tanllwyth
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cau di geg ti twpiadau llygoden gota
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Post by tanllwyth on Sept 9, 2008 13:20:20 GMT -5
"didn't haven't" woops.... >,>
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Post by shyviolet on Sept 9, 2008 16:14:30 GMT -5
I don't know about the others, but I've been typing them expecting people to say them how they look. I don't know any actual phonetic writing systems like the ones they use in the dictionary. To avoid further embarrassment; the edit button is a marvellous thing.
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setrida
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Post by setrida on Oct 5, 2008 21:08:54 GMT -5
Alriiighht, so I am not sure if this has been asked before, but I'll throw it out there anyway. (This is a LOT of questions to sift through, you know). If it has, just shun me or vote me off the island or something, I don't know...
How difficult is it to get published? And any tips on the whole "nobody has ever heard of me and I have no connections whatsoever" situation when aspiring to be published?
Completely seperately, do you ever find yourself thinking of your characters like real people. You know, like they are people you know? I know I do, so just wondering if others do as well or if I'm just a crazy.
Plus, I just have to say how absolutely fantabulous I think it is that you actually talk to your fans, unlike some others.... ;D
And to the whole conversation about the gender of your characters versus your own gender, I have to say I guess it just depends on you as a person. Despite being a girl, almost all of my characters turn out to be guys. Oddly enough, my antagonists tend to be female WAYYYY more often then male... I suppose it all just depends on the way inspiration hits you. I wrote one novel entirely filled with female characters and only one male, and since then my protagonists have all been male up until my latest.
Hmm, me thinks I ramble much too much. I shall leave now. ;D
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Post by Raihor on Oct 6, 2008 10:08:10 GMT -5
Setrida, you're pretty much the complete opposite of me! I'm a guy, but I almost always have female protagonists and male antagonists... But then again female antagonists can be a lot more scary in my opinion. Maybe I'll try that out in something. I really need to get writing...
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setrida
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Post by setrida on Oct 6, 2008 15:26:03 GMT -5
Haha, very nice. Yeah, I'm trying out the whole female protagonist thing now... we'll see how that goes. It started out as a rewrite of my first book but then it sorta... mutated. So, I guess I have to search for a plot amongst the words now.
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Post by christene on Oct 9, 2008 20:27:22 GMT -5
I have a kinda strange question for Chris. I was bored and looking up names online when I found out that Orna is Hebrew. Curious, I looked up Keren, too. It was also Hebrew.
Do you usually choose names from one area of the world for each book? And if so, how do you discover these names?
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Post by kaiku on Oct 11, 2008 14:44:40 GMT -5
And to the whole conversation about the gender of your characters versus your own gender, I have to say I guess it just depends on you as a person. Despite being a girl, almost all of my characters turn out to be guys. Oddly enough, my antagonists tend to be female WAYYYY more often then male... I suppose it all just depends on the way inspiration hits you. I wrote one novel entirely filled with female characters and only one male, and since then my protagonists have all been male up until my latest. I think you're right that it just depends on you as a person. I'm female and almost all of my protagonists are female, whilst my antagonists are pretty evenly divided between being male and female. It's something I never really noticed until now, *laughs*. I guess I'm just more comfortable writing from a female perspective.
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shadowslayer
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Post by shadowslayer on Oct 11, 2008 21:37:59 GMT -5
1. is the Zone a real place? 2. do people really say sod? I'm from america so don't get mad at me...
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Post by kaiku on Oct 12, 2008 14:00:15 GMT -5
Well, I use the phrase "sod off" sometimes as it's a lot more pleasant than the alternative . I always thought it was a northern thing, but I guess people further south in England must use it too.
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Post by shyviolet on Oct 13, 2008 9:35:14 GMT -5
I say 'sod' and I come from Cambridge. I do think it's more common in the north though, I'm pretty sure I picked it up from my Grandma and she comes from Cumbria.
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Post by Raihor on Oct 13, 2008 19:26:06 GMT -5
Sod is a word used by pretty much everyone in the UK =]
I'm from the south-east (London) and tons of people say it here.
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setrida
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Post by setrida on Oct 13, 2008 19:48:10 GMT -5
Sod is also a word said in the US by people who read wayyyyyyy too many books in which the characters are from the UK and therefore say sod. (Trust me, I know people like that)
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Post by lisajane on Oct 13, 2008 21:17:49 GMT -5
It's not said that much in Australia... I don't think I know anyone who says it and I know I don't, because I use 'the alternative'.
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Post by Raihor on Oct 14, 2008 20:00:01 GMT -5
Isn't this thread supposed to be about asking questions to that awesome author? ^_^ Instead we're talking about the word 'sod', heheheh.
...Speaking of 'that awesome author', I swear he hasn't posted here since August =[
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Post by lisajane on Oct 15, 2008 1:22:20 GMT -5
The joy of hijacking threads.
He posted during the competition...? Unless that was an alter-ego of his.
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