As someone who used to acquire books, the most important thing for me was an excellent story with characters that felt true. I can fix your semi-colons and your pacing and some other mechanics, but none of that is important, even if it's perfect, if the story doesn't really grab me.
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
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Amy - Aug 05, 2010 6:47:25 am PDT #3480 of 6693
Because books.
Gudanov - Aug 05, 2010 7:05:47 am PDT #3481 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Well, I like the story. Though I think I'd like it even better if I didn't know everything that was going to happen.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2010 10:40:42 am PDT #3482 of 6693
What is even happening?
Oh that's cute. You need your own spoiler font for your thoughts.
Gudanov - Aug 05, 2010 12:59:39 pm PDT #3483 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I totally do.
This is fun, find out who you write like:
For my novel I get Robert Foster Wallace (shrug) whoever he is. My short story gets William Gibson which is awesome.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2010 2:43:36 pm PDT #3484 of 6693
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently that I Write Like tool is just a page hit generator that doesn't actually do anything in the background.
Gudanov - Aug 05, 2010 5:19:56 pm PDT #3485 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Hmm... I never thought it was something to be taken seriously, but there's a little thing on how it supposedly works (basically like a spam filter).
Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2010 8:21:03 pm PDT #3486 of 6693
What is even happening?
I did that a week or two ago. When I pasted a Lost recap into that, I got Joyce, which is way too apt for a page hit generator (not that I'm anything approaching Joyce, but the nature of recapping + the nature of Lost is very Joycian). When I pasted fic into it, I got Atwood (Buffy fic) and the guy who wrote Fight Club, whose name I'm too lazy to Google (VM fic). I understand Atwood got Stephen King, which tickles me.
eta the reason I really posted
This morning, I had to run to the store really early. I saw a man and he spawned a whole book in my head (not like that; he wasn't particularly hot or anything). I'm going to sleep now and am praying I get a Stephanie Meyer-esque dream of the whole damn story, because thinking is hard. Heck, learning enough about my Macbook to set up the document was hard enough.
Amy - Aug 06, 2010 7:34:02 am PDT #3487 of 6693
Because books.
Hey, Cindy, did you ever get the email I sent?
Topic!Cindy - Aug 06, 2010 1:26:05 pm PDT #3488 of 6693
What is even happening?
Oh Amy, I did and totally spaced on it. I'll reply right now. Thank you!
Tom Scola - Aug 09, 2010 5:15:24 am PDT #3489 of 6693
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Mass romance novel publisher going all in on e-books
Dorchester Publishing, which describes itself as the "oldest independent mass market publisher in America," has decided to ditch its mass printing business to go digital- and print-on-demand only.