Recent content by Karlin

Welcome aboard. I write stuff that doesn't quite fit into normal genres...

Hi, I am often tempted to start another project, in parallel to my current one, but I manage to resist. Maybe you have some attention issue (I do), so it works better to have several going at once. It isn't The Standard Way to do Things, but if it works for you- why not? As long as you're not...

Good luck Alex!

I alao find this discussion about a particular character, without an idea of the story, rather odd.

I have gotten two really great bits of advice. 1. Take a creative writing course 2. Don't bother with a creative writing course, it would be a waste of time.

I had to look.up BBEG . To be honest. I don't play any computer games or RPG ( an acronym that means rocket proplled grenade to me). I miss a fair amount of references on the forum as a result.

"They continued on their way, chatting wisely of this and that, as sages are wont to do among themselves."

At some point I decided to take the hobby seriously, and spend money on an editor. This only works because 1. I can afford it 2. I only finish a book once every few years 3. Besides the editing, there aren't many expenses in writing. I was reading Gerald Durrell s intro to one of his novels. He...

I was not inspired by a particular book. I read many books, was always a reader. One day, during a bout of unemployment, I said to my wife "hey I wonder what would happen if..." She said "write it." so I did.

“Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.” ― Terry Pratchett, Eric

I've run into a number of issues when researching. In my case, the context is Michelangelo, the artist. I'm mentioning these as an aid or warning to others. Any additional comments about this are welcome. 1. AI. If you Google a topic, you'll get an AI summary. In my case, I was checking out a...

This is all true, but the book was 1. Written in the UK 2. In English 3. Does not hide the Lesbian nature of the character at all. It is stated very clearly. Edit: I apologize to myself. I had stated (post#24) that I was bowing out of this discussion. I should have stuck to it, and will do my...

Um, no. The author lives in the UK, and writes in English. I am not convinced that "her intended audience are people from southeast Asia, in particular Malaysia". The author is completely open abouit her main character being lesbian. My comment was that the character's sexuality wasn't...

I write down ideas in the same WORD document that I am writing the text in. Random thoughts go at the end, comments about the order of things (does the dustpan eat the broom now, or later?) in Italics in the text. This is messy- I don't really recommend this.

Hang in there. And pick the publishers and agents carefully. Read everything you can about them, their blogs- you name it. It is a really difficult world.