Comments on Nathan Bransford, Author: SEFPC Update #2

I have no idea what number entry mine was, but hav...

2008-02-02T19:18:00.000-08:00

I have no idea what number entry mine was, but have posted it at my blog, if anyone wants to critique it.

http://astonwest.blogspot.com

Feel free to critique my entry. I don't know the ...

2008-02-01T19:38:00.000-08:00

Feel free to critique my entry. I don't know the number. It starts with "The universe vomited." and I'll post it on my blog.

Good Luck, Everyone! Lots of great entries.

TG

anon 1:06,

You can estimate word count at 2...

2008-01-31T08:00:00.000-08:00

anon 1:06,

You can estimate word count at 250 words a page.

I'd appreciate any comments on my opening.

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2008-01-31T05:37:00.000-08:00

I'd appreciate any comments on my opening.

I'd like to get better. (Sheesh. . . sounds like I'm suffering from mental problems. But then, I call myself a writer and I guess that goes with the territory).

I'm willing to look at entries and critique them. ...

2008-01-30T20:47:00.000-08:00

I'm willing to look at entries and critique them. I personally love feedback and I'm always looking for more, and I'd like to give back to the writing community that's helped me so much. Having said that, I'm on dial-up, so if you want your entry critiqued it would be much easier for me if you emailed me your entry. I'm Kami--kamila at easystreet dot net. If you'd like a public lashing, er, I mean, public critique let me know and I'll post my comments on my blog, http://kzmillers.blogspot.com

If you'd like your entry in whole or part included in the post I can do that (please specify what I can and can't do in your email.) Advantage--others may read your entry and agree/disagree with my opinion, possibly generating more comments. Disadvantage--um, I'm sure there are folks who don't want their entry posted in even more places, I guess.

I hope I don't live to regret this. :P

About the idea stealing thing--if someone can steal your whole idea from reading the first page, that's either some impressive black magic telepathy going on (in which case, why not steal ideas from Jay Lake?) or there's way too much of the plot revealed in that first page. Don't worry. Your deathless prose is fairly safe from theft in this contest. Besides, there's now a public record of this being your work, and we'll back you up on it!

Bonnie, I don't have that. It's probably because ...

2008-01-30T20:30:00.000-08:00

Bonnie, I don't have that. It's probably because I'm not a blogger.com person and therefore don't get the cool kids toys. :)

Laurie, do you see a little gray blob on the left-...

2008-01-30T20:16:00.000-08:00

Laurie, do you see a little gray blob on the left-hand bottom of your post? It's actually a garbage can and if you click on it, you should be able to delete the bad post.

jordyn, i'll take one - #17, this brief freedom. ...

2008-01-30T19:56:00.000-08:00

jordyn, i'll take one - #17, this brief freedom. thanks!

and suddenly, i'm really paranoid that i misspelled 'brief' on the contest entry. i just typed breif. uh oh.

Um, really sorry about that. Apparently, the link...

2008-01-30T19:09:00.000-08:00

Um, really sorry about that. Apparently, the link is too long and rejects the end of it. I'd love it if I could delete at least the middle comment. *sigh*

If anyone wants to critique my first 500 words, please feel free. It's
The Basement of the Universe.

Uh, cough the URL didn't show up correctly, and ...

2008-01-30T19:05:00.000-08:00

Uh, *cough* the URL didn't show up correctly, and I can't edit the post, so here's a second try at that...

http://lmashton.com/2008/01/basement_of_the_universe_the_f.html

Thanks. :)

If anyone wants to critique mine, have at 'er. It...

2008-01-30T19:02:00.000-08:00

If anyone wants to critique mine, have at 'er. It's at http://lmashton.com/2008/01/basement_of_the_universe_the_f.html
with thanks in advance. :)

Ditto for me. I'm #8, Love Undelivered.

Th...

2008-01-30T18:24:00.000-08:00

Ditto for me. I'm #8, Love Undelivered.

Thanks Jordyn!

I'd love a crit of mine, Jordyn. :) #80, "These Hu...

2008-01-30T16:53:00.000-08:00

I'd love a crit of mine, Jordyn. :) #80, "These Humans All Suck." Thanks for helping us out!

Thank you for running this, Nathan.
My opening ...

2008-01-30T15:58:00.000-08:00

Thank you for running this, Nathan.
My opening is now much better than I ever thought it would be.

I posted mine at http://bonniers.livejournal.com/134625.html. Critiques welcome if anybody feels like wandering over that way.

Oh hi, I just decided to post critiques on my blog...

2008-01-30T15:54:00.000-08:00

Oh hi, I just decided to post critiques on my blog too (postponing hours worth of homework). I'm just going to go down this comment thread and find the people who agreed to be critted and go by that.

http://thepaperairplane.webs.com/blog.htm

Ok. I'm diving in now. Wish me luck, but not as much luck as Senor Bransford there.

2008-01-30T15:52:00.000-08:00

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Ding, ding, ding! Over 600 comments below! Even su...

2008-01-30T15:19:00.000-08:00

Ding, ding, ding! Over 600 comments below! Even subtracting the comments that aren't entries, I'm guessing there will be around 625 entries by 5 PM.

um, yeah... there are, like, over 600 entries...
2008-01-30T15:05:00.000-08:00
um, yeah... there are, like, over 600 entries...

I can't get the page to load past yesterday around 11 am.
Next time, let's do something much shorter. Like "Best use of a semicolon."

Ack! someone is critiquing them? Where? Where? I w...

2008-01-30T15:00:00.000-08:00

Ack! someone is critiquing them? Where? Where? I wanna see!! (And yes, include me)

If anyone is interested in critiquing my first pag...

2008-01-30T14:52:00.000-08:00

If anyone is interested in critiquing my first page, I have posted a revised version on my new blog.
Chris

http://cnoel70.blogspot.com/

So true Heidi. And he wonders why he is baraded wi...

2008-01-30T14:28:00.000-08:00

So true Heidi. And he wonders why he is baraded with queries and questioning emails (people want to pretend he's actually a potential agent for a little while longer).

If anyone still wants to critique entries, would y...

2008-01-30T14:27:00.000-08:00

If anyone still wants to critique entries, would you critique mine please? I think it's number 91, but I'm not sure. It's called Sincerely, Me, by Emily Rose. Thanks! :)

YOU'RE calling US awesome??????

I'm speechl...

2008-01-30T13:47:00.000-08:00

YOU'RE calling US awesome??????

I'm speechless.

Sam it did!

Wasn't just you.

(T...

2008-01-30T13:09:00.000-08:00

Sam it did!

Wasn't just you.

(Tweezing eyebrows as I type this)

Aloha writers--wow, 564 entries so far--go Nathan!...

2008-01-30T13:06:00.000-08:00

Aloha writers--wow, 564 entries so far--go Nathan!

This is a tad off topic, but this has been really irking me and I wanted to see if anyone knows the answer:

Word count issue: when my MS word file of my ms is open, it gives the word count as 89,000 words. If the file is closed, however, and I right-click and look at the properties of the clsoed file--it gives the word count as only 76,000. What's up with that disparity? Which is correct? Should I take the average? Anyone else encounter this?

Without trusting the word count in the program, what's a good way to estimate using number of pages if you're going with standard 12 pt Courier font, 1" margins, double-spaced?

Thanks for any input.