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[bookmadgirlie]

I prefer to write poetry, but I have written a few novellas before - mainly fantasy and romance. The first was called "The Quest", and the second was called "To Love or Not to Love?"
At the moment, I am attempting to write a Gothic short story, which I hope to maybe expand into a novel.

[AlexandraHartwick]

I have never finished a story as I give up to easy or suddenly gets a new idea for another story to write; which is really bad. I love writing, but I don't have enough confidence in myself so that I feel secure when I write. BUT, I've been doing some research and found a lot of good tips for writing so hopefully one day, I will have written a full story. It doesn't matter if it's not the best story, I'm still young and I have plenty of time to practice

[the tiger fights]

The worst thing you can do is to stop writing . . . so just put the pedal to the medal and just keep on going. When you stop and look, you''ll be surprised how far you've gone. Good Luck.

[Kowalskil]

The worst thing you can do is to stop writing . . . so just put the pedal to the medal and just keep on going. When you stop and look, you''ll be surprised how far you've gone. Good Luck.

But periods of intense thinking (about what is being created) should not be counted as "stops."

Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)
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-- Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:17 am --

The worst thing you can do is to stop writing . . . so just put the pedal to the medal and just keep on going. When you stop and look, you''ll be surprised how far you've gone. Good Luck.

But periods of intense thinking (about what is being created) should not be counted as "stops."

Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)
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P.S. Reading a draft after a long break helped me to see it from a new perspective.

L.K.

[Kenn_Baker]

I recently finished my first novel "Endless Night" by Kenn Baker available on Kindle. I had originally written it as a script, but the horror stories I was hearing about optioning a script and all of the roadblocks to getting funding and shooting the movie myself were too unrealistic, so I published an ebook with the idea to use the earnings for small runs of 100 books at a time. The writing itself came pretty easy. Realizing all the details I was leaving out and that people were not in my head and had to be "Shown" everything came a little later. So essentially, I wrote a bare bones sort of skeleton of the novel, then fleshed it out, then proofed, proofed again, then reproofed once again. This is my teaser quote: (It has bad words)

He bites her lip, hard. “Oww! What the f#ck!” She creeches. This is “That” moment, James thinks. She will see him for the monster he is. She tries to pull away feebly, as James grabs a big handful of tit and yanks her forcefully towards his mouth. “Stop...” is all she gets out before his fangs meet her fleshy neck in a powerful snap. Adrenaline filled blood explodes into James’ mouth and the orgasm of it shoots through his entire being.

His toes curl and his cock swells as the life essence of the beautiful, but annoying actress drains. The salty metallic flavor of it sends wave after wave of pleasure shooting through his every inch.

He feels Cindy’s heart beat weaken with every gush of fresh blood that enters his mouth. He feels her soft fleshy breast growing cold as he squeezes her in a lovers embrace. He forgives her annoying voice; he absolves her of any sin. For a moment he loves her fully and completely... but that moment is short lived.

[XanderRichards]

ever tried to write or publish a book? Have you ever wrote and finished one? Was it very hard? How long did it take?

My debut novel comes out on 30th April (yeah only two days away and I'm nervous as heck). I'm self-publishing through Bookbaby. Indeed it was hard to write and from initial idea to publication has taken twenty five years, although the serious writing (I mean madly tapping away in MS Word) took only a few months. The editing and re-writing then took another 2½ years and the publication took several months.

Now I'm on the sequel. Wish me luck!

Cheers,
Xander.

[Kowalskil]

ever tried to write or publish a book? Have you ever wrote and finished one? Was it very hard? How long did it take?

My debut novel comes out on 30th April (yeah only two days away and I'm nervous as heck). I'm self-publishing through Bookbaby. Indeed it was hard to write and from initial idea to publication has taken twenty five years, although the serious writing (I mean madly tapping away in MS Word) took only a few months. The editing and re-writing then took another 2½ years and the publication took several months.

Now I'm on the sequel. Wish me luck!

Cheers,
Xander.

Good luck. At least we (those who self-publish books) do not have to deal with editors. For us the biggest problem is to find readers.
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Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) is also the author of a FREE ON-LINE autobiography:

www.ludkow.info/diary.html

It is a testimony based on a diary kept between 1946 and 2004 (in the USSR, Poland, France and the USA).

The more people know about proletarian dictatorship the less likely will we experience it. Please share the link with those who might be interested, especially with young people, and with potential reviewers.

[XanderRichards]

Good luck.

Thank you so much!

At least we (those who self-publish books) do not have to deal with editors.

Indeed not, but I chose to because I wanted to produce something to as high a standard as it could be (I do, however, defer to the reader for judgment on that qualitative point). I now realize that it was a much more important step than I originally imagined. I got it professionally edited twice and I'm VERY glad I did.

For us the biggest problem is to find readers.

I totally agree, and therein lies my next massive challenge!

Cheers,
Xander.

[louisgeorge]

i wrote a book in just 5 months but didn't publish it. it was a great experience.