Yeah, I already heard that the earliest the first book of mine will be published is spring 2011, more likely fall.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Amy - Oct 25, 2009 8:21:07 am PDT #2680 of 6690
Because books.
Allyson - Oct 25, 2009 9:07:45 am PDT #2681 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
Thanks so much for that, Barb, you've answered a ton of questions. I'm submitting a completed manuscript, so at least there's that. Non-fic does seem to be a completely different animal (am I the only non-fic writer in great write?) and it was about a year from sale to published with a 3/4 complete manuscript. And i was constantly told to not expect much out of non-fic. Essays seem to be next to poetry in sales, but I always look at stuff like Sedaris and Vowell and think, "I CAN DO THAT I SWEAR!"
And then I come down from the craxy.
This was hugely difficult. I am just in awe in all of you who write fiction. It's so fucking hard.
Amy - Oct 25, 2009 9:23:04 am PDT #2682 of 6690
Because books.
It's not easy, but it can be fun!
I've written essays before and loved it, but factual non-fiction makes me shudder in fear. Actually having to know what you're talking about? And back it up with research? No way, dude.
I like to make stuff up.
Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2009 10:21:25 am PDT #2683 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
am I the only non-fic writer in great write?
You are not, but you are the only PUBLISHED non-fiction writer. Suggestions always welcome.
Allyson - Oct 25, 2009 10:29:21 am PDT #2684 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
Serendipity!
And back it up with research?
Aside from the talking bat thing, I got to immerse myself in quite a bit of bat research, spoke with a bat rescue in the UK, ask questions of bat researchers, and tons of videos of my species in flight. It helped get me through it, to try and imagine my own self as a bat, which is probably screwed up.
Atropa - Oct 25, 2009 10:32:23 am PDT #2685 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This was hugely difficult. I am just in awe in all of you who write fiction. It's so fucking hard.
Yeah, fiction still intimidates me like crazy.
Amy - Oct 25, 2009 10:53:24 am PDT #2686 of 6690
Because books.
You are not, but you are the only PUBLISHED non-fiction writer.
Not true -- there's Jilli! And Hec, although he doesn't come in here.
Allyson - Oct 25, 2009 11:06:19 am PDT #2687 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
Holy shit, how did I completely braindaze that?
Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2009 11:15:55 am PDT #2688 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Me too. Hec, Jilli sorry both have done awesome non-fiction.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 25, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #2689 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I've written essays before and loved it, but factual non-fiction makes me shudder in fear. Actually having to know what you're talking about? And back it up with research? No way, dude.
See, I think all of the above is a fair bit easier than making up stories out of your own head. Out of nowhere. Which is a concept that terrifies me.
Compared to that: research? Bit of fun.
And I say this while spending my evening referencing.