Interesting article in todays news paper (San Francisco Chronicle) probably at www.sfgate.com. The writer of the article is Adair Lara.
edited to tell you the article is about romance writers
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
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The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
sfmarty - Feb 14, 2004 7:22:20 am PST #3354 of 10001
Who? moi??
Amy - Feb 16, 2004 12:31:12 pm PST #3355 of 10001
Because books.
Brand-new here. Saw the writing thread and decided to come on in.
Susan W., I'd love to hear more about Lucy and Mr. Wright. I was an editor at a publisher for years, and I acquired mostly romance, historical and contemporary. I'm home with kids writing now, too. Sounds like you're expecting any day now?
Historicals can be a hard sell. And Avon (while it's definitely a wonderful place to be published) is extremely hard to get into precisely because their romances are so successful.
I'll check back in tomorrow, or you can email me if you like. And if I'm making newbie mistakes all over the place, I apologize...
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2004 12:43:27 pm PST #3356 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Welcome! The only newbie mistake around here is being a jerk, and you're far from that.
deborah grabien - Feb 16, 2004 12:44:33 pm PST #3357 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hey! We have a new writer! (waving)
AmyLiz, what Betsy said.
Susan W. - Feb 16, 2004 12:46:45 pm PST #3358 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Welcome, AmyLiz! I've bookmarked your post and will be emailing you in the next few days.
Strix - Feb 16, 2004 12:52:47 pm PST #3359 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Susan, I never got to read your book this summer, although I've heard all kinds of fab things about it.
I'd love to look at it, and I cannot tell you how many thousands of romances I've read.
Lord, that's scary.
Email addy is good.
Susan W. - Feb 16, 2004 12:55:04 pm PST #3360 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, Erin! I'm holding off until I've had a chance to rewrite the beginning, because that's the one thing I know for sure needs fixed, but I'll let you know when that's ready.
Strix - Feb 16, 2004 12:59:03 pm PST #3361 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Just send it on whenever, dollface.
Nilly - Feb 17, 2004 2:58:59 am PST #3362 of 10001
Swouncing
Just wanted to welcome AmyLiz.
Amy - Feb 17, 2004 6:21:22 am PST #3363 of 10001
Because books.
Well, all the welcomes definitely make for a nice warm fuzzy on a Tuesday morning. Will be completely ignoring my looming deadline reading through the thread over the next couple of days...interested to see what everybody's working on.