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| bio | website | jaerhard.com |
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| location | Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| age | 47 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | May 11 at 22:06 | |
| stats | profile views | 37 |
Just some guy having too many accounts on too many sites (and most of those I can't even remember ;-)
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Feb 5 |
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Dashes vs. Commas vs. parentheses? @RobertCartaino: isn't it a style question, and thus on-topic? Really not sure it's off-topic. |
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Feb 5 |
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How does one go about publishing erotica, and how far is too far? You don't tell us where you want to publish it. That is, where in the physical world do you live? (No, we don't need a street address, a country or state would suffice.) |
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Feb 1 |
answered | How to handle foreign military ranks? |
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Jan 30 |
answered | Where to find some good examples of combat or action scenes? |
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Jan 29 |
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As a non-native English speaker, Is it better to get translated or get copyedited for long texts? And then read the result, checking if it does say what you wanted to say. As you said, translations are often done quite poorly (translators are paid pretty badly), so it's good to check. Which may mean having to put appropriate stipulations into the (eventual) contract with a publisher. |
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Jan 29 |
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A Polish manual of style. @QuickerSnarkerBacker: I like Tadeusz's question, because it's a nice test (if you will) for writers.SE being non-English-only (or is it? Thought it wasn't (supposed to be)) |
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Jan 29 |
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A Polish manual of style. @Ralph Grammar certainly does change. Somewhat glacially, mayhap, but it can and does. Just had to be said. |
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Jan 29 |
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Getting Inside Someone Else's Head That's (if you can do it) good advice. Look at the biography of successful writers, and you'll often find they worked any number of odd (sometimes really odd) jobs. While they waiting for their big break, that is. |
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Jan 24 |
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What is the proper way to write time in a manuscript? "whatever flows naturally" for that character, of course. But I guess that was implied ;-) And my clock on the Windows desktop reads "17:07" right now (yup, not the land of AM/PM; This! Is! Germany! ;-)) |
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Jan 24 |
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How can I transition from academic writing to fiction writing? @JohnSmithers uhm, I think you mean "advice" ;-) |
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Jan 21 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Jan 19 |
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Good books on writing for comics? @neilfein: Haven't read C&SA either, but I've liked to do so for a long time. |
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Jan 19 |
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How do you avoid purple prose? Nice pseudonym, by the way. And if "Lauren Ipsum" is your actual name, then of course you have to be(come) a writer (and your parents had humor). But unlikely. :D |
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Jan 19 |
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How do you avoid purple prose? Except if you want to do that. Like, if you try winning the Bulwer-Lytton (Bad) Fiction Contest. ;-) Seriously, though, if you want to do that, do it. But do it in style. Honestly, I like the story snippet. ;-P |
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Jan 19 |
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How do you avoid purple prose? Do you really mean "sure up" and not "shore up"? Just wondering, because I'm not sure I understand this if it's "sure up". +1 one for the last point specifically. |
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Jan 18 |
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How do you meet a writing quota? My main problem was that you linked to the "about" page... took me a bit til I noticed that. ;-) |
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Jan 18 |
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How do you meet a writing quota? Yeah, I found that out when I checked the site; have to try it out, although I have no idea how. Maybe blocked by NoScript... |
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Jan 18 |
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How do you meet a writing quota? Starting to delete sounds to much like punishment. It takes the fun out of it if the tool starts to sabotage me. |
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Jan 14 |
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What are the advantages of incorporation for a writer? People don't "thing", they "think" (SCNR ;-)) |
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Jan 14 |
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What is the process for publishing academic papers? @Guy good to know :-D Hard to know too, anyway ;-) |
