not here either

hogged the window

take-off was fun!

with three words!

Noplace like home

First plane ride

What a place!

been to California

Hmmm. My other language is ASL- American Sign Language. And that's getting kind of rusty from disuse.

Hey, I'm back!!!!

I don't believe

bad luck magnet?

THanks for your replies. I appreciate the feedback. Hmmm. I've always been warned flashbacks are tricky little buggers, so I guess I'll play around with the idea a little longer before making any huge changes. Right now I have the MC in a position in chapter 1 that he ends up in <i>again</i> at the ...

THe reason I'm playing with the idea of flashbacks: My MC makes a hard choice in the heat of the moment and the results follow him through the story, kind of like Post traumatic stress. I have the pivotal action in chapter 1 and go on from there, but now I'm thinking I might ought to (southern speak...

Can anyond tell me some well-written examples of books using flashbacks as a storytelling method? Preferably mid-grade or YA stuff, but I'll read pretty much anything. THanks. I want to tinker with my WIP and try to keep the 'mysterious event' a little more mysterious.

Wanda

This is fun!

short attention span

Don't have time

I like the essays, too. Number nine has me thinking on my WIP to see if my teenage boy is believable. Hmmmm.

Daniel wrote:What side of the wall are you: the comment's side or the smashing head's one?

The head bashing side. I'm not into the teeny-bop stuff. (Hannah Montana, LIzzie McGuire, etc)

I'm about to sound like my mom. "Turn that stuff down!!!"

Nothing, but my daughter's music is coming through the wall loud and clear!

I guess my best bet would be Bethany House. The other places I've looked at aren't open to unsolicited stuff.

As far as Harlequin, I've toyed with the idea of writing a romance, but that'll have to be later. I like YA right now.

howdy from the deep south. (achoo!)

Does anyone else have pollen colored cars, now?

Mlou and Writingmom, Polish and publish? Scary! No, the first story I wrote wasn't even in my genre, so I have no confidence in it, whatsoever. I also never quite finished the story, even though I reached the 50K required to 'win'. Last year's effort is a YA novel. I've had a couple of people read i...

The first time I did it, I just wanted to see if I could. the second time I did it, I wanted to prove to myself that it wasn't a fluke the year before. I wonder what my excuse for madness will be this year?