Shadowfax

Well, *I'd* be the one questioning it... it would hold me up. It would bother me. It's just how I work :/ There are so many leaps of faith fantasy writer ask readers to take, the least I can do is give them something solid and factual when I have the ability to do so. Also, stupid dictionary has no synonyms for tabard, so I'm trying a new search tactic. *crosses fingers*

I may try your pound sign trick. I went back to look for my section I edited earlier and the brackets did blend in a bit.

Some people know, some people (like me) look things up and some people breeze by. But I don't want to use a word that "almost fits" or is "mostly right". My integrity as a researcher, historian and writer would be up for questioning if I let myself just use any word when I *know* there's a right one.

When I was writing I was typing the word tabard, then decided to look it up to make sure I was correct, and all the images and descriptions I got were of a short coat type garment. Women's versions were basically wide aprons. I'll look up synonyms as you suggest and see what that comes up with. Perhaps it is a tabard, but I also don't want to put the wrong mental image into readers heads if tabards are "mostly" as described by the Internet.

Yeah! And I made it in before midnight, so we're all good. Then I was up all night, refreshing the page to see if anyone was up all night and responded xD UGH. I much prefer posting in the morning then taking a nap and coming back to find responses LOL That said, I'd like to submit chapter one next week, unless there are others who want to go and haven't in a while.

It's a thing! It's an article of clothing, sort of. It's like a tabard, in that it is sleeveless and work over the head, and drapes down the front and back of the wearer (past the waist, to about thigh-length), but it's thin, like a banner, maybe only 6 inches wide or so. It would be held in place by a belt around the waist and worn over a tunic, not as a shirt itself. Like, I can picture it in my head and I swear I've seen it's like before (in history books, during my university career), but I can't find anything on Google, Wikipedia, etc. that will give me the word I need. I could, in theory, use a bunch of nouns and adjectives to describe it, but I'd rather not LOL

Thank you so much for your feedback! It's super useful and gives me hope that I'm finally writing in my native language I'm actually eager to find out how you feel about the chapter one I have, since it's really different from the prologue and we get into actual world-building and meet the first of our main characters. Beware, it's full of adjectives xD

You know, I've used placeholders before and I just didn't think about it. <sigh> What I ended up doing was removing the piece I was trying to name, but I REALLY want it. I may go back and edit it in with a placeholder and then try to figure out what this stupid thing is called. I'm sure it has a name. It has to. :/

Yay! That's awesome! It always feels good to get something new on a page I'm really close to finishing one of my chapter ones. I'm stuck on a bit of terminology and that is crushing my workflow but other than that it's coming along.

I took a lot of time going over all the previous responses I got to my excerpts submission and I hope I picked the right passages to use for my prologue. I tried to really pare it down and streamline it, but I also had to make sure the important information I needed to seed was in here. So, that being said... -What works and doesn't work for you? (as compared to the original) -I changed Prorochitsa to Prochitsa, does this read better for you? -Is my scribe characterized well enough for a short passage? (This is his POV chapter) -Does it leave you with enough questions to keep reading? -Does it leave you with TOO many questions? -Overall impressions? I'm not really looking for line by line edits atm, as I'm only writing the rough draft now and editing/revising will happen after the manuscript as a whole is complete. What I'm working on first is story, character and world, so that's why I will be submitting as I write, in case I need to make updates/changes/etc. to keep things consistent in those ways. Thank you!

I literally just woke up after a day feeling ill in bed, but I will be submitting. I have the PDF ready I just need to make teh email and send. Let me get some caffeine, etc in me and get a shower.

Thanks king! I will only be submitting the prologue for review, as it is separeated from the main bulk of the story and I don't want to introduce 2 separate concepts/ideas/settings/etc in the same narrative without any further context. It's really short, and a lot of it has been submitted before in my "excerpts" submission, but I did a lot of thinking and revising to pare it down to an acceptable prologue (I hope!). I've also written another 339 words since my post 45 minutes ago! *ecstatic*

I'm actually making progress into a possible chapter one! After having writer's block for so long now, I feel so good about this. I'm actually going to write 2 chapters that could both be potentially chapter ones, but for now I have 454 NEW words written!! An entire scene, which I really like. I'm just super excited so I wanted to share. And give thanks for Krystalynn who helped more than she could ever know in getting me out of my slump!

hahaha don't worry, I have no plans for a prequel.

It could be an epilogue to a prequel xD

I'd like to submit my prologue (finally) on Monday, if that's okay.

Silly social butterflies xD

I think I'm INTJ but I'd have to retake the test to confirm cause it's been so long I can't remember the letters any more. I have a feeling we will see a lot of INs lol

I'm so behind, I haven't had a chance to read & review this week yet. Metered Internet SUCKS btw. <cry>

This made my day xD

I still haven't been able to finish this stupid prologue. I've been sitting at the same word count for 11 days. I'll wait another week to see if I can add to it and if not I'll submit as-is for suggestions. So, I won't submit this week either. <grumbles about writer's block>

My writing time got cut into and I didn't get finished so I can't post today.

That's sweet of you, but you're really on a roll and I'd hate to interrupt it!

I need to figure out how to update my sig line properly. I mean, I know how to, technically, but I want it to look and feel right in displaying my membership. <puts on thinking cap>

It's been a few weeks, but I'm hard at work on my prologue and was hoping to have it ready for the 18th. If it's full though, can I reserve a spot for the week after?