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Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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.
Typo Boy - Jul 17, 2006 10:32:22 am PDT #7844 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.
deborah grabien - Jul 17, 2006 11:35:44 am PDT #7845 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Greetings from Las Vegas, where it is 111 degrees, and hotter than Lucifer's jock itch.
Allyson, worst-case scenario is that they want another or some more edits. I grok the worrying, and I'm not making light of it - hell, I wrote every word thinking "please don't let this suck" because I was so uninvested - but the worst case scenario just isn't that bad. It would only mean more work, is all.
dcp - Jul 17, 2006 2:37:20 pm PDT #7846 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Anyone care to beta a flying anecdote I bashed out yesterday? It's only about a thousand words. I'm curious how it plays with a non-flying audience, but I'm not ready to put it online for all the world to read yet. Profile address is good.
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2006 2:37:59 pm PDT #7847 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Try not to expire from shock -- it's the new drabble topic, on time!
Challenge #116 (escape) is now closed.
Challenge #117 is on holiday. (Because I wish I were, damn it.)
Typo Boy - Jul 17, 2006 2:54:39 pm PDT #7848 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.
I'll beta. Profile address good.
Typo Boy - Jul 17, 2006 3:29:36 pm PDT #7849 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.
Just got a rejection from the larger of the two publishers - the one that wanted the entire manuscript. Because they wanted the manuscript based on my description I'm now wondering what was wrong with it. I shouldn't do that right? But when someone actually takes the trouble to look at the thing and does not like it, it worries me.
deborah grabien - Jul 17, 2006 9:48:34 pm PDT #7850 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Teppy, I'll write one maybe when we get home from holiday, because I *am* on holiday.
Gar, a rejection doesn't necessarily mean they didn't like it. It's just as likely to mean that what they got doesn't fit what they were expecting, or that it simply doesn't match their line, or their direction, or any one of a number of other possible variables.
(As I stagger around Sin City, nifty agent has got first 13K words of N-SK, and will send off to Ruth Cavin after she reads. Yay?)
SailAweigh - Jul 18, 2006 4:14:43 am PDT #7851 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yay, deb! NS-K is my favorite already, they can't help but love it, too.
victor infante - Jul 18, 2006 4:25:24 am PDT #7852 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Gar, a rejection doesn't necessarily mean they didn't like it. It's just as likely to mean that what they got doesn't fit what they were expecting, or that it simply doesn't match their line, or their direction, or any one of a number of other possible variables.
Harken to the wise woman. As a lit journal editor, I kick away perfectly respectable writing -- some that I actually enjoy -- all the time, simply because it doesn't fit right with what we've got going on.
deborah grabien - Jul 18, 2006 6:54:04 am PDT #7853 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Exaxtly what Victor said. If they saw a partial or sample chapters, and asked to see the rest on that basis, they were fine with the writing. Hell, for all you know, it didn't fit their politics.