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Writing Group / Re: Writers of the Future
« on: August 07, 2009, 08:14:50 PM »
When you say 17k, you mean number of words right? Do you have a link to more contest details?
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Chaos is completely shameless when it comes to plugging our group. But yes, he's covered it well here.
A good way to motivate yourself to write more (because practice is so key) is to join a writing group. If you don't know many speculative fiction writers, well, then you should join Reading Excuses here on TWG. I find that having somewhere to actually submit to motivates writing a lot more. You should check it out
That totally depends on the games you play. I think games sap the time better spent doing other things, but they can give some inspiration as well. I just finished Assassins Creed and it's given me a few ideas that seem interesting. Wow will give you ideas (if you look for them) but by the time you get around to doing anything other than playing wow, the world might be about to end...
If you're a lawyer, ya probably got some dough to do it, and nothing's better than supporting good authors so they can write more. (Besides, what comes around, goes around, right? And if you want to be an author someday...)