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Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

If you can get the text out of the doorframe, it may help a lot.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2012 19:36

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 22:48

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

I don't think it's a placeholder, thornghost seemed pretty legit about it.

I hadn't noticed the bra-lines until now, though. Now I cannot unsee.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2012 15:45

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Sundae posted:

As a side-note, the first cover you posted (minus the pile of items) immediately made me think of the Dungeons and Dragons hardcover manuals.

This made me want to buy it, hard. The excerpts made me want to buy it even harder.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2013 05:19

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

And other peoples' eyes can see glaring errors that perhaps you are incapable of seeing on your own. Maybe that character you think is warm and compassionate actually comes across as a hot-blooded rear end in a top hat.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 23:21

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

What should a fellow do about having someone edit his work? I don't have any money to hire anyone, that's kind of the point of writing for me, so should I just find a really anal friend or ten and see what they pick up on while demanding brutal honesty?

# ¿ Feb 22, 2013 04:35

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

I'm kind of expecting it to be about child molestation, to be entirely honest.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2013 15:34

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

I love you, Haoma.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2013 16:20

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

A series of short stories based off recipes for food? But no goon or group thereof can afford the editing services of George RR Martin :qq:

# ¿ Apr 28, 2013 17:33

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Terashell posted:

ah, yeah, pseudonyms, those are another good thing I'm clueless about. I have a few in mind but difficulty deciding which to use. Are there any rules of thumb out there for picking one? (Adding this to the pile of questions I have)

How are you approaching it? Do you just want a general pseudonym for all sorts of work, or are you planning to have different names for different genres? A good pseudonym is like a character name, and will help sell your book as much as the title and cover design. What are you writing? Military fiction? Paranormal romance? Non-genre fiction?

# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 14:52

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Anais Nun posted:

Paris Green - A Tale of 1920's New York

The only thing I have to say is before noticing the link, I had a hard time parsing which name was the title and which was the author, because the subtitle is down with the author name. But that might just be me.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2013 03:24

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Terashell posted:

Well, the guy who had him dragged into the prison in the first place decided to drop him off in Nepal after a few days of suffering?

And it's the journal of a mad archeologist, it's written in code and dead languages and code in dead languages.

Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? You should.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2013 13:43

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Is Chance Masters' ability to deadspeak something inborn or is it given to her by the shadowy French post-war government agency? I think there should be some kind of mention either way in there, so your audience knows which way to expect.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2013 13:56

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

You can always lead with something like "after the momentous events at Torre Vedres, Richard Sharpe continues on into Spain."

# ¿ Aug 10, 2013 16:56

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

With no headers, I have no idea what any of those numbers represent.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2013 18:54

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

50 Mormon Love Slaves, a novel by "Brigham Young"

# ¿ Apr 8, 2014 18:34

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 22:48

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Oh man, the part where he says he had one of his own fictional characters do a literary analysis of his own book is just... oh gently caress, words do not exist for how amazing that is :allears:

# ¿ Jun 1, 2014 17:32

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