I'm going to give NaNoWriMo a shot, I think. I think it'll be good discipline for getting me used to sitting down and writing for a set amount of time each week.
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
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Anne W. - Oct 31, 2004 4:11:14 am PST #7798 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Liese S. - Oct 31, 2004 6:53:26 am PST #7799 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup, I challenged the SO. I think he's going to try, political thriller, it seems. I don't expect to finish. I wasn't anywhere close last year. But I just want to try.
And thanks for the characters!
deborah grabien - Oct 31, 2004 7:16:22 am PST #7800 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Good on all of you, with the NanoWriMo. Are any of you going to post bits as WIPs?
Anne W. - Oct 31, 2004 7:31:20 am PST #7801 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Are any of you going to post bits as WIPs?
Huh. I hadn't even thought of that. I may very well do just that.
deborah grabien - Oct 31, 2004 7:34:53 am PST #7802 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Anne, the only caveat there would be if you were planning on sumitting the work for publication. This would count as previous publication.
Anne W. - Oct 31, 2004 7:36:55 am PST #7803 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Erk! Thanks for the heads-up, Deb. I may just ask for betas when/if I'm done.
Polter-Cow - Oct 31, 2004 7:45:31 am PST #7804 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
This would count as previous publication.
Would it really? Even though you could just as easily edit it out? What about posting on diaries? That counts? That seems...annoying.
Anne W. - Oct 31, 2004 7:47:46 am PST #7805 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Deb, I forgot to ask--did you ever send that piece to be beta'd? If so, it hasn't shown up on any of my email accounts.
deborah grabien - Oct 31, 2004 8:09:50 am PST #7806 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
P-C, anything resembling "previously published" work is still a very grey area; if, for instance, you friendslock a blog, I believe it doesn't contravene most publishers' take on it, since you haven't made it available for public access. But putting it out for public view on the web does count, for a lot of publishers.
Anne, I need to send you the piece tomorrow; it's on my hard drive at home, and I'm on this tiny little horrible keyboard device thingie (aka Nic's laptop) in Seattle. I wanted to fix a couplew of typos before I sent it but the time got away from me.
Liese S. - Oct 31, 2004 10:39:12 am PST #7807 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm not planning on doing jack squat with it, so I can post with aplomb. But last year's just sucked, so I didn't. We'll see how it goes this time.