I'm going to be stuck in a waiting room for routine med stuff today, so send it along and I'll give a quick beta.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
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 - Dec 01, 2010 10:16:36 am PST #3754 of 6692
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.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2010 11:05:43 am PST #3755 of 6692
Always Anti-fascist!
It's a big mess...It's a NaNo so I did it quick and dirty. Not apologizing...just, you know.
Holli - Dec 02, 2010 9:18:12 am PST #3756 of 6692
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
If anyone's interested, I made a little ebook of some short stories I wrote. It's called "four love stories, and a robot" and is available here.
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2010 9:32:11 am PST #3757 of 6692
Coding and Sleeping
Cool. Something for my E-reader, it's been hungry for new content.
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2010 11:45:51 am PST #3758 of 6692
Coding and Sleeping
That feedbooks site is interesting (the place Holli's book is at). I like how it puts things into so many formats including Kindle. It's something I can definitely see as being useful for distributing a free book.
Gudanov - Dec 03, 2010 5:48:41 am PST #3759 of 6692
Coding and Sleeping
Has this been linked to?
"I'm going to write a Novel."
"For the love of all that is holy, why?"
Barb - Dec 03, 2010 5:52:49 am PST #3760 of 6692
“Not dead yet!”
Heh, Gud, I saw that last week and was howling because every single writer I know has had that conversation with someone, at least, in part.
By the time it got to the last minute, all I could think was, "It's James Frey's life story..."
Gudanov - Dec 03, 2010 5:59:18 am PST #3761 of 6692
Coding and Sleeping
By the time it got to the last minute, all I could think was, "It's James Frey's life story..."
Heh.
Hopefully my expectations are low enough. I'm hoping literary agents won't send me back mail-bombs to prevent me from writing in the future.
Barb - Dec 03, 2010 6:01:16 am PST #3762 of 6692
“Not dead yet!”
Don't bomb them with a blanket mass e-query, don't slip a manuscript beneath the door of a bathroom stall, and make sure you know what gender an agent is before you address the salutation and you should be good.
Seriously-- my agent is up to something like 180 queries on the same book, from the same guy. He just keeps sending them, every few days, like guerrilla warfare. He even numbers them in the subject line.
Gudanov - Dec 03, 2010 6:16:19 am PST #3763 of 6692
Coding and Sleeping
Wow, with the same book? Why would you even think that would work?
My plan is short, controlled bursts, just a few at a time. I've still got to do a final go-over and writing a synopsis to have at the ready before trying to forge queries. And that's after finishing this revision (80% done).
I'll be sending out a short story before then, but that's not quite the same kettle of ducks.