tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183769860373043055.post4622941820342442290..comments2023-10-09T06:15:06.535-05:00Comments on Within the Discord: I've been bitten.....Amanda Carranza-Ballewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05181431419419185208noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183769860373043055.post-14539335094155563882008-10-11T23:36:00.000-05:002008-10-11T23:36:00.000-05:00...I didn't want to discourage you from writing, o......I didn't want to discourage you from writing, of course. Keep writing, keep reading. But if you're going to seek out writing advice, get it from a book in the library, not a website or forum.<BR/><BR/>See you at NaNoWriMo!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698203891369052075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183769860373043055.post-45371054340541735282008-10-11T23:33:00.000-05:002008-10-11T23:33:00.000-05:00As a full-time professional writer, I would encour...As a full-time professional writer, I would encourage you not to get involved in any writing forums. I don't trust them. It's hard to know who is credible and who isn't, so you could easily get bad advice and mutually hurt one another. They say to never try to quit heroin with another fixer; I would say to never try to break into publication with another unpublished writer.<BR/><BR/>My favorite quote on the subject:<BR/><BR/>"Like it or not, there is a culture of unpublished writers. It includes its own mythology (sending yourself your own ms by registered mail to somehow secure magical protection from plagiarism and copyright infringement), superstitions (paperclip or not?), hagiography and so on. In that culture it's a fairly widespread belief that there is no real communication between an editor and an unknown writer."<BR/> -- Fred Welden, SFF-Net, Feb. 1999Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698203891369052075noreply@blogger.com