novel

Everything’s already been said, but since no one was listening, we have to start again. André Gide

Well, it's been a heck of a year :rolleyes: sparing everyone the details, our immediate family (me, my wife and both our fathers) were struck with various cancers so... #fuckcancer Now that's over with, I've come back out of hiatus and I'm back to writing again. I published my fourth book just...

‘Writing a novel is a terrible experience during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.’ Flannery O’Connor

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton

'Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.' Lucy Ellmann

'Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.' John Irving

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification would be a pretty dull experience. Thomas Perry

@Madz. aka Muhammad. We haven't seen him around here in a while but he's been working away, and now... I Am Thunder A 15 year old wants to write novels, but her super-controlling parents have other plans for her. Published with Macmillan Children's Books and due out January 2018. Ain't that...

According to William Shunn, - a well worn name round here - Courier (12 point) is THE font to use when submitting your MSS to editors (and agents?) Your manuscript should look typed, not typeset. This is particularly important if you are composing your manuscript on a computer, where the...

I got another email from these people today. This is their contract. What do people think? Has anyone here submitted any work to Inkitt ? (deadline today) I'd feel myself, that I would be putting my head into a bag re COPYRIGHT Here is what you win, looks pretty good, but what do you lose?

World Weaver Press, opening February 1 and they are on twitter. Their wishlist But it's not exhaustive.

Hello, everyone! My name is Cos and it's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm an aspiring writer and if you'd have me, I'd love to occasionally ask for your advice on this or that little piece of thought and dream. In my professional life I'm also a software developer, and since I have started...

(I'll find an appropriate avatar soon.) I've published 11 titles before, all nonfiction for RPGs. My first novel originated with characters that I created for another game 22 years ago. Now I'm writing a dramady with them. I'm 4 chapters away from the first draft now.