Erin, email is dinky40 at charter dot net.
Deb - glad you caught that, I was thinking about that this morning with no time to post.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
SailAweigh - May 26, 2006 5:37:30 am PDT #6765 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Typo Boy - May 26, 2006 6:26:56 am PDT #6766 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hi Deborah. I've been given to understand that for non-fiction, having already published excerpts can be an advantage - so long as substantial portions remain unpublished. True? false?
deborah grabien - May 26, 2006 6:31:25 am PDT #6767 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
TB, snippets and short excerpts are a different deal entirely. But entire chapters of fiction will get a number of publishers edgy; the rules changed radically with the inception of online publishing, and they haven't clarified yet.
Since we're still in In The Garden, I'm slipping one in. It's that kind of day.
The Scent of Memory
In the garden, my knees settling lightly into the loam we built from sand and mulch, my hands are covered.
We have cats, you see; raccoons come up from the Park, and the occasional possum. No wet gardening, not with age and a compromised immune system; I wear heavy gloves, protecting myself from bacteria.
In the garden, my hands working amongst the delphinium, the English comfrey, the irises, I can forget my age, my exhaustion, forget that I'm clumsy and tired.
The earth is the earth that took your coffin in. In the garden, even my memories smell of roses.
-t - May 26, 2006 7:37:28 am PDT #6768 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's lovely, deb.
Erin, if you want another beta reader I'd be happy to volunteer with the caveat that I don't really know anything about anything.
deborah grabien - May 26, 2006 9:00:02 am PDT #6769 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
SO, I'm pitching the idea of a book of drabbles - an anthology - to my agent. BenBella does great anthologies, and I'm thinking they might be interested.
If she wants to pitch it, and says it's doable, would people be interested?
Aims - May 26, 2006 9:02:21 am PDT #6770 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I would!
deborah grabien - May 26, 2006 9:07:24 am PDT #6771 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
If Marlene would handle it, it would be dead simple to do. Hell, we wouldn't even have to write specific drabbles, there are already so many superb ones done.
But right now, I'm in the cautious feeler-putting-out stage.
Oh, and BenBella would love me to contribute a short story or three to a Veronica Mars anthology. Shame I've never seen the show.
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2006 9:08:49 am PDT #6772 of 10001
What is even happening?
I can hook you up, deb.
deborah grabien - May 26, 2006 9:10:36 am PDT #6773 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Cindy, I know. I'm just trying to figure out if I have any time at all to wedge immersion in what looks to be a complex list of characters.
Speaking of total immersion, here's me back into the pass pages for Cruel Sister. No post-it notes, yay!
Amy - May 26, 2006 9:15:36 am PDT #6774 of 10001
Because books.
Deb, I would love a drabble anthology. Good idea.