Oh, Hec, I bet you have the same shot that they all have...you did get done today so that means you're still in it. (if that doesn't help, shine me on, okay? I owe you one. Or twelve.) Rule 5 does come into play, though. "It's good to be good. It's better to be lucky."
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
erikaj - Nov 30, 2005 2:22:29 pm PST #1353 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
DavidS - Nov 30, 2005 2:42:08 pm PST #1354 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, Hec, I bet you have the same shot that they all have...
Better I hope. The two books I've already published (making me a known quantity as a writer, and from a publisher's perspective a safer bet) and an endorsement from Kim (whose book is just available now, and has had the highest presale for any book in the 33 1/3 series) should get me closer to 50/50. I hope.
Oh well, I thought my pitch was strong. It's a good representation of my writing style and how I'd approach the subject, so if they don't like it then it's not the right fit.
Hayden - Nov 30, 2005 3:57:47 pm PST #1355 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
OK, my pitch is sent. I know my relative anonymity and inexperience works against me, but, hey, we'll see. I know at least 4 other writers who are sending in pitches, too, most of whom have far better credentials than I. But the pitch was a good example of my writing and, I think, a compelling story about a great album (I went with Shoot Out The Lights), about which there's only been that crappy RT biography published.
DavidS - Nov 30, 2005 6:07:30 pm PST #1356 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good luck, Corwood, I really want to read it.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2005 4:25:19 am PST #1357 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Hec, dawg, didn't mean to short your CV...minimize any of your props. Much music geek book -ma for all y'all, though.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2005 6:27:56 am PST #1358 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, dawg, didn't mean to short your CV...minimize any of your props.
Yeah! Quit minimizing my props.
::checks his propers for shrinkage::
Sorry, Corwood. My post looks kind of puffed up and asshole-ish on review. I'm just crossing my fingers like everybody else.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2005 6:54:18 am PST #1359 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Hey, I don't think I went after your basket, symbolically or otherwise.(There was that dream that time, but I digress.) But I did not think about the other book. My bad...another slow morning.
Trudy Booth - Dec 01, 2005 7:46:34 am PST #1360 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hey there, Musicarinos!
What is something obscure yet obtainable I could get for a fifteen year old who's room is covered in pictures of Sid, Nancy, and Johnny Rotten for Christmas?
Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2005 7:51:09 am PST #1361 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sid and Nancy probably isn't obscure enough, but does s/he have a copy of The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle?
Hayden - Dec 01, 2005 7:53:19 am PST #1362 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yo, Trudy, what's your spending range?
Sorry, Corwood. My post looks kind of puffed up and asshole-ish on review. I'm just crossing my fingers like everybody else.
Not at all! I didn't take any of this out of your post. I'm just trying to keep my hopes realistic. With my relative lack of credentials, all I have to offer is my narrative idea and, of course, my personality and charm. Neither of which really come through in my pitch, now that I re-read it (and this assumes that they don't just exist in my head). Oh well.