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Oct 8 |
answered | Are fantasy books expected to be trilogies? |
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Sep 29 |
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Good examples of fear/terror inducing techniques used with enemies Fixed minor spelling error |
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Sep 29 |
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Good examples of fear/terror inducing techniques used with enemies finished incomplete sentence |
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Sep 29 |
answered | Good examples of fear/terror inducing techniques used with enemies |
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Sep 26 |
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How do I start editing my novel? The advice I gave here should help you: writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3320/… (And of course, lots of good advice from others, too.) |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Why should I try to create realistic fantasy characters? |
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Sep 20 |
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So I finished my novel. Now what do I do? Great answer, especially for the Self Editing book suggestion. |
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Sep 14 |
answered | How can I manage screen shots and other graphics for maintenance? |
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Sep 7 |
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What are good places to post your work where it will be read by others? Also see this question: writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3435/… Although the question was about short-stories, same answers apply here. |
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Sep 7 |
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What is the new Google Author markup? added further info |
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Sep 7 |
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What is the new Google Author markup? I would say it won't prevent it, but I would imagine that Google would factor in a number of signals to try and counteract this. You'll probably find they'll want reciprocal links between e.g. author pages and the article pages, or between the various author pages. The article I linked to also notes "I do not know if Google will just pick up the markup and trust it or if Google has to whitelist your site to be approved for this markup". |
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Sep 7 |
answered | What is the new Google Author markup? |
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Sep 1 |
answered | How can this sentence better convey the immobilizing impact of fear? |
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Sep 1 |
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How can this sentence better convey the immobilizing impact of fear? Blockquoted text |
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Sep 1 |
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How can I manage screen shots and other graphics for maintenance? Btw, just did a test (since I use PaintShopPro myself from time to time). You can edit the metadata for your images in PSP itself (Image > Image Information). I added the word "metadata" to a dummy image in the description field. Windows XP will also be able to search for this data if you specify the directory, choose to search Pictures and Photos only, and look "for a word or phrase in a file". I searched for "metadata", and it found what I was after. |
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Sep 1 |
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How can I manage screen shots and other graphics for maintenance? It's a good question, but I agree with Ralph, it's off-topic here. Be that as it may, my recommendation to you would be to use a MetaData writer to add meta data to each image (perhaps using something like PhotoMe, but there are plenty metadata editor tools out there), then use Windows 7 search (which should search metadata) or use Google Desktop to find the files you need. Not sure if Windows XP looks at the metadata though. Good luck. |
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Sep 1 |
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First Person Voice - Same as speaking? It's also worth noting that writing a whole book in accent would likely be tedious to read through at best. Also good to remember that avoiding the accent doesn't exclude the use of colloquialisms (e.g. "dunno", "innit", "wanna"), since these are words in their own right, and convey a lot about a character. |
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Sep 1 |
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Why do authors usually put a reference section at the end of a book when they are not referenced throughout the entire book? @Pacerier - Don't think you have to, but it's a nice thing to do. |
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Aug 28 |
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If in real life the antagonist is often oneself, shouldn't it work in a full length novel? Don't think you read the thread on books without an antagonist long enough! From my answer on that thread: "Yes, a book can work without an antagonist. For example, in "end of the world" disasters, the source of friction often comes from the disaster, and not an antagonist. (To use an example, while not a book but a film, think "Armageddon" as exhibit A.) Romance novels often don't have antagonists, either. The conflict could also come from inner conflict, such as drug addiction." |
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Aug 26 |
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How could my friend publish his Steve Jobs biography? Just curious ... you mention he "is well on his way of writing a unofficial/unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs", but then you said that "He has since published the book as a blog". Is the book finished, or is it still being written? I suppose what I'm getting at is, if the book's finished, and is up on his blog for free, I wonder how many publishers would want to pick it up for publishing ... |
