Birdland-- thank you for the recommendations-- I've seen enough of your posts to know they're bound to be good. I confess the 'wall O' schlock' impression I get from all those series lined up in the fantasy/sci fi section defeats me. I have faith there are good books in there but how to find them? I get books from other people, I like them, but when I pull something off the shelves, it never seems to work. Can anyone recommend a reliable source of book reviews?
Starbreeze--good! Write something as soon as possible-- could you please make your publishers put a mindbending pattern on the front instead of muscled human figures, so I can tell it's yours? And the spine! Tell them to put a starburst or a fractal or something on the spine, so I can find it. Please don't feel bad any more *tries to insert smiley face--fails once again--curse this modern technology!*
I like to channel the French Foreign Legion -- I love the line 'March or Die!' 'Write or die!' I mutter to myself. (meaning figuratively, of course) If all else fails, switch the font to symbol. It's not just that if you can't see what you write, you can't stop and edit, it's so much more enticing to see the words come out in greek letters and mathematical symbols, as if the story is streaming in from another world. Typos are something awful, though.
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