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Have you tried Marcher Lord Press (look it up)? It's out there, if you're lucky you can find it. B5

And it all depends on what you call experience. Everything from standing in line at the store to trying to aviod getting 'set up' by well meaning friends (Aside--try the line, "the terms of my parole won't allow me to do that.") can fuel the latest page in your next novel. Experience where...

Vampires have become an interesting archetype in our society, therefore, writers find it hard to leave them alone. Vampires are scary and enviable at the same time. They are very strong, but they have weaknesses to common things like garlic or wooden stakes. (During allergy season I can...

Think about your own dreams, and how you would describe them--although when my characters dream, there is a lot more detail than what I remember from mine. Also, keep in mind the imagery which would make the most sense to your character. B5

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Look at examples of the type of book with a critical eye. How are they organized? Pay attention to chapter headings and how segments seem to be arranged. Also, you can hardly go wrong with some kind of outline, simple to begin with. When you have the main ideas then you can add more...

This was kind of a problem for me at first, that I wasn't writing something that was as overt as I am. I've read a number of Christian novels, and have written a few stories that could be labeled as that. The trouble is, they aren't very good. I had to question whether I was doing the right...

We've actually developed a pretty good form for crits in the group I'm in. Usually you will get at least two copies of the chapters you put in with red marks all over them, on the schedule there are two main crits. The marks are for spelling errors or things they would change. Then there are...

I write at night, when everyone else is asleep. It's luck, I'm a night person, my wife isn't, and my kids don't have a choice, yet. Also, I have a work schedule where I get Mondays off. If I can keep my wife from piling my day up with errands and other stuff I can get some writing in...

Perhaps it's because their focus in that moment is on their story and what they need to do to it. I don't know, but you are right, saying thank you should be automatic. Having said that, I belong to a crit group on another writing site, and I don't remember a whole lot of thanking going on...

I have a list of interesting names ... somewhere in all this stuff, and I also have a handy phone book. I know there are names I probably will never use, but I don't keep a list of them. Off the top of my head: Ezmeralda, Elvis, Gaston, Mario, Perry, Adolph, Fannie, ... The list goes on, but...

I would say sometimes you two are a bit scary. Usually my research isn't quite so macabre. On the other hand I do ask questions like: Isn't it possible the stranger varieties of dinosaurs are actually proof that some of them were intelligent and did some genetic designing on themselves or...

Thanks for the heads up Christianfantasy, I'll look into it. I found out today I'm going to be in the Flashshots website again. I don't know when yet. --they publish a really short flash story, 100 words or less, every day. It doesn't pay, but it adds a bit to my resume. B5

I usually start with a sentence. If I can get a good first sentence I can get started, and that is the trick isn't it? Most of the time a good character name and his/her reaction to a situation. Example: Something like that. The next sentence is up to you. B5

Through no fault of my own I found a blog written by a writer and editor about how to get published. http://blog.markcnewton.com/2008/02/18/road-to-publication-part-one/ It's all pretty basic stuff, but it can be helpful, also interesting to see it from the other side.;) If you're really...

Way to go, all that other stuff. It's being able to actually finish something that gives a rush. BTW, "Cursing Solutions" would make a great title. There are a number of ways that could go.;) B5

Tell her "your welcome" for me. Glad I could help. Flash fiction is kind of the bonzai tree of writing. It's not as easy as it looks, but it can be worthwhile. As for the rest, fonts, spacing, and other formatting things; they are important. But job 1 is to write a good story. B5