Yeah but never say never. As others have said, make it the book you want. The chances of a sale are small for everyone right now, but if it is as close to the book you want it to be as you can get it, your chances of a sale are better than if it is a book you screwed up to please others.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
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.
Typo Boy - May 18, 2010 10:29:38 am PDT #3395 of 6693
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.
Gudanov - May 18, 2010 11:14:23 am PDT #3396 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Also a good point.
Sorry for the discouragement flare-up.
erikaj - May 18, 2010 11:52:34 am PDT #3397 of 6693
Always Anti-fascist!
We all have our Billy Walsh moments, Gud. (Billy being the insano screenwriter/auteur character from Entourage who goes from day to day sometimes hour to hour thinking "I wrote Mean Streets" or "I wrote shit.") Sometimes I get embarrassed watching him. Despite the drugs and gambling, his thought processes can be all too familiar sometimes.
Gudanov - May 18, 2010 12:02:06 pm PDT #3398 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I'm also having a bad couple of days and not a lot of sleep, so it seeps into the hobby as well.
Gudanov - May 20, 2010 10:55:15 am PDT #3399 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
It's interesting to see all the world-building people go through to write a fantasy novel. I have to admit I sort of went with the make sh*t up as I need it approach. I think there is a lot to be said for intricate world-building, but making sh*t up has certainly helped me save time.
Atropa - May 20, 2010 1:10:43 pm PDT #3400 of 6693
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Next week is BEA, so everyone in publishing will be away.
The week after that, my agent is submitting my proposal for Gothic Charm School 2 to my editor!
Gudanov - May 20, 2010 1:11:47 pm PDT #3401 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Good luck!
Barb - May 20, 2010 4:26:36 pm PDT #3402 of 6693
“Not dead yet!”
"She loves New Orleans. The heat and history and dissolute greatness that's slightly shabby and decaying around the edges. It's relentless and primal and everything hedonistic that she's always wanted to be."
Every now and again, I come up with a little bit of something I'm really, really proud of.
Gudanov - May 20, 2010 5:22:28 pm PDT #3403 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
As you should be.
Gudanov - May 21, 2010 8:51:45 am PDT #3404 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Aw man, that post about world-building made me sound like I was saying 'My approach to world-building is soooo much better.' I was more meaning, there are a lot of people out there who make me feel like a real slacker when I look at my one page of notes that's really a list of names so I spell them the same. They will have all the richer worlds than mine, but at least it saved me time.