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  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    And before we begin to think that scammers can only find us if we're published, that's not how it works. They're finding us in the...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    More than that, this whole business runs on personal contacts so your agent will have an ear to the ground and will have heard about...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    Yup. And any legitimate studio who's interested in putting a pin in your film rights will know not only to contact your agent rather...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I write speculative fiction, and I guess most in the English speaking parts of the world would call it low fantasy. With that written, I...
  • Malik
    Malik replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I write "hard fantasy." I made a career out of writing fantasy that elevates suspension of disbelief into plausible deniability...
  • xena
    This is actually great news!! Congrats Jon!!
  • xena
    xena replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I find the freedom and limitlessness of fictional writing to be quite enjoyable. There are no barriers and everything goes. You can...
  • xena
    I could see that as well😂
  • xena
    xena replied to the thread Ask, you may be surprised.
    I think this is some really good encouragement. Sometimes the best knowledge you can get is straight from the source and you wont know...
  • Ban
    Ban updated their status.
    Beautiful musical rendition of the seminal work "Siddhartha".
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I like books full of saccharine. The fantasy element could be as thin as that, but there must be fighting in it for me to like it. I...
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread Ask, you may be surprised.
    My inquiry was about the wording on Michelangelo's tomb. I introduced myself as a writer.
  • The Dark One
    The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I should add, I never referred to her as a druid (quite deliberately). He made his own connection.
  • The Dark One
    The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    As I've said before, I don't write fantasy but I do write historical and speculative fiction. Even one of my crime novels has a decent...
  • The Dark One
    The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    I doubt whether a legit film rights buyer would give up easily. And the reality is, most (not all, I grant you) writers whose books are...
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