He knows you already had, like, an agent and a published book before you started working with him, right?
My thoughts exactly. I am playing the world's smallest violin for him.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Ginger - Aug 06, 2009 9:12:36 am PDT #1981 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Atropa - Aug 06, 2009 10:24:59 am PDT #1982 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
He knows you already had, like, an agent and a published book before you started working with him, right?
Exactly. Allyson, I am so sorry the conversation went badly. But it sounds like he had a fantasy of what Being A Writer was like, and is lashing out because reality didn't match that.
Allyson - Aug 06, 2009 11:39:55 am PDT #1983 of 6690
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
Would you like me to answer that question? Seriously, I'm making the offer. He doesn't have to like me, and I can be completely honest and tell him why. I'll do it, just say the word.
Was it that bad? I think my own low self-esteem about my writing kind of blinds me, sometimes. I know that tonally, it wasn't working. I just have to trust Kate on it, and do the work she is recommending. Her notes sound correct to me. Pull out the slapstick looney tunes and bring Sam back into the real world. That sounds right.
Liese S. - Aug 06, 2009 2:47:44 pm PDT #1984 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, trust Agent Kate. And trust yourself.
I'm sorry the conversation went badly, but it's good that you had it. You can both move forward now.
Gudanov - Aug 07, 2009 5:16:12 am PDT #1985 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
It sounds like you're doing the right thing Allyson.
Gudanov - Aug 07, 2009 5:24:36 am PDT #1986 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Busy yesterday, so not much progress book-wise. However, I made more progress than I thought because I was able to lift a fair amount from my rough draft. I knew that thing would be good for something.
Gudanov - Aug 07, 2009 7:07:35 am PDT #1987 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
It looks like I have 130 quotes culled from the rough draft for my blog. That will keep me set for a good long time. It looks like about half come from one character which isn't really a surprise.
Gudanov - Aug 10, 2009 6:43:41 am PDT #1988 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I made some good progress during the weekend. I'm now working on revised chapter 8. At this point in the story the rough draft had 23,471 words. The revised version has about 15,000 words. That's some serious cutting down.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2009 6:42:17 am PDT #1989 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I'm now working on revised chapter 8 and 9. My wife had an idea for chapter 8 and I'm playing around it with, so 8 is still in flux even as I have started on 9.
Chapter 9 is going to be a bit on the slow side. There's a bit to clean up from chapter 8 and some character development. So stuff happens, but perhaps the slowest chapter so far.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2009 6:45:27 am PDT #1990 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I got an update from home on my son's activity.
He's hard at work on his book. He just came to ask me about which animals would be good for being his protagonist's "arch enemy." I believe he's settled on a dog.