lol

I went to the Lorem Ipsum text generator and got it to generate 5 paragraphs of dummy text. When I pasted it into the I Write Like site, it said I write like David Foster Wallace. That says something about either Wallace's writing or the I write like site. :p

Ideas can't be copyrighted. Only the words can.

This is the beginning of my current WIP, a science fiction. If you picked up a book in the bookstore and read this opening, would you put it back on the shelf or take it to the cash register? Monday, June 5, 2023 Protesters marched up and down the public sidewalk outside the Center...

I've been a long-time fan of Charles de Lint, but he's the only urban fantasy writer I've read. I feel like I must be missing out on other wonderful authors/books in the genre. Any recommendations? Thanks!

Amazon is a business like any other, and nobody is forced to buy from them or through them. They offer a great service to customers, and publishers that refuse to do business with them will lose sales. It's ultimately their choice. If I can't find a book I want on Amazon, I check B&N or any...

I'd agree with whoever said Ann Rice. Interview with the Vampire was awesome. She makes readers want to be a vampire. Vampire LeStat was good too, but I didn't really get into the rock star thing. Queen of the Damned took the series in a different direction, and I didn't like it as much as the...

As a Russian major, I read Crime and Punishment while I was in college. It was quite difficult to read (& discuss!) in Russian, but I was amazed and impressed by the story. I even named one of my dogs after the main character. :)

As a kid, I adored White Fang and Call of the Wild. I don't recall whether I read any others, but those two stood out for me.

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I have to agree with the readers who like Robin Hobb. Her writing is almost musical without being purple, and she tells a darn good story. I also like David Brin and Charles de Lint and George R.R. Martin... :)

Thanks, HGT_Fan! Glad to meet ya! I've finished five, and I'm working on my sixth. Only one's been published so far. How about you?

Fantasy is like that too, but broader. With science fiction, we have to base our fictional science on real science. With fantasy, we make up all the rules. Both genres require good writing, characterization and plotting to sell, but SF tends to be more forgiving if it has the wow factor to make...

The first published novel was epic fantasy. The current work-in-progress is a science fiction. Writing's a blast, isn't it?

Beware of this site. Author James D. Macdonald wrote an article about it called "Further Thoughts on “I Write Like”" and posted it on Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden's website Making Light. I can't post the URL 'cause I'm a newbie, but if you google Nielsen Hayden, it'll come up.

My advice: try to avoid using 'was' so much, especially in the beginning. Find more interesting verbs, and put things into motion. This is describing a state of being for an object, but nothing is happening. Maybe you could describe how the bandanna starts to slip down and Jack pushes it back...

Hi everyone, Just now discovered this wonderful forum. I just love reading and talking about books. Mostly I read SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, mainstream and Romance. :lol: I'm also a writer. Books are my thing! Glad to meet y'all.