At Wit’s End With Facebook
I’ve been trying to get back to my FB account for a week now. The trouble started when I decided to use their new feature that allows trusted devices to login without a password. I realized that wasn’t...
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'Dial A for Aunties' was an NPR staff member's favorite book, Congrats Putputt!
I was listening to NPR this morning when they had a round table of staff member's favorite books and one of the favorites was our very own Putputt's* book Dial A for Aunties! Best Books 2021: Books We...
View ArticleWhat are you reading?
I can't believe I can't find this thread, is there really no "what are you reading" thread??? I just picked up Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I'm 10 pages in and captivated.
View ArticleFind that word in your WIP
So, I saw this game on a different forum, who, for the record, stole it from another forum, and I thought it might be fun to try here. I don't know if it will work, but I'll give it a shot. The idea of...
View ArticleThe 2021 AW Reading Challenge! New Year; New Hope; New List.
Welcome back Reading Challenge alums, and welcome all new comers! As we enter this year with hope on the horizon, see if you can get out of your comfort zone, tackle a new vista, turn a new page, do...
View ArticleThe SFF 2021 Cantina
She polishes the last of the glasses, hung in neat little rows over the bar. Checks the bottles lined up behind her, hundreds of them in all shapes, sizes, and planet of origin. Makes sure the taps are...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
Now that the Great AW Song Chain is chugging along nicely, let's see how a Book Chain does. Rules: Post a book and author that links, by title or author, to that posted by the previous poster. Example:...
View ArticleThe Mindful Gratitude Thread
One of the admittedly simple things that's gotten me through the last year and a half is practicing deliberate gratitude for at least one or two small things, every day. At first, I was actually...
View ArticleGame: How Well Do You Know Your MC?
Okay, I just got this idea for a fun and thought provoking (maybe that's over shooting it, but don't argue with me) game we can play. How Well Do You Know Your MC? Here's how it works. Ill post a...
View ArticleThe bogong moth "endangered"
I was so shocked to read this! It seems so recent that the gorgeous things just used to swarm in December - and it is so recent! [ANU researcher Jesse Wallace] remembers the first surveys he did in...
View ArticleA compiled list of SF/Fantasy agents...
Hi everyone. I'm ready for the Shotgun Round of seek-the-agent. I'd written a Grand Fantasy, and previously sent a handful of queries and got some looks. One agent was kind enough to look twice and...
View Article2 books at once.
My biggest problem is that I often get ideas that aren't related to my current project and are so off topic or theme that there's no way I can realistically incorporate them into my current project....
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[PLEASE READ FIRST POST] Post the First Three Sentences of your Novel
By popular demand, we're bringing this game back to Novels. PLEASE follow the rules. This thread has gotten out of hand before. I know folks like this one, so PLEASE please be nice to each other....
View ArticleHi there 👋
Hi all. I’m Meg, hopeful author and fan of all things SFF. I’ve been writing for about two years now and am in the middle of query hell with my first novel…man it’s brutal. Hopefully I can get some...
View ArticleThe 2021 Short-Story Reading Thread
Do you like short stories? Do you want to read more of them, or more of a certain kind, or just to get to know the form a little better? Join the Short-Story Reading Thread for the coming year. In this...
View ArticleNew writer, new forum member, new everything
Hi, to the old and new members. I write historical fiction at the moment with an underlying theme of romance, because we can have nothing without romance, right? And this is also what I love to read;...
View ArticleDevelopmental Edit
Hello! I recently received a rejection where it was suggested that it might be worthwhile for me to seek out an editor who specializes in developmental edits. For context, this came from a small, new...
View ArticleAgent Sherry Robb
Has anyone had a problem with an agent named Sherry Robb of Las Vegas?
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Greetings from the Philippines
Hi, you can call me any nickname you want here. I really don't mind! What genres do you write? • A lot of romance, but I also want to do some fantasy stuff. Worldbuilding is hard but fun What do you...
View ArticleNot looking good for Roe in the Supreme Court
Fuck me, this is depressing. Another likely victory for the forces of regression and removal of rights from women....
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