Julia R.

@Cloudy sorry I’ve been so long getting back! 😛 What @GracieGirl said; also in some places I felt that you jumped too quickly from deep, in the moment scenes to hurried overviews. To fix that, you should probably make lines for scene breaks, and make your deep in the moment scenes even deeper, while your overviews can either be shortened, or…[Read more]

@emily-d @perfectfifths Well, the biggest slang I can think of is “ya’ll”, but that’s more of a southern thing. Otherwise, I can’t really think of any either. Really, there are a bunch of different regional accents. Northern, Southern, and Californian.

It’s been missing for a while, actually. 😛

Thanks. Really have no idea how I missed this.

@Daeus

@graciegirl Alright! Read you around!
I wrote 1020.

@kate-flournoy, you’ve… lost your mind. *shakes head* Well, what do I say? I’ll add you to Emma’s doc.

DAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! *rushes in and falls on the floor in a weepy mess* HOW DID I MISS THIS??? Is it still open? Can I still reserve a slot? Please??? *begs you from her knees*

@Daeus

@winter-rose *staggers* Oh my goodness!!! Ladies and gentlemen, the only word I can think of to describe this is WOW!

@daeus Adios!
@graciegirl I’m still going.

@graciegirl @dragon-snapper Signing off.

@graciegirl @daeus I’ll be working on my WIP.

@graciegirl I’ll join you. I’m doing some grammar checking and such.

@winter-rose It’s fine to wait for the second draft before you take a break. Probably best actually.

*cringes at all the beautiful sensible comments and retreats inside her dragonish shell*

@Winter-Rose umm… unfortunately the longest break I’ve ever taken, with all eight* novels I’ve finished, is… um… one night.
Literally. One night between novels and then I can’t wait any longer. I probably should take longer breaks… don’t kill me…[Read more]

@Winter-Rose @GracieGirl thank you both for your prayers, and yes, Gracie— I’ll pray. 😉 I don’t imagine something like that comes without a lot of emotional turmoil in the family too.

@daeus I have sent it to you. Be brutal. Fight hard against poor literature. 😉 May the force be with you.

Oh! I forgot! And I’m looking for a Brittish beta-reader too. I’ve got two characters who are modern Britts, and I have very little idea how modern Britts talk. If you happen to know any Brittish people who might be interested, I would be appreciative.

@daeus No, I can do the second one. At first it seemed like you were going to do three main groups, because you had nearing 9 beat-readers. But the second one is fine. I’ll be on vacation soon anyways, so this works best.
Will do.

@dragon-snapper Okay, well, you can be part of the first round if you think that would be best.

Go ahead and send me the manuscript right away.

@daeus Okay, sounds good. Though do keep in mind that I will be starting school mid-August.
When should I send you my manuscript?

@hope Sure.
@his-instrument While I don’t have time to completely beta read it, I could brainstorm with you about the overall plot, characterization, theme, and stuff like that. I might be able to beta read the first couple chapters too, just for stylistic stuff. I don’t know for sure, but we’ll wait and see.

@graciegirl @hope @his-instrument @emm…[Read more]