"In the spirit of discovering new talent as well as supporting established authors and the bookstores who support them, Tin House Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts dated between August 1 and November 30, 2010, as long as each submission is accompanied by a receipt for a book from a bookstore."
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
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.
Tom Scola - Jul 06, 2010 8:07:17 am PDT #3436 of 6693
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gudanov - Jul 06, 2010 10:00:28 am PDT #3437 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Lots of publication-ma to you Typo.
Gudanov - Jul 12, 2010 7:20:16 am PDT #3438 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I've now taken 18,000 words out, putting me at 135k. I have a big cut coming up of around 5,000 words. This is one where I think it does hurt a bit, but not too bad. Cutting out any scene at this point hurts because I had a reason for putting them in there, but a least I'm getting rid of the ones with the weakest reasons.
When I'm done I'm only going to have scenes where pulling one out is going to make something else unravel. It should make for a fairly tight story. Still a lengthy plot, but all of it pretty focused.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 13, 2010 12:06:02 am PDT #3439 of 6693
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
This week I am *actually* going to work on my article and send it off to the journal I'm hoping will publish it. I've been putting it off for months because part of me thinks it's not good enough, but that's rubbish and I'm trying to ignore it. I need a publication, so I'm just going to go for it. The journal in question has a 'student perspectives' section that I'm more likely to get published in than anywhere else, so it's by no means impossible. I thought writing my intention down here might help with moving the project from theoretical to actual!
Gudanov - Jul 13, 2010 4:40:35 am PDT #3440 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Go team Seska!
Amy - Jul 13, 2010 5:11:03 am PDT #3441 of 6693
Because books.
That does help sometimes, Seska. You can do it! Submit, submit!
To the journal, I mean.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 13, 2010 5:24:33 am PDT #3442 of 6693
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
To the journal, I mean.
Heh.
Typo Boy - Jul 13, 2010 7:10:50 am PDT #3443 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.
Back in the 60's Asimov along with a number of other writers voted a pretty editor as the editor to whom "we would most like to submit".
Gudanov - Jul 14, 2010 6:05:05 am PDT #3444 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I'm now down 23,000 words. So far the cuts aren't too bad. Maybe I can save a couple of scenes that I thought would hurt if they were removed.
Connie Neil - Jul 21, 2010 9:12:40 am PDT #3445 of 6693
brillig
Typo, what's your book about?