Recent content by Dreamer

Thank you for correcting me on the release date! My mom had told me that she heard it came out in December, so I will have to let her know she was a month late. That is great news! That means we only have one more month to wait. Do you all use any of the websites for help in walk through or...

I agree that it does seem that most stories gearing toward a younger audience tend to go that route. I think in a way it is supposed to help the adolescents to maybe feel a bond with possible personal struggles they face in reality. Maybe they have a gift or express themselves in a way...

Growing up and playing Nintendo I must say that I was never a huge fan of Zelda but my mom was. After playing it on Wii I am now addicted. My five year old still plays Zelda: Twilight Princess over and over, so I believe he has been sucked in as well. The new Zelda game for Wii comes out...

I must say that one of my favorite quotes of all times has come from a movie, but has held strong in my heart when it comes to my writing. On the movie "The Santa Clause" with Tim Allen the elf, Judy, tells him after he says he sees it but doesn't believe it: "Seeing isn't believing...

I have been contemplating sending in a piece I have created for consideration to be published. Since I have never submitted anything before, I was curious how others typically go about it. I have email and physical addresses for a few I have looked into. Does anyone have any advice on which...

I can understand why they had to split it up since there is so much to cover that there would be a lot lost if it was all jammed into a 2 hour movie. On the flip side of the coin I hate that it had to be because that means two release dates and more waiting! It is too bad we couldn't have...

I would think it would be a very difficult challenge to find a fantasy based story without any violence. I have never read any that I can think of that had absolutely no violence to it. Even some of my son's children books have a form of violence, even though there is only a small degree of...

I have not received any rejection letters to date, but only because I have not had the guts to go ahead and send my work in. I have a few pieces that I would like to send in to see if there is a chance of getting it published. I did write a poem once, and I sent it in to a celebrity who has...

I have found when I am researching ideas for a particular story I tend to gather my information by searching on either Yahoo or Google. After getting my results I go through and try to find sites that would best cover what I need to know. It seems that I do not really find myself going to...

I just took the test and I type 73 wpm, with no errors. I have been typing for about 20 years or so now. I thought I was doing pretty good until I saw some of the other scores being over 100! I guess I need some more practice still.

Whenever I write a new story I try to avoid explaining every small detail. I wait until I reread it to see if there is a particular area that needs to be explained more in depth. I try to keep in mind that my audience should be able to fill in or follow along in a particular area. I will...

I have to say that I too was a huge fan of TMNT growing up. I had the movies on VHS as a kid, and recently I bought them on DVD for my son. I have introduced TMNT to him and he now is also a fan. The cartoon itself still comes on satellite here and I am happy to see that one of the greats is...

I don't think that in my experience there is such a thing really as too much research. Store the information you gather away and let it work its way into your piece. I have had trouble at times like you said with it sounding like an essay. It feels like the research takes over and you spout...

I have found that there are many outside influences that help me to come up with my pieces. Some have came from a lyric in a song, other ideas have formed from dreams. It seems my dreams usually are my biggest inspirations because the senses during the dream are so real that I am able to...

I have never read an e-book myself, but I would think it would need to be professional and easy to read. I would think a 12 pt font would be a good size to choose. It is not too small to make someone strain their eyes, nor is it too big to cause someone to have to scroll excessively to...