Novel not long enough, struggling to get to 65K
I'm working on an upper middle grade fantasy novel, it's a little over 47k and I want to add about 20k to it, but I'm struggling to do it. It's not that I don't have any ideas for things to add, it's...
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Plot Bunny Publishing
Anyone hear anything about this one? An acquaintance of mine mentioned getting a like on a pitch event tweet from these people. Site looks pretty new. Plot Bunny Publishing Book Publisher...
View ArticleMessenger birds - fantasy world.
I've been doing my accidental down a rabbit hole kind of research and come across an irritating conundrum. There's a point in my story where the group need to send word to the city. The easiest way for...
View ArticleThe Afghanistan Situation
A lot has been going on in Afghanistan, and things are still rapidly changing. -The humanitarian crisis is currently the biggest challenge facing Afghanistan....
View ArticleIs it worth creating a comic or manga over a novel?
I'm seeing mixed news on the comic book industry expanding and contracting. But the manga market is bigger than the comics market, yet difficult for a foreigner to get into. I don't know about how a...
View ArticleThe Girl Stuff Thread
I want to talk about girly foo foo stuff although of course boys are welcome too. You know, shoes, hair, beauty treatments, and diet and fitness and stuff. Yes? One thing I notice, when I'm stressed or...
View Article"Old" People Writing for Teens V
MOD NOTE: You can find Volume I of Old People Writing for Teens here. Volume II is here Volume III is here Volume IV is here For the old people... who write for teens.
View ArticleDo insects feel pain?
Why yes, it begins to look like they do. Also anxiety (and good feelings as well.) So let's be nice to them, yeah? In fact, there's mounting evidence that insects can experience a remarkable range of...
View ArticleHello I am Caesar
I write mainly superhero stories but each novel gets a little stranger than the last. Wrote a Steampunk novel. I think that one was the most fun. I have two novels self-published. One more was...
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 ArticleWhen you add to your draft instead of cut in the editing process
I’m finding that when I add to a draft, often the following issues arise: —flow issues. There is something not quite right in the added parts. They end up being exposition sometimes or just “wrong.” I...
View ArticleHounding from the Depths of Perdition
This thread is for our horror silliness. Poor DL has to scroll on her phone through all those weekend report posts. So now, we goof off here! That said, the bar is open, I've stocked cookies... now all...
View Articleregdog's Autobot & Decepticon Comedy Cabaret-Energon Served Hourly
***This is the part of town your mother warned you about. But you come here anyway. You heard the rumors. The truth is, well, interesting. The cab driver chuckled when he let you out on the corner. He...
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....
View ArticleCovid, masks - and people who aren't being helpful
This is just so so so infuriating. Thanks a lot, guys. Police officers who violently arrested two men for failing to wear face masks in Sydney’s west “grossly misrepresented” the situation in official...
View ArticleThe real reason Boeing's new plane crashed twice
The real reason Boeing's new plane crashed twice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2tuKiiznsY A backstory of what led to the introduction of the MCAS in the Boeing 737 MAX. -cb
View ArticleLeaked SoCal hospital records reveal huge, automated markups for healthcare
From the Los Angeles Times: Leaked SoCal hospital records reveal huge, automated markups for healthcare A former nurse at Scripps Memorial Hospital showed the columnist screenshots of the facility’s...
View ArticleA year in review: share your 2021 writing accomplishments
i saw a number of posts circulating on Twitter last week highlighting individual writing accomplishments over the last year. they ranged from "carved out more time for writing" to "won NaNoWriMo" to...
View ArticleLast goes first:
The object of this game is to write a sentence beginning with the last word of the previous sentence. Example: Post # 1: It was a dark and stormy night. Post # 2: Night and darkness frequently turned...
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