'Beneath You'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Whenever I write something that wanders away from what I sat down to say, I end up feeling like it's not as good, because it wasn't what I was trying to say....
This writing a book thing is going to be hard... you can wander a lot farther afield in 50,000 words.
Oh, mos def. I did.
you can wander a lot farther afield in 50,000 words.
Turns out there can be some very interesting things in those fields, though.
Nothing wrong with wandering, in my world. I can't imagine not wandering; hell, that's where the interesting shit lives.
I'm getting my rejection letters back. Just about all of them say the same thing, "great voice, unsure where this fits."
Which is frustrating, because I can't figure out how to fix that.
You have a next-book idea, right, Allyson? Worst-case scenario may be that that's the one that has to sell first.
That's the worst-case scenario, Jesse. I'll need to lick my ego-wounds for a bit, though, before I get started on a new outline.
Allyson, what about breaking up the book and sending some of the pieces individually to magazines? If some of the essays have already been published, it might be easier to sell the book.
'Course, I have no idea what magazines off the top of my head, but it's a thought.
The mask drabbles rock, all of them.
I decided yesterday to submit Save Firefly to This American Life, AmyLiz. I've got my fingers crossed that they accept the submission. The site says it can take up to six months to hear back from them.
I'm getting numb to the rejections, but it's hard to not feel like the skeevy guy in the bar. "You're so funny, but no, I don't want to have dinner with you."
Keep reminding myself that i have an awesome agent who I like a whole lot, and that almost all of the rejections compliment my voice. That's a big deal, and I don't feel like a total failure.
That's the worst-case scenario, Jesse. I'll need to lick my ego-wounds for a bit, though, before I get started on a new outline.
Well, sure. I'm just saying, my worst-case scenario still ends with you selling a book.