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Messages - Blaise Corvin

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Author Craft / Re: Beta Readers
« on: September 02, 2015, 10:27:05 AM »
Hmmm...

I'm starting a wordpress blog for reviews.  Perhaps I can point people to my work on the side.  Thank you for the ideas! :)

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Author Craft / Re: Beta Readers
« on: September 01, 2015, 09:20:12 AM »
What do you mean by blog fiction?  I am posting my rough draft on wattpad (https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/44462558-the-crimson-artifice)- is this what you are talking about?

So far I haven't been impressed with this method of exposure.  At least, it seems to be difficult to garner any attention without years of previous exposure.  I was inspired by the success of a writer on wattpad who was signed to a major publisher after getting millions of views to his story, but he had been on there for a while previously writing fanfics.

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Author Craft / Beta Readers
« on: August 30, 2015, 02:08:18 AM »
Question:  How were some of you able to to get beta readers?

I feel like after I publish my first novel it won't be much of a problem, but right now I'm struggling to get feedback.  Of my group of friends, only a portion really read much and of this number, only a fraction are comfortable giving critiques.

Then of this number, a tiny number of them have the time or inclination to read an unfinished work.

So what did you all do/are doing?  Should I just give up on beta readers until I actually get something published?

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Author Craft / Re: Vilify a Spider
« on: August 09, 2015, 12:47:38 PM »
Make sure there is scuttling involved.

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Author Craft / Re: Demolishing Writer's Block (Celebrate Them Pages Part IV)
« on: August 09, 2015, 12:46:08 PM »
I just posted two new chapters of my work in progress to my Wattpad page. :)

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Author Craft / Re: Author In Progress
« on: August 09, 2015, 12:45:07 PM »
I'm finally writing a novel and sticking to it.  I don't regret doing so until this point though because I have a lot more life experiences to draw from now.  The attempts I made before were all horrible too and I was able to learn something from all of them.

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Author Craft / Re: I need some suggestions
« on: August 09, 2015, 12:42:51 PM »
I know this isn't want you're looking for but have you considered corresponding with a Japanese person to ask questions?  I couldn't find an answer to a physics question anywhere so I asked someone who was going to school for the hard sciences.

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