Bah. Two more rejections. One from my former editor (although I was an inherited author, not one that she initially bought, so it's not a total shocker).
I want someone to buy my pretty book!
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Barb - Oct 06, 2009 5:12:00 pm PDT #2505 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Amy - Oct 06, 2009 5:34:52 pm PDT #2506 of 6690
Because books.
Ugh, sorry, Barb.
Gud, you *didn't* fall off a ladder, right?
Liese S. - Oct 06, 2009 6:39:57 pm PDT #2507 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, Barb, that's too bad. Your book is pretty! Someone will buy it!
Allyson - Oct 07, 2009 6:47:14 am PDT #2508 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
Sorry Barb, May the next email be a sale.
Liese S. - Oct 07, 2009 8:01:33 am PDT #2509 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Drabble theme for today: blink ? How's that?
Amy - Oct 07, 2009 8:07:02 am PDT #2510 of 6690
Because books.
That's a good one. I was drawing a blank.
Gudanov - Oct 07, 2009 1:26:48 pm PDT #2511 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Gud, you *didn't* fall off a ladder, right?
No. I'm actually really safe on a ladder because of my phobia. I feel like I'm tipping backwards the whole time so I can't even get up the ladder unless it's really, really secure.
Chapter 17 and 18 are in the bag. I actually used a paragraph from my rough draft in 19, a rare event.
Sorry about the news Barb, I hope the next communication is more satisfactory.
Barb - Oct 07, 2009 1:29:14 pm PDT #2512 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Thanks, Gud. And glad to see that the ladder didn't claim you as a victim and that you're making some progress.
As far as the Rs, they are what they are. I also just found out today that an editor to whom my agent had submitted the manuscript was just let go from his house, apparently for creative differences. Which happens. We'll just find someone else at the house to submit to. I feel bad for one of my good friends, because this was her editor and he currently had her option book and was about to take it to committee, so now she's sort of back at square one until they decide who's going to be looking at his former work.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 09, 2009 1:55:14 am PDT #2513 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Would I be welcome to discuss my non-fiction writing in here? It doesn't really fit the thread description. But I'm embarking upon the long, lonely life of an independent researcher and writer, including beginning work on a book. I see my non-fiction writing very much as a craft. Also, I'm from a writing family - my father is a published non-fiction writer and poet, while my stepmother writes fiction and is working on getting her first publication. So I know quite a lot about the whole, long, soul-sucking process...!
Currently, I'm trying to get past the appalling writer's block that is stopping me from writing up my dissertation. Then I'll be beginning the book process. Am debating whether to contact publishers with a proposal, or write some chapters first. I think it will depend on how far the associated research gets in the first couple of months.
Barb - Oct 09, 2009 3:32:56 am PDT #2514 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Sure, Seska. We talk about all sorts of writing in here and I, for one, would love to hear more about what you're doing. I agree that non-fiction writing is a craft with its own rules and parameters as much as any fiction writing.