Hi Everyone - just joined today!
I am looking forward to learning more about how to promote my poetry book which was self published in May of 2015 and any ideas, tips and/or information about the site that would be helpful. Thank...
View ArticleHow to make a character at computer interesting?
Hi everyone - One of the protagonists in my action/mystery novel will be doing research at the computer at different times during the story trying to solve something. This is essential to the story. I...
View ArticleHello everyone!
It seems to be somewhat standard to introduce yourself, so I thought I might as well! I've been accused of taking up all the oxygen in the room so I'll try to keep this short. I've always loved reading...
View ArticleHowzit?
Hi everyone. Glad to be a part of this place. I'm Mike, from Illinois. Grand total of zero published works, quadruple what it was a year ago.
View ArticleCan you buy ready-made meringue nests in American supermarkets?
Hello, good people of AW! Another random from me as I draw closer to the end of the Big Edit... Can you buy ready-made meringue nests in American supermarkets? I mean like these:...
View ArticleIt's 6pm on the time change day, do you know where your circadian rhythm is?
Dammit. It always hits about 6pm. We only moved the clock forward one hour, but my body thinks it's early afternoon. I hate this shit.
View ArticleLooking for Beta/CP who's fab at suggesting cuts! (MG/YA)
K. So I have a problem. I write books that are too long. Not *way way* too long, but always on the long-ish side. I usually find that I can tighten them up by doing a line-by-line edit, but would love...
View ArticleScared to write something bad?
I have ideas for stories I want to write about, but whenever I sit down to write about it, I can't help but feel like I'm not going to make it good enough. I always get attached to my ideas no matter...
View ArticleHowdy
Hi, My name is Kevin. I'm primarily a jazz and classical guitarist, but I'd like to get more into writing - firstly because I enjoy writing, but also it would be nice if I could make a little bread at...
View ArticleWorst movie ever?
Hi everyone. I was in a discussion with another AW member about a movie now playing, and it reminded me of some of the worst movies I've ever seen. In 2007 I took my wife to see Nicholas Cage's Ghost...
View Article"Traditional" Fantasy Settings DOA?
So in recent years there has been a lot of pushback against the sort of standard medieval-European fantasy setting. It obviously still exists (I mean, ASOIAF is firmly in this territory and it's, you...
View ArticleCan Someone Wounded in Action Still be Active Military?
I have a character that's in the Royal Irish Regiment (so maybe the rules are different than US military) I have him get into an IED related car wreck early in his career. The major injuries would be a...
View ArticleResearch Recommendations Wanted: American Communist Party
I'm looking for books (and/or other resource material) pertaining to the American Communist Party, especially in the late forties and up to the McCarthy/Hollywood 10 era. I've managed to order: "The...
View ArticleSooo, how big of a deal breaker is 100,000 word count?
Sooo, I've revised this story that I'm working on countless times last year over the summer, all to try and fit in the acceptable word count limit that newer, never published authors are told to abide...
View ArticleIntroduction and questions
Hi all, I signed up here several months ago but for some reason didn't do anything to flesh out my profile or connect with anyone. Guess I was busy; I don't know! But I'm taking the time now to try to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Pro-Russian Anti-Refugee Party On Rise in Germany
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...tate-elections Germany's pro-Russian, anti-refugee political party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), won a number of regional elections on Sunday, although the...
View ArticleKeith Emerson, 1944-2016
Happened Friday night, but I didn't see a thread, so...http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/entert...son-dies-feat/ Most reports now are calling it a suicide, but it's terribly sad to me, either way. I've...
View Article