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Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 8:09 pm
I've been on this forum for a while, though I've been lurking for several years. I just wanted to say that the debates I've read here and the people I've chatted with have made up my mind on an issue very important to me.
I'm somewhat of an amature writer, mostly of fantasy, though I tend to avoid magic or the supernatural. I've never been published, but I've learned a lot and I've had some life changing experiences along the way.
I've just always been too afraid that I would fail to risk publishing anything. It's sad and it's depressing, but every time I try I'm always crippled by dread. I've been told that I write very well (and no, not by my family and friends), but until now I haven't had a subject to write about that's felt like it had a real, definitive purpose. I haven't had something vital and valuable to me, something that I thought was worth laying all my cards on the table for, so to speak. Now I do.
I'll break out of my shell, finally. Today, I'm going to start writing a book. I'm not going to let myself fail this time. It'll be fantasy, but I won't use that as an excuse to make flat characters and nonsensical magic. It's going to be realistic, as emotional as I can make it, and It's going to be firmly pro-atheist in a land where the church is law.
Some people say that a good book can change the world. This one isn't going to. Honestly, what are the chances it'll even ever show up in major chain stores? But I'm going to try, and I'll consider it a job well done if I can even make even the smallest mark on the world.
What falls away is always, and is near.
Also, I am not pretending to be female, this profile picture is my wonderful girlfriend. XD
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Bravo. Go get 'em.
Remember something of vital importance. It doesn't have to be well-written to make an impression.
Just look at the fucking bible for proof of that.
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 8:14 pm
good for you!
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Go for it. You will never know what you can truly do unless you at least try. Best of luck.
Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull. - George Orwell
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 9:07 pm
NaNoWriMo approaches friend.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 28, 2011 at 9:38 pm
My best advice is don't think about spelling or grammar at all during your rough draft. You will edit, edit and edit again later. You have to let the first draft be like, "Wheeeee, this story is coming out of my brain." Later, when you find out it came out looking like a turd, you can turn it into a diamond.
Best of luck. Writing a book was the most painful thing I ever did. To this day, I am the only person who read it. For some reason, I can publish anything but fiction without having a panic attack.
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 29, 2011 at 3:00 am
That's great  Good for you. I've written a lot of short stories, but I don't think I'll ever tackle a book.
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 29, 2011 at 3:11 am
Put it for sale via Amazon when it's done, and I'll buy it for my Kindle! 
But good luck and may you have heaps of inspiration
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 29, 2011 at 6:55 am
Good luck Aegrus!! 
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RE: Time for me to "fight" back.
September 29, 2011 at 10:14 am
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2011 at 10:14 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I'll read your book Shell. (I've only let a few people read my garbage, so I understand..lol)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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