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Welcome to the forum! :)

That's a gem, Cathy. Maybe I'll hold you to your suggestion on e-forwarding! No one's ever made me such a wonderful offer before, and I appreciate it. You should form an author's advisory web and charge a fee, as - from previous suggestions to other writers on the block - you're quite...

Crime fiction, hardboiled characters, usually with serious sex. This one is more mystery than crime, based in Scotland, with a more beautiful-prose approach than hard-core whoddunit. Strictly speaking, a blend of genres, as it delves into the human, building up an eventual 'why' to everything...

Thanks, Cathy, you are very helpful. I guess my leg is broken on Publish America in that a collection of short stories is in the pre-production phase, including an award-winning one; the UK is never a good market for shorts, and by the time PA said yes, I'd had enough rejections to care...

Been down with the flu, hence silence, but I do cast a swift eye on things happening, Wabbit's quips for newbies, Cathy tossing mad penguins about, Martin being disagreeable, and Ell's Canadian smile! Quick query: anyone knows enough about the above US trade publishers? Good experience, bad...

Ell, the Canadian smile, if going by you, must be a beautiful, heartwarming smile, teeth and crinkly eyes.

Good on you. Cathy, there's another 'Hunter's Moon' on Amazon by Lori Handeland, St Martin's Press, Feb 2005 release. Any relation to your novel?

Never read a Dan Brown. I tend to dislike things that everybody likes. Never read a Harry Potter either. Too boring to stick with the crowd. The movie - that's a different story.

Crocodile, locust, rain termites. Croc tastes like sweet cartilage, something moreish; you just want more.

Amazing skill you have, or hobby shall we call it? The Enneagram is something about personality types, which divides the human race into a scale of 1 - 9. Rather broadly, 1 is the perfectionist; 2 the 'I love everyone to death'; 3 the success driven; 4 the typical Frenchman, loves beauty...

Beautiful, novella! from such garblegook. I'd never have the patience. Ever done the Enneagram? Personality types? Sometimes, I am 'why sit when I can sleep'. You must love word games, then.

My writer's block is when I feel a need/ desire to be productive, yet have no inspired ideas with or without effort even with time on my hands; everything I attempt looks dull and boring and contrived, nothing flows smoothly. At this stage, I tell the computer where to go, and fill in the space...

The Bluest Eye is a bit of a disappointment; I think I had high expectations, and it surprises me that I enjoyed Love and Sula more. It's still early stages, and unlike books that I put away, I'll finish this one, though a bit of a slow start. Perhaps it's just overall too depressing. Another...

In creative writing, Geenh, 'But' can begin a sentence. So can 'And'. Phrases without a subject/ verb group may stand as sentences too. It's still a gamble, though, being innovative, like verbalising nouns (legged it to the woods; nailed her point). Good writers confident in their skill try...

Just a matter of days and look what the forum does to people. Bobby was fine last week. Any doctors around? Help!

Bobby! Never mind him, CrossStitcher30, it's just a ploy to dissuade you off the forum. Welcome ! :)

Thanks a heap, novella.

Welcome to the forum, heathrowsteve.