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- Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
- Replies: 3074
- Views: 729237
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:50 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
- Replies: 3074
- Views: 729237
Re: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
Since this is the only reply I've received I'm pretty sure I'm not welcome. Thanks anyway. Looks like we got a dramatic one over here, folks. Get out the cage and prep the bees. (Also, wotf006!) Interesting choice, refuting my feeling of not being welcome by validating it. I came here believing I c...
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:47 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
- Replies: 3074
- Views: 729237
Re: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
storysinger wrote:Welcome to the forum BLAlley. You are here so it is as it should be.
Enjoy.
Since this is the only reply I've received I'm pretty sure I'm not welcome. Thanks anyway.
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
- Replies: 3074
- Views: 729237
Re: NEW USERS! INTRODUCE YOURSELVES!
I joined a while back and just found this hidden in "Contest". Here I am, but I don't think I belong here.
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:13 pm
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Where do you get your inspiration?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9035
Re: Where do you get your inspiration?
I never tried to come up with an idea. I wrote every story based on an idea which came to me in one form or another. My books were inspired by: Twin Arrows Trading Post. Watching Baseball on TV. A dream. A paper by Professor Thomas J Weiler of Vanderbilt Physics Department A flash fiction contest pr...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:27 pm
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327649
Re: Five Minute Rant
I never bothered. As they say, agents and publishers only become interested the moment you no longer need them.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:04 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307948
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Happily! Arosil - A Science Fiction Series https://static.wixstatic.com/media/402253_3c5ebe1d37b6402ebb2661e7b3626f04~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_300,h_152,al_c,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/402253_3c5ebe1d37b6402ebb2661e7b3626f04~mv2.png https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IPE8DS8 The Diamond - A Ghost Story https://static.wi...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Can I plagiarize my own material?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10401
Re: Can I plagiarize my own material?
I included expanded versions of two previous short stories in my most recent book.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Anyone else on DeviantArt?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4574
Re: Anyone else on DeviantArt?
I just deleted my DA account. Wa-whaaaaa
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:04 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Recommended Smart Action/Sci-Fi Novels
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8496
Re: Recommended Smart Action/Sci-Fi Novels
The Freezer and Immortal by David Kersten.
Can I include my own? I didn't see any rules about that.
Can I include my own? I didn't see any rules about that.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:03 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: So you want to write sci-fi?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3314
Re: So you want to write sci-fi?
Awww. I wanted to write SciFi. :)
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:02 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Researching SF&F Fans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4157
Re: Researching SF&F Fans
If you're focusing on marketability rather then creativity I'm automatically not interested. You should be writing because you have an idea, not because you want to be the next Stephen King or JK Rowling.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Enjoy?
- Replies: 193
- Views: 106358
Re: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Enjoy?
I recently discovered two gems by Robert L Forward, Dragon's Egg and Starquake. As a lifelong SciFi fan I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't read them sooner.