Amy, did you get the email I sent to your gmail address about Laurie Brown?
Um, stupid me opened the account and since forgotten to check it. I'll look now. And then it's off to bed...
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Amy - Oct 03, 2004 7:16:09 pm PDT #6957 of 10001
Because books.
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 7:21:11 pm PDT #6958 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I was just afraid I was showing myself to be a bit of a diva by being all concerned about my career direction when I haven't even sold yet.
Well ... and let me be the unpopular opinion here, but only because I love you ... there's a lot of strength in knowing what you want to write, and writing something because you love it and its what you want to do. Honestly.
The "but" you hear brewing here is that a lot of writers get themselves very caught up in succeeding the way they want to succeed, sometimes to the detriment of other directions and possibilities.
Not saying you're doing that--I honestly haven't seen you in action enough to make that judgement--but it's a question worth asking yourself. Be open to the possibility that you have even greater opportunities down a road you didn't even know was there.
ETA: Or, the Reader's Digest version, "If you get the shot, take the shot."
Susan W. - Oct 03, 2004 7:54:45 pm PDT #6959 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I think that's a very good point, victor. And that's why I'm sending the requested partial--I'm going to roll the dice and see what comes up. If everything were to go right and they end up requesting the full and then offering to buy the manuscript, that's when I'll need to think about what it means for my career. The odds are it won't get that far. And if it does--who knows? Maybe they'll be just SO crazy about my writing that they'll consider Anna too. Never hurts to dream.
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 7:58:59 pm PDT #6960 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Never hurts to dream.
Never. And you can't live a writer's life without rolling some dice once in awhile.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2004 8:14:18 pm PDT #6961 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Never hurts to dream.
My dream hurts. I am doing this wrong.
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 8:16:08 pm PDT #6962 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
My dream hurts. I am doing this wrong.
Hmmm. Well, I suppose if you're into that sort of thing...
deborah grabien - Oct 03, 2004 8:27:35 pm PDT #6963 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan, sounds like you did well, and that it went well. Like Amy, nothing you said sounded remotely trouble-makingish, although I find myself wondering who the editor at Tor is (I know a few of them, at the senior level). (EDIT: whoops - missed the ID upstream. I don't know her, but I know of her; she's supposed to be a sweetie. I'd wondered if it was Natalia Aponte, for a minute.)
Oh, and re paranormal? Apparently, the market is glutted. Don't make Jack into a werewolf just yet.
And I'm a rather big supporter of writing what wants out. If you're channelling a particular voice, and that voice is sitting in the middle of the Pyrenees during the Peninsular campaign, for heavens sake, don't try to be Rita Mae Brown or something; write the voice that wants out. You can always play with other things later.
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 8:34:00 pm PDT #6964 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Oh, and re paranormal? Apparently, the market is glutted. Don't make Jack into a werewolf just yet.
I think someone should write a zombie romance. "They loved with all their heart, but the rest of them was falling off."
deborah grabien - Oct 03, 2004 8:35:50 pm PDT #6965 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think someone should write a zombie romance. "They loved with all their heart, but the rest of them was falling off."
Sounds like the screenplay for "Shaun of the Dead", or something.
victor infante - Oct 03, 2004 8:37:41 pm PDT #6966 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Sounds like the screenplay for "Shaun of the Dead", or something.
Damn! Hollywood always beats me to it.
Shakes fist westward in rage.