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Mar 11, 2012

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Jun 18, 2011

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KaSonndra Leigh replied to KC Clyburn's discussion Your main character's most prized possesion

"Hi KC, It's funny you started this topic. I was just reading a blurb from a writing book about how to make your character real in your reader's minds. Giving them a talent or something they like to collect topped the list. My secondary…"

Apr 27, 2010

StaffLM Preston replied to KC Clyburn's discussion Your main character's most prized possesion

"My current MC's prized possession is his robot named Ebu."

Apr 25, 2010

Alex Gartner replied to KC Clyburn's discussion Your main character's most prized possesion

"This is a fantastic topic idea! My MC also has a prized guitar, a battered acoustic with an engraving from his late mother. Besides that, I'd say his scythe. It's kind of a necessity when monsters could be lurking at any corner."

Apr 24, 2010

KC Clyburn posted a blog post

Finishing Stuff

My novel has been my WIP for a while now. I have poked it, started rewriting it, looked at my rewrites, decided they were crap, and then started rewriting again. Mostly from scratch.My WIP "Social Disease" has been my baby since I wrote it in November of 2008. I have loved it more than I have loved anything I have written, and more than anything else, it's kept my attention. Story ideas come and go--I can pour 30,000 words into a story and then decide it's assy--but Social Disease is my one…See More

Feb 17, 2010

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Christina Lee replied to KC Clyburn's discussion My Funny Valentine (Revised) by KC Clyburn in the group First Pages (Crit Group)

"Hi KC!! Overall I liked this! You do the female perspective well. I do thing some of the dialogue was a little over the top and was begining to grate on my nerves (which would probably be true in real life too--listening in on teen girls). For…"

Feb 7, 2010

KC Clyburn replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?

"Pretty much anytime we had to read analyze Shakespeare's plays was a bad time for me. Mainly because I never got the point of analyzing the plays. They were plays; I always thought they were meant to entertain people, not for high school kids…"

Feb 5, 2010

KC Clyburn replied to Ash Yuhas's discussion What are you reading?

" The latest books on my STACK."

Feb 5, 2010

KC Clyburn replied to KC Clyburn's discussion My Funny Valentine (Revised) by KC Clyburn in the group First Pages (Crit Group)

"Thanks for the feedback! I know, I'm pretty horrible with the grammar and the spelling and punctuation stuff in my first drafting phase--thanks for pointing out the mistakes, because it seems like no matter how many times I read it for myself,…"

Feb 5, 2010

StaffLM Preston replied to KC Clyburn's discussion My Funny Valentine by KC Clyburn in the group First Pages (Crit Group)

"Okay, I like it already. It takes place in MD :-) Also you start with 'I' but then switch to 'she'. I am rather confused as to who is the MC in this. Is the 'I' person Ellie? You talk about 'she thought…"

Feb 4, 2010

KC Clyburn and LM Preston are now friends

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Jan 7, 2010

KC Clyburn replied to LM Preston's discussion How do you deal with romance in YA and sex

"One (loose) rules I seem to follow when I'm writing the juicier stuff that I remember from hanging out with mostly girls in high school, is that girls have a tendancy to describe how things feel, as opposed to boys, who tend to describe more of…"

Dec 16, 2009

KC Clyburn is now friends with Willow Cross and E. Kristin Anderson