Good on all of you, with the NanoWriMo. Are any of you going to post bits as WIPs?
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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.
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.
Steph L. - Nov 01, 2004 8:04:27 am PST #7808 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Challenge #29 (music) is now closed. Elvis has left the building.
Challenge #30 is this: one person on a ladder, one person on the ground. Drabble it.
Drabble early, drabble often....
lisah - Nov 01, 2004 9:13:52 am PST #7809 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I'm going to give NaNoWriMo a shot, I think.
Anne, there's a group of us doing it here and we were talking about getting together for support sessions and such. I'll let you know what is planned if you like. Or you can check the Atomic Books blog for updates.
I have a terrible time with the self-editor. That's why I'm (attempting to) do it. I'm not planning on showing any of it to anyone ever. Unless I actually think it (or parts of it) are good when I'm finished.