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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Self-publishing in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 3 months ago
@jenwriter17 To echo what everyone else said (:P) :
1. I agree with Mariposa. I only ask people I’ve interacted with/know. 🙂
2. Yeah, by knowing other bloggers.
3. Yup. It’s great, though I don’t know it as well as I’d like.
I use Unsplash to find my pictures like Mariposa, or I take them myself.
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Weekly Goals #4 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 3 months ago
@natalie-marie Sounds like a plan! I wish you luck. 🙂
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Emotion and Characters: Discussion Topic #7 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 3 months ago
@sam-kowal True! Shared human experience and desire is a great starting point.
Adding on to what you said, I think this applies to when a character wants something bad as well. Even if a character wants to escape responsibility or get away with a crime, readers can still relate because they themselves have wanted to shirk responsibility or get…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Weekly Goals #4 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 3 months ago
@dragongeek Awesome! 😀 Yum, pizza. 😉
@natalie-marie Ah, understood. Life can get insane. 🙂 Do you have any goals for this week?
@jenwriter17 😛 Yay!
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Weekly Goals #4 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 4 months ago
As for me, I finished the third draft of my novel early Sunday morning. I’m gonna buy myself a giant cupcake to celebrate. 😛 XD
I plan to send an email out to my subscribers and work on worldbuilding, plotting, and a ton of stuff like that for my next novel this week.
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Gabrielle Pollack started the topic Weekly Goals #4 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 4 months ago
Hey Avensers!
Did you reach your goals last week? If so, did you celebrate? What are your goals for this week?
@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk @natalie-marie @sam-kowal
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Emotion and Characters: Discussion Topic #7 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
@snapper (accidentally messed up your tag)
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Gabrielle Pollack started the topic Emotion and Characters: Discussion Topic #7 in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
Hello friends!
Our discussion is pretty short today. 🙂
What are the best ways to make readers connect emotionally with characters?
@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle@snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk @na…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic The Official Avensbeck Book Club in the forum Story Analysis 8 years, 4 months ago
@dragongeek Ah! Fixed it. Silly code. 😛
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Guild War #3 in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@toklaham-veruzia @overcomer @martina @epicaddie2 @supermonkey42 @gabrielle @snapper @jenwriter17 @naomijackson @dekreel @bonnie @melissa-g @kiraelizabeth @aislinn-mollisong @dragongeek @haviloki @sleepwalkingmk @natalie-marie @sam-kowal
Hey guys! Just wanted to check in and see how your piece is progressing and remind you that submissions are…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack started the topic The Official Avensbeck Book Club in the forum Story Analysis 8 years, 4 months ago
‘ello!
*Hands cookies to everyone to celebrate the first official meeting of the Avensbeck book club*
Welcome to the Avensbeck Book club! Each week we’ll be reading 2 to 4 chapters of the Hobbit. I’ll start chapter discussions on the Friday of the week the chapters read. I’ll start the next one on the following Friday and so on and so…[Read more] -
Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Avensbeck Book Club, Anyone? in the forum Avensbeck Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@kiraelizabeth Yup! I’m putting it up soon.
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Weekly Goals #3 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 4 months ago
@kiraelizabeth You did? Yay! Congratulations! 😀 😀 😀

*throws confetti* I finished mine extremely early Sunday morning, so it almost counts as last week’s accomplishment. 😉
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic To Resurrect or Not to Resurrect in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@kate *hands you something sweet like cake to balance it out. Strawberry cake*
@nuetrobolt of course XD
@sam-kowal I do like the idea of Ace fearing death. It would make sense after spending so much time with immortality. And, if I do follow through with the resurrection, I’ll be thinking of what consequences (like Ace losing his immorality) I…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Weekly Goals #3 in the forum Accountability & Achievements 8 years, 4 months ago
@kiraelizabeth Awesome! I hope you can get it done! 😀 *cheers you on*
@toklaham-veruzia Smart! I wish you luck 🙂
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic To Resurrect or Not to Resurrect in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@nuetrobolt I don’t either. XD It is usually the easy way out. Hmm, unless I made the resurrection worse than staying dead…
@elizabeth You hit the nail on the head. XD A consequence is something I’m missing. And I sort of omitted a large part of the story world when I wrote up that post so it wouldn’t be so long. XD Ace’s immortality is limited…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic To Resurrect or Not to Resurrect in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@brandon-miller cuz I messed up your tag.
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Gabrielle Pollack started the topic To Resurrect or Not to Resurrect in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
I don’t like bringing back characters from the dead. Either they die or they don’t.
BUT, I might need to pull a resurrection off.
(Warning: This post is gonna be long. Sorry.)
You see, I have a new story knocking around my brain. It’s about a snarky immortal named Ace who, after being convinced he’s a worthless disgrace, wants to die. This is…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic Aberdeen’s Top Secret Project Unveiled in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@mariposa YAY! 😀 😀 😀 *Celebrates with confetti and cake and story drafts* That is a pretty big Something. 😉
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Gabrielle Pollack replied to the topic How to Write Believable Emotion: Discussion Topic Five in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
@supermonkey42 I wondered if you guys would have. Oh well. 🙂 Do you use Omni POV? Why do you think you over-explain?
@jenwriter17 I wonder. 😛 It’s crazy how much a simple speaker tag can throw off the mood of a scene. 0_0
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