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Just as a quick note, it is technically breaking the law to use a fake address for a mailing list. I like the idea of doing a forwarding address like Daeus recommends (and yes; you probably won’t even get any mail), but I would not recommend making one up.

@mariposa Great topic. I’m looking forward to what other people have to say.

For myself, I haven’t yet built a platform I can really base a business on, but I know that’s mainly my fault for not giving platform building enough attention. I have done a couple things with platform building though, and while some of them did not work, some of them…[Read more]

1. What kind of magazines are you looking for? Art magazines? Writing magazines? Fiction magazines? Something else? The Christian Writers Market Guide has a great index of different publications to submit to if you’re looking for options.

2. The internet is great for this. Figure out who your ideal audience is (age, gender, interests, passions)…[Read more]

@princesswriter Welcome to the site! I’ll hold off on throwing any more questions your way, but am glad you joined us here. 🙂

@kate-flournoy Ah, well not everybody knows it, obviously. 😂😆

Maybe I should substitute that with a tagline then, like, “take your writing to the next level.”

@princesswriter Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet!

What are some of your favorite authors? Are you writing anything at the moment?

See you around!

@kate-flournoy @seekjustice @lifeofkatie So, just making sure I’m not crazy here. My sister showed me around on Pinterest a couple days ago and it seemed like someone had to click on your pin to see your description to click on your link to go to your site.

Therefore, I want people to click on my pin, right?

That’s why I have that call to action…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy I felt it expressed my personality nicely.

@aislinn-mollisong It’s from an old latin medical book and people just use it for filler.

@kate-flournoy Ah, okay. Here are two more examples then.

Don’t ask me why the lines on #1 are short. I designed them a little longer.

@lifeofkatie Do you have an example of what you’re talking about. I can’t quite imagine it.

And, sure, I’d be interested to know what programs you use.

@kate-flournoy I’m not exactly sure what you mean. :/

I’m using Canva.

I did experiment with a border like you were talking about. Here are three designs. None of them are amazing, but I think…[Read more]

@mark-kamibaya had a great thread on sci-fi a while back that touched on a lot of cliches… Well-worth reading: https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/beginners-tips-for-writing-science-fiction/

@emily Ah, yes, the middle. *glares at my arch nemesis* 😛

I think you’re going to find your answer by looking at the ending. What’s the plot resolution? What is the character resolution? What does your character learn at the end? Then, you can compare that to what you have at the start, and work backwards until you’re at the beginning. I think…[Read more]

I guess I could do something like this: 

@kate-flournoy Okay, here’s what that could look like with a border. The problem with borders is that I can’t find any that are adjustable, so I have to find one that’s just the right size and look. Looking at this, I think it would look better with a border that encompassed the whole lower half. I could get a different banner/plate for the top…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy True. I was going to do something like that, but I couldn’t figure out how, so…I didn’t do anything like that. 😛

But I can do some sort of border. I’ll play with it.

@introvert_girl @lifeofkatie @seekjustice @kate-flournoy

Okay, unless anybody think’s it’s a terrible idea, I’m planning to use this for a writing school I’m launching this coming year.

My general impression of Pinterest leads me to think that quotes are good to post there, so I thought I’d do some short writing tip graphics. To make it easy on…[Read more]

@emily I’m re-outling my nano novel 🙂

Bye! Merry Christmas!

@anyone I’ll be on for about ten more minutes.

@ingridrd silly printer 😛 Bye! Merry Christmas! 😀

@emily Hi!

@dragon-snapper I think taking a break might be a good idea. Whether you want to finish up this draft depends on the kind of person you are. If not finishing it is more discouraging, then definitely finish it. But if you’re going to end up hating the plot and feeling like you’re wasting time by finishing it, I’d take a break.

What Emily said…[Read more]