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A. E. Lowan reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with
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From your post I hear two problems. One is roadblocks. Can you share one or two specifics about that? The other is that you don't like... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.And you can even sketch out scenes from their bare bones, like this. We do a lot of scene sketching, mostly me getting down words and...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Love.
Write it ugly <--give yourself permission to. Nothing beats that for getting words on page. All words can be fixed expect those not...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.And it really is the perfect metaphor. lol And the same with me... I hope? Yeah, he was toast and between that and being useless - and...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Love.
I think it was General (Stormin') Norman Schwarzkopf who said that a military operation starts with a plan, at which point the orchestra...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.As it should be. I adore the ones who can rise to the moment and then they're competent and knowledgeible and I don't have to worry...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.Oh, we do. But every time I relax, something goes wrong. :P
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Love.
Sorry? You think anyone in publishing has a clue? Let me put it this way. I have a publishing contract and four books out there, and I...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.First the headache. I have chronic migraines, so this isn't my first rodeo. I have no idea whereabout you are, but my initial go-to for...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series?.Oh wow. I feel for their interns. :D Back to the days when you could ask, "So, how high's the slush pile today?" And that was well after...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series? with Love.
I think part of this also was that computers and email weren't a thing. Simply getting a full manuscript printed out and sending it via...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit.Okay, fess up. You're using a reply generator, aren't you?
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series?.It did used to be thought that a stand-alone was an easier sell. Now, it's really a case-be-case thing. It also used to be true that one...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Devor's post in the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series? with Love.
It IS true that the first book in a series is much more difficult to sell, and that “stand alone with series potential” is the magic...