Welcome back, Susan! I have to say, you sound amazingly jazzed and enthusiastic and just plain up about this possible new direction. I think it will go well for you.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Anne W. - Jul 20, 2007 5:20:34 pm PDT #9112 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Beverly - Jul 20, 2007 9:30:53 pm PDT #9113 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hi Susan! Welcome back. It does sound like you have some great new plans to work on. I admire your un-wilty-ness in the face of disappointment.
Susan W. - Jul 20, 2007 9:35:46 pm PDT #9114 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Oh, believe me, I've had my wilty moments, not to mention serious envy of writers who started at the same time I did or later who have books on the shelves now. But I've gone too far down this road to quit. I went six weeks without writing when we were moving to our new place and I was switching jobs, and I swear I had withdrawal symptoms.
And I'm glad my enthusiasm for my WIP is coming through all my angst about how hard it is!
sj - Jul 21, 2007 5:37:44 am PDT #9115 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Good luck with the your new writing direction, Susan!
Zenkitty - Jul 21, 2007 6:24:14 am PDT #9116 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Susan, I love alt-history. FWIW, I'm really interested in reading The Sergeant's Lady now. Really, you had me at "He's a clever sergeant, she's a widowed aristocrat, together they fight crime and Frogs".
connie, awesome! You are a pro. I want to read your book. I can't figure out how to get it on my computer, though. Gotta work on that. (The older I get, the more I hate technology.) (pets her iPod and covers its ears)
Susan W. - Jul 21, 2007 9:12:16 am PDT #9117 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
FWIW, I'm really interested in reading The Sergeant's Lady now. Really, you had me at "He's a clever sergeant, she's a widowed aristocrat, together they fight crime and Frogs".
Well, I haven't written the mystery version yet. The one we tried to sell is romance with military adventure elements. Sort of Jane Austen meets Sharpe's Rifles, with sex. (I guess the mystery version would be Jane Austen meets Sharpe's Rifles meets Marcus Didius Falco, with sex. Which certainly sounds like a winner to ME, but I'm the one who wants to write it...)
Zenkitty - Jul 21, 2007 9:14:17 am PDT #9118 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Works for me.
Of course, it's possible that "...with sex." always works for me. Everything's better with sex!
SailAweigh - Jul 21, 2007 10:05:55 am PDT #9119 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ooh, Marcus Didius Falco. I'm liking the new mix already!
Deena - Jul 21, 2007 12:25:53 pm PDT #9120 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Constance, don't make me come over there.
It's a brilliant story, one of our best. It's selling as well as the ones who've been flogging theirs all over the web for weeks, and it sold from Mobipocket, which implies to me that the purchasers were strangers (note: purchasers), since otherwise they'd know they could buy it off our website for cheaper.
Also? Not just an e-pub. We are print and electronic publishers of quality transformative fiction celebrating myths, legends, and fairy tales. Yours will be printed in the bump-in-the-night anthology, which will be planned for print as soon as we have enough good bump-in-the-night stories to go in it.
The store's only been working since noon and we've already had several sales. It's pretty cool.
Zenkitty - Jul 21, 2007 12:34:28 pm PDT #9121 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
You'd have had another sale if I could figure out how to make Mobipocket work on my machine. See above, re: hatred of technology. Think I'll go look at your main page.
I really should start writing again. I miss it.