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  • Last reply by Kelli Swearingen
    Hacienda San Miguel  Batopilas, Mexico   A crumbling hacienda lies across the river walls of red earth telling stories We were built out of silver, they say Our father...
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  • Started by Kierie
    Last reply by Melissa Stevens
    I naturally (and easily) write in first person; however am I cutting myself off from giving other characters "the mic" as it were? I'm experimenting with 3rd person and it's awkward at best. Are there any benefits to writing in 3rd? Thanks, Kier
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  • Last reply by Louise Nayer
    I've been revising my work, and I have run headfirst into a wall that I am not sure how to get around, namely, how to write from the perspective of myself as a child....
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  • Since the main character/narrator, Rosalind, in my book relies on stories from her pas...oed in my head as I wrote, its lovely Southern lilt lulling me into a creative mode just as surely as opera.  Bec...
  • Really terrific discussion all of you. This was exactly what I was looking for in the way of details and I know a lot of people in the group appreciate the information...
  • Love this! Why? 1) Immediately we're set in a time -- summer 2) We know the narrator is telling a story about the past ("I was eight years old" and 3) the narrator is...
  • I haven't self-published, but I have been reading a lot of comments and blogs and tweets about those that do, so my advice would be to set yourself a goal as you have...
  • I've been working now for six years on a complex novel that includes a ton of African-American characters, including one from the eastern coast of the Honduras where t...
  • Started by Heidi Lee Munson
    The group was so helpful with feedback on my query I thought I'd bounce my synopsis wi...nters, electricians, and other random repairmen will unwittingly help her to remodel her home. In a rather ordina...
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  • Dear Elisabeth, I will have at this first, I would put the sentence about how you chose this agent up front, and make it one sentence. "You represented, "I want to be...