Tag: books
group name: novelistlounge
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May 22, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
To all the members of the group Writing a Book Proposal:
To get some insight into other people's experiences with query letters / proposals, I would like to recommend that we join in this little survey. . . . more
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March 21, 2006 10:13 AM EST --
(hello all, i'm new to Gather as well as a new author. below is a piece from a book coming out in Sept. any feedback is appreciated. jim)
"If the walls of my childhood home could speak, they . . . more
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March 03, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Ok, after several months or years of hard work, your novel is complete. You’ve proofread it several times, your spouse, relatives, friends, and maybe some professionals . . . more
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July 16, 2006 01:54 AM EDT --
I watched Skeleton Key with my daughter and son-in-law tonight. We enjoyed the movie, plenty of suspense and not what we expected the "evil" to be. The ending was quite a bit different than what . . . more
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January 13, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
December 2004 - For the last month I've been writing a novel. Every November since 2001, the year after I moved to Happy Camp, I've written a novel. Before then I only dreamed of writing novels. . . . more
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May 01, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
Hi everyone,
My book "Speechless" made it to the third round of the FirstChapters contest. Thank you so much for your support during the previous two Rounds--I couldn't . . . more
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January 15, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
Since I started this group as a forum for discussing self-publishing and the state of publishing in general, I suppose I should give some idea of where I stand on the subject. I wrote my first novel during . . . more
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March 31, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
In The Pillar Island the hero travels to a trading station by the mysterious people from the Pillar Island. This is how this building presents itself from the outside.
A closer look at the ground floor . . . more
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March 14, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
I'm Brian Bandell, a professional journalist, and I'm looking for readers for my SCIENCE FICTION entry into First Chapters. It's called The Leviathan. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976924229 . . . more
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April 29, 2007 06:47 AM EDT --
Color Confidential
Chapter 1
I'm no stranger to murder. Dead bodies, long hours and skipped meals are the cornerstones of a Private Investigator's calling. Right now, I'm off-duty and in . . . more
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May 08, 2006 04:45 PM EDT --
<hr width="100%" color="#eeeeee" noshade size="1">I told you all a little while ago about my book "Basket of Rain". Valerie said that the name . . . more
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March 16, 2007 11:25 PM EDT --
During the First Chapters contest, I entered the contest and wrote about it in my blog, which is here. The following note is posted on the blog and reproduced here. Comments . . . more
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April 05, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
Mark Brady sat at his kitchen table eyeing the three beer cans he'd emptied in the short time since Eileen had called. He sipped at the fourth as he listened to his sister explain Mom's condition. . . . more
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December 31, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
As a kid, the author that really inspired me to become an author was L.M. Montgomery. Most of you will know her as the author of Anne of Green Gables. But she wrote loooots more books, series, and . . . more
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April 07, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
This is the scifi novel I did NOT submit into the First Chapters contest. Perhaps that was a mistake. Before I send this to professionals, please let me know what you think. Good or bad, I can take it. . . . more
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May 28, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
I logged in this afternoon and I see that I am over 3150 (another Borders $50 gift card). I can buy two more of my books (getting a comission on the sales) and sell them at retail (getting double . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
I travel a great deal these days for work. Between business meetings and lunches, plane rides and cab fares, I have far less time than I'd like to read. When I find a little time to myself, . . . more
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May 03, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
Every unpublished author has the same problem: You do your reseach, you spot a promising agent or publisher (one of the few who accept submissions from previously unpublished authors), you find out exactly . . . more
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May 06, 2006 07:10 AM EDT --
The following story was written by granddaughter No 1 Billie Ellerton when she was seven years old.
Once upon a time there lived a frog called Albert. He lived with his unhappy mum. They lived in a pond . . . more
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April 02, 2007 04:11 PM EDT --
So....how many of you are waiting on pins and needles like I am to see the results of the First Chapters Contest Round 1???? What time of day do you think they will post the results? . . . more
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