You should have allocated some of the time spent editing the novel to time spent editing your synopsis.

I appreciate that-it was a ton of hard work, rewrites after rewrites. I dumped the first three chapters and started over because I was just not good enough. Although I have written poetry for over 20 years- the flowery language of poetry does not transfer well to a Novel. So I spent a year reading every book on writing I could find-and then started over. I think after the first 10 chapters I really found my voice and the writing is clean and crisp. Early on, it was a struggle. From reading my post on hear- you can tell, spelling and grammer have never been my strong suits-lol It is a struggle sometimes. It is great to have fantastic ideas-but if you cannot communicate them to the reader-it does not matter.

My big break came after going through two pathetic editors. My girl in California took over and it has been a breath of fresh air. She is great at finding mistakes, so the whole project is very professional now.

One thing I found out- A great writer can be a lousy editor and Vice versa. It is two different parts of your brain I suppose.

Good luck with your project, would love to read it when you are done.

I am open for suggestions- any help would be appreciated.

It was a whole different animal doing a Synopsis, Character Index, Outline, Bibliography, and Bio. There are some things I am good at and others I have never attempted. But you just give it your best shot.

I am sure it is quite difficult. I have quite a bit of writing on my plate for courses I am taking this semester so I can't help you out ;) Try reading your writing backwards so it isn't the same old thing and you may be able to pick out errors better that way. Bibliographies are easy enough with a MLA handbook.

What a shocker.

ROFL

You're a piece of work RM.

Some of the coolest (as in, interesting in their desire to help kids) people in my school are the librarians. It is wonderful to see people so dedicated (dare I say passionate in a post about teenagers?) to literacy. My two librarians are amazing in their desire to get kids to read. We do a book club in my classes where kids form their own clubs and get to choose a common book to read from our "book club collection." Watching the librarians discuss the books with prospective readers is really something to behold.

With a little work, I can possibly get your book placed in the library of a Denver elementary school.

Groundhog! Groundhog! If a hedgehog sees his shadow in February 2nd, it means that we're facing six weeks of nuclear winter. Big difference.

I noticed that, too. Freaky, wasn't it? The little ones would go up to the table and just grab a book without even looking at it, and then all of a sudden at a certain age I'd have to eventually evict them. I had one girl who took so long to pick that finally the class left and the teacher just made her grab the nearest one.

Don't provoke them rain man.

The little buggers bite when provoked.

ROFL that is the best offer I have had. Teens reading it would be okay-but it is not a kids book. Although there is no bad language, sex, that type of "R" rated stuff, 3 people get their heads chopped off in the first chapter.

I hope they aren't your main characters, because that would really limit the dialogue in the rest of the book.

All in all it sounds like a fun day. I really enjoy the time I get to spend at my daughter's pre-school. Little kids are funny people. Last week there was a class trip, we went to a concert. Three year olds sure do like to dance but I'm not so sure about that "natural ryhtm" theory.

Actually the QAR was the flagship of Captain Teach (Blackbeard) who stole it from slave traders-it is probably one of the most imprtant finds since Titanic. They have a musuem in NC now that has all the cool stuff they have found.

When I started this- there was nearly nothing out there on Pirates and such. My Dad even made the comment-who would want to read about an old pirate ship. Well low and behold- Pirates of the Caribean came out and the whole world went pirate crazy. Even though the main story revolves around a 12 yr old girl, her mother and grandmother-there are characters I developed to explain the connection.

Publishers don't even want to hear about Pirates now, so I am trying to tone that part of the story down.

I thought I would take a shot and see if someone knew someone that knew someone.....

Genuinly a funny little book I read to my niece a few years back.

Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Poops.../dp/0916291456