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In response to Coragems opening post, I would say the most important things to have are. a) Belief - You need to have an ironclad 100% belief in your work, write the best stories that you can, but also believe in them. b) Patience - Only the very rare few ever write a novel that became a...

No problem interference, glad I could help.

Hi guys, I recently heard that authors on show (AOS) are open to submissions again, for those who don't know what AOS is, it is a wonderful site, ran by a team of volunteer writers who take previously unpublished and new writers, and show their talents to the industry, and just as importantly...

I like the Napoleonic war, for it's romance, it's intensity, the heroes that fought within it Napoleon, Blutcher, Wellington, and Nelson. The Gigantic naval battles like at Trafalgar. Also WWII, as my uncle (sadly deceased now) was a navigator flying a Lancaster bomber. And the Korean war, as...

Recently, acting on a tip off from my mother (the charity annie that she is) I came upon a haul of 9 Iain M. Banks novels in a charity shop. Going for £2.50 each, I bought all 9, when I got my haul home, being hugely excited at my find, I found two of them were signed by the author. :D

I watched Stephen Kings dreamcatcher last night, my parents have it on VHS (I know they live in a time warp) and it caught my eye, so when it was shown on TV, I watched it. I wasn't very impressed to be honest.

I do, but saying that there are already several female leads who are strong and capable. Red Sonja for one.

Thank you for making my point about the current shortsightedness of the industry, the agent will only take on what will sell, although the authors first novel may not sell many copies, as the vast majority don't, but it might be a series of novels, and, let's just say in 5 years time, he could...

I had this all yesterday, talking with a few other writers. The whole problem with all of the big 6, and many others, is this elitist attitude. I self published, and I am glad I did. The big 6 are dropping their mid-listers, hardly taking on any new talent at all. The problem is, this is...

I would add to that space: above and beyond - A bit dark but a pretty good series I found, kind of an alternative battlestar galactica. The thing about the new Battlestar galactica remake is that I hated the new starbuck. The way she slept with married people behind their backs, was a boozed...

I've never had to kill off a major character in my novels as of yet, although I have plans to kill off one of them in suitably epic style in the fourth and final novel in my series. I have the scene in my head, although I haven't written it yet.

Also let's not forget a Spartan is a Hoplite, an elite type of soldier certainly, but just a soldier. Termed Spartans as Sparta was where they originated from, there were hoplites across Greece. The Spartan phalanx was designed to take ground and hold it, no matter what, and this they did on...

I would personally put a fully arrayed Spartan phalanx against a roman legion anyday of the week. And i'll tell you why, the spartans fought not as individuals but as a unit. Every man was a trained killer, from the age of 7 every spartan that was allowed to live, (that being accepted at...

My strategy tends to be, write the book, go through between 3 and 5 edits to make sure i'm absolutely happy with it, then get it out on E-book first. If its successful and warrants it, then I bring out a paperback version. I used to go with bringing out the paperback first but due to the...

Well I have rather a lot actually, I have another two in my current novel series E.D.F Chronicles. Then another 3 novel urban fantasy series, A standalone biblical fantasy novel, A science fiction series about the trials and tribulations of an interstellar freighter crew, and another novel...

My debut novel, E.D.F chronicles : The Krenaran massacre is now available in both paperback and Kindle editions from amazon. :)

I would have to disagree with the statement that bacteria are not animals, just because they are a single celled organism it doesnt mean that they dont have the same right to be called an animal as say a whale does. Therefore the animal that is the most dangerous ever is bacteria, in all its...

You said glide twice. I'd add staggered, for all those drunken characters out there. :)

An interesting beginning, and it did keep me entertained, however you do make a few errors, other than what chris has picked out. For example, Surely this should be. "You are no match for me, let alone us." However i still feel this is slightly lacking. Perhaps, "you are no match for me, let...

I was surprised to notice that the war of the worlds was not on there, after all, it pretty much began SF as we know it.