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Great to be here. I'm Stephen, from Arizona, married, slave to a diabolically clever cocker spaniel, and haunted by three novels in various stages of undress on my hard drive.
Novel A -- a literary nightmare of overwritten, gorgeous scenery where practically nothing worth telling has happened, so far.
Novel B -- a post-American thriller where the constitutional republic has been usurped by an insatiably hungry corporate entity bent on world domination...oh wait, that's the view out my window...never mind.
Novel C -- a fantasy world set in the very distant future where nine humanoid races have emerged from a nuclear winter to find earth's atmosphere comprised of <14% oxygen...enough to live on but insufficient for many things we take for granted, like striking a match. The best part of this one, so far, is the maps I've drawn, well, that and the six-legged, mountain dwelling mammals; the extra limbs giving them a 'leg up' for climbing.
I also dabble in short stories, bad beginnings, endings without middles, and all other manner of literary offenses, yes, even poetry. On top of this, I manage a bookstore where I'm subjected daily to hundreds of equally awful attempts at fiction along with the euphoria inducing joy of occasionally discovering a really great read before anyone else.
Thrilled to be here, this verbose devourer of words loves to critique and expects to learn more than he teaches through that process.
Oh, and I'm a certified Unicorn trainer with a "DSM," i.e. a De-Snarking Minor.
Did I mention that I'm thrilled to be here?
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Hey, I'm very new here myself. Welcome, look forward to reading anything you get around to putting up.
I have a cocker spaniel myself, black and tan. Of course, she's not diabolical. She's mostly good, and I tell her that every day.
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quote:I also dabble in short stories, bad beginnings, endings without middles, and all other manner of literary offenses, yes, even poetry. On top of this, I manage a bookstore where I'm subjected daily to hundreds of equally awful attempts at fiction along with the euphoria inducing joy of occasionally discovering a really great read before anyone else.
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So welcome to the school of endings and the cleaning up of muddle middles.
Your Novel B was done twenty-thirty years ago but a new update could be what we need,
Novel C sound smote like those distropa(?) books that have been hitting the shelves lately. But it may have a bit of twist so that could be good.
quote:I also dabble in short stories, bad beginnings, endings without middles, and all other manner of literary offenses, yes, even poetry. On top of this, I manage a bookstore where I'm subjected daily to hundreds of equally awful attempts at fiction along with the euphoria inducing joy of occasionally discovering a really great read before anyone else.
Evidently you're not the only one to have this problem--except running the bookstore--so be of good cheer you be in good company.
But remember the unicorn can be mean in other ways besides snarky-ness.
And I must say after reading for synopses and what else you had to say that you do have an interesting way of titling your novels.
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