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    Butcher, Jim -- The Dresden Files

    Hmm..Harry Dresden still doesn't do it for me. The fault is probably mine. I understand the need to have 'human' characters, and that having someone who's indestructible can be boring after a while, but Harry just seems weak all the time. I find it very hard to cheer for him, because he seems so...
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    How to avoid the slushpile

    It was funny and informative....but more than that, it made me realise...write so that your kids can read something you have done, after you die...if you expect to get published - and you're not famous, know someone in publishing, a reporter. a bimbo model, a bimbo actor or actress with sex...
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    Butcher, Jim -- The Dresden Files

    I'm sorry guys, but Harry Dresden irritates me....he is supposed to be a wizard but everytime he meets a vampire or other demon, he gets scared and runs into the shower crying! Also, I understand that some heroes crack jokes when up against nasties...but it doesn't make sense when they're...
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    Selling to publishers...

    I submitted a manuscript, and was called two weeks later with an offer of £500,000 for book one, and £350,000 for book two. I was amazed, especially as the movie rights were sold for £1 mill - hold it, that didn't happen.... What actually happened is, that I posted a manuscript (professionally...
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    Virgin Comics

    The UK may have talent, but the cost of setting up here and the fact that the UK comic market is on a heavy decline means, quite simply, theres no money to be made! It doesn't matter how good the artist is, and how talented the writer, if people aren't willing to buy comics, it doesn't make...
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