No, this is my M.A. dissertation. It's only 12,000 words
Gotcha. Am I thinking of doctoral projects? For those you have to write a book, yes?
I just called my agent and she's calling me back in a few minutes. Ugh.
~Ma, Barb!
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Amy - Oct 21, 2009 6:00:54 am PDT #2577 of 6690
Because books.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 21, 2009 6:04:21 am PDT #2578 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Am I thinking of doctoral projects? For those you have to write a book, yes?
A lot of people do, yes. Although academic books are losing currency with universities, over here at least, so people are more likely to turn Ph.D.s into several journal articles now. I think that's a shame, though. I love reading good, book-length non-fiction.
Agent~ma for you too, Amy!
erikaj - Oct 21, 2009 6:05:36 am PDT #2579 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Barb, who doesn't want that? I don't even have an agent and I want that. Of course, I'm not likely to get an agent as a mystery writer who can't plot. Maybe I'll have to do it like improv: "Ok, give me a chronic condition, a deadly instrument, and a room in the house. Go!" Sometimes I wish another passion would well up in me so strongly that I just needed to hang up my keyboard for life. Because it makes me sad that writing could be my life's ambition and I'm still not that great at it. Because there is nothing else. I can't write well cause I haven't had a full life, yet the only way I really know to fix that is for the writing to get better. sigh.
Amy - Oct 21, 2009 6:35:47 am PDT #2580 of 6690
Because books.
Promising news! It's in an editorial meeting today! Meep.
Of course, it could still get shot down, but hey, someone liked it enough to take to meeting, so I'm counting that as a qualified win.
Ginger - Oct 21, 2009 7:36:13 am PDT #2581 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay! Yay! Yay!
(I was so excited I accidentally celebrated in Beep Me. Oops.)
Gudanov - Oct 21, 2009 7:37:32 am PDT #2582 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congratulations Barb!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 21, 2009 7:38:30 am PDT #2583 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Barb, huge congrats! That sounds amazing!
Amy, sending lots of ~ma for the editorial meeting!
Amy - Oct 21, 2009 7:41:17 am PDT #2584 of 6690
Because books.
Yay, Barb!
Allyson - Oct 21, 2009 7:43:18 am PDT #2585 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
I'm supposed to hear back from my agent on Friday. I hope all the good news is contagious.
-t - Oct 21, 2009 8:03:03 am PDT #2586 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Barb, I'm so happy for you!
I hope so, too, Allyson.