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If you've every played a MMO, you might get a kick from this.  If not, you may not get a lot of the references.

It's from the Guild, a web video that's pretty funny and about the same topic.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU

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Everything Else / Website Critiques
« on: August 18, 2009, 12:02:15 AM »
So, one of the 'tips' given on Writing Excuses was to have business cards that linked back to your website.  As a fantasy writer, I figured I would want a website that also has a fantasy aspect to it.  I've looked around at a few websites of good authors (Sanderson, Jordon, Pratchett, King, etc.) and I really like Sandersons fantasy aspect.  King has a nice clean design that works well for him.  I really didn't like many of the other writers since they look more business/sales focused.

Also, keep in mind that I'm a programmer, not a designer.  I can make the page do whatever I want... but when I design stuff I'm told it looks bad.

So, with that said, what do you think of my sites.  I started with http://stridera.com/index.php/test and after advice on that made some changes and came up with a more complete template http://stridera.com/test.html

Also, feel free to add other websites that look good or have good examples.

Thanks!

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Everything Else / Twitter Accounts
« on: August 08, 2009, 07:53:51 AM »
I figured I would collect a list of Twitter accounts that would interest people in these forums.  (Because cyber-stalking is fun!)  Obviously I don't know that many yet, so suggest more/add your own!  I'll update the list as I see them.

Forum Members
EUOL: @BrandonSandrson
Fellfrosch: @johncleaver
Howard Tayler: @howardtayler
stridera: @stridera
Chaos2651: @EricLake
ryos: @cheleball
Silk: @raethe
Ookla The Mok: @PeterAhlstrom
sortitus: @sortitus
Eerongal: @Eerongal
stacer: @stacylwhitman
The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers: @SaintEhlers

Other Writers
Neil Gaiman: @neilhimself
Terry Pratchett: @terryandrob
Kevin J Anderson: @TheKJA
David Farland: @davidfarland

Editors/Publishers/Etc
Science Fiction Writers of America: @sfwa
TOR Books: @torbooks
Pyr Books: @Pyr_Books

Other Interesting People
Adam Savage (Mythbusters): @donttrythis
Grant Imahara (Mythbusters): @grantimahara
Nathan Fillion (Firefly et al): @NathanFillion
Barack Obama (Big Brother): @BarackObama
NASA (Organization): @NASA

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Worried that you'll never get published?  Well, have a look at what you're competing against, and you should feel better.

Check out Moon People by Dale M. Courtney.  Amazon Link

Feel free to read the first page and see what you think.

Or read the Authors synopsis of his work

Finally, you can Amazon Reviews about the book.

Enjoy!

Note: There is discussion that the publisher ruined this book, but if so, it's just a great example of how the author needs to ensure he knows what his publisher is releasing.

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Recently, I've actually decided to buckle down and start writing my first novel.  (I started it well over five/six years ago but it got lost in the muddle of school/military/life/etc.)  Anyway, I'm writing in third person limited, and I keep getting distracted by small things.  For example, I noticed "he" everywhere in my text.  (The first scene involves him returning to his childhood home in the midst of a battle... so not much external dialog, just description and movement.)

So, first thing I do is look at other third person limited texts (Hills like White Elephants, by Hemmingway, for example) and now that I'm looking for it, I see other writers using 'he' about as much as I am.

So, now that you read all that... I guess the real question is... how do I train myself to ignore these things (and not stop writing to read other stuff... and post in a forum ;) and just keep writing?  Is it better to ignore everything I see (or think I see) and just keep going or is it better (since this is my first book and will probably be thrown away at the end anyway) to keep doing these side quests and call it a learning experience?  And, do hills really look like white elephants???  Aigh, the questions!

Thanks in advance.

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So, how many of you should be banned?  ;)  And remember, you can't lie anymore!

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