UFO’s Or How do you write about this ships so well?

Today I was asked a question, about UFO’s. Basicly the question wanted to know, if I have no technical science training (not even on a high school level… **I didn’t go to school**), how than is it that I can write about UFO’s/space ships in such vivid detail. The question was followed by the laughing [...]

What makes you smile and keeps you happy?

I know this may sound cliche`, but the things that make me smile are: baby chickens, little kittens, and roses (yes, actual roses).
I live on a farm and there is nothing so happy as a flock of baby chicks peeping and chirping as the scratch the ground and dig through the leaves. Nothing bothers [...]

Is it a Book Collection or a Library?

I own 10,000+ books and 7,000+ comic books… the local library only has 12,000 books, so I’ve got more than a library has.
My books vary from rare antquies as old as 1819 to the latest works of fiction. I have non-fiction books from every section of the Dewey Decimal System except for the “Sports” [...]

What makes you smile and keeps you happy?

Interesting thought, but I think that people work better when they are happy, but do you know what it is that makes you happy? What makes you smile and keeps you happy?
I know this may sound cliche`, but the things that make me smile are: baby chickens, little kittens, and roses (yes, actual roses).
I [...]

Who am I and What am I Writing for NaNoWriMo 2007?

Hello all!
Name: Wendy C. Allen a.k.a. EelKat
About Me: For those who know me, I am of course EelKat and for those of you who do not know me, well, I’m still EelKat. I am a writer of the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. I am an artist who loves to draw and paint pictures [...]

If your book was a movie…

If your book was ever made into a movie who would you pick to play the main charcters?
only three days away and I still don’t know what three of my main characters look lik!
My villain however is the main character, I’m designing the plot totally around him. He’s a character that I’ve been useing [...]

How do you treat your books?

I own 10,000+ books and 7,000+ comic books. It took me 30 years to build this collections. I have more books than our local public library which has 12,000 books. It is not an uncommon question, for people to ask me if they can borrow one of my books. The oldest book in my collection [...]

Happy Halloween!

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New Races in Fiction: Yay or Nay?

Books are overloaded with humans, elves, and drawves, so should a writer keep useing them or create their own totally new race?
I like the classic races, but I also get tired of reading the same old same old, so it’s great to get a new face in on the game every now and than. I [...]

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Main Character is nobody becomes greatest leader, hero, king, ect….cliche`

I don’t mind the whole nobody becomes greatest guy ever plot-line so much, I mean, I don’t hate it, but I don’t really care for it either and rarely do I read such stories. It’s very typical of things that become cult classics though, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. However, this style story [...]

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Can a forward count towards your NaNoWriMo 50K?

This question was asked on NaNoWriMo, and here is what I had to say:
The way I see it, the forward, the prelude, the afterword, the table of contents, the index, the glossary, the title page, about the author page, the dedication page, and the copyright page are all part of the book… I mean, how [...]

Character Creation fun

here is one with a ton of quizzes and character creating exercises; this one well allow you to think up what your character should look like; it’s a web site so there’s nothing to join or register for: http://www.squidoo.com/CharacterProfiles/
and here is one for creating visual “dolls”; http://www.thedollpalace.com/ this one allows you to create and [...]

When should you edit?

this well be my third year at NaNo, but I’ve been writing stories and novels since 1978. My advice: NEVER edit your first draft while you are writing, and don’t edit even after you finish. In November just write… don’t think… only write. Turn a blind eye to everything, mispellings, typos, grammar, EVERYTHING. None of [...]

Why do I write?

What are my goals?
My goal for every story is to get it published, though more often than not once I get finished, I never bother to publish it, because I start work on my next book instead of sending out my finished one. Oh well. In the long run, I write for the fun of [...]

word count long hand

Last year I did my NaNo in longhand and averaged 3,000 per day. However that was an average, and there were several days when I didn’t meet 700. On 2 days last year I did over 7,000 words each of the two days and on one day when I had nothing to do all day [...]

NaNoWriMo Expert: Pregnant characters in fiction

A NaNoer on the forums was asking about how to write about a young first time mother, during her pragnancy, if you have never been pregnant yourself.
Here is the answer I gave:
I wish NaNo had the 2006 archives up now. Last year for my NaNo my MC was a teenager pregnant with her first baby [...]

NaNoWriMo Expert: How To Write a Kiss? and Should You Write Sex?

On NaNoWriMo forums the topic has come up asking the question, what should a writer do when they have to write a kissing scene yet they have never yet been kissed. The Question continues and asks, should a story with a romance in it include sex scenes?
Here is my answer:
I tend to avoid sex scenes, [...]

New Update from the vitual city game:

The Empire of The Ruby Humming Bird is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate population of 29 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and [...]

What Inspires Me to Write?

absolutly everything… sounds cliche, but it’s true. I take a notebook with me everywhere I go, cause the oddest things well spark and idea. Like yesterday, we had the green light and a women coming the other way, speed through the red light, just missed hitting us, and than lept out of her car and [...]

Reality in Fiction: Where do you draw the line?

I try to sprinkle historical facts and reality into all of my stories, even my horror and space-opera science fiction stuff. I’ve never bothered to do much research for historical accuracey though, cause that wasn’t the point of adding the details I added. I had added them because they were quick simple facts that the [...]

Introduce You Characters To Your Readers

I like (and write) books that have a section at the front of the book, which gives a quick run down on each of the main characters. Tells their name, age, looks, and something interesting about them, in 2 to 4 sentances/paragraphs. You would write one each for the main character (s), any supporting characters [...]

NaNoWriMo Expert: Gothic Characters?

You might want to check out these web sites:
So You Want To Play Vampires? (one of my websites, here you can see what type of stuff I wear))
Amalthea’s Attic
Bone Church
Darkside of the Net
Gothic.net
Aquilus Vampire and Occult Community
Darkness Embraced Vampire and Occult Society
My MySpace Profile (Yes, I’m Goth) You well get a detailed look into the [...]

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The Empire of The Ruby Humming Bird is a large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate population of 23 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Healthcare, [...]