Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.

'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.


Gudanov - Jan 05, 2011 12:20:30 pm PST #3834 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

Sounds good to me, though I'm no expert in such things.

I'm still commuting through Twilight. I have to admit for a book that creates strong reactions both positive and negative, it sure is a disappointment. 16 chapters in and nothing really seems to have happened, characters don't develop, there's no real conflict, the only tension seems to be the male lead wants to eat (literally) the female lead but that's been beaten into the ground during their umpteen conversations that all sound the same.

There does seem to be a theme developing where I think the book is more clever than it actually is. At first I thought the male lead's perfection was because we're seeing him through the prism of the protagonist's obsession, but it's become apparent that he actually is perfect. At first I thought the protagonist's exaggerated clumsiness was probably her perception of herself rather that something real, but it appears to be literal. At first I thought when they talked about the protagonist attracting danger to herself that it was just jokey dialogue, but no attracting danger appears to be an actual supernatural power. Weird book.


Gudanov - Jan 13, 2011 6:21:45 am PST #3835 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

My final revision is done. Now I'm just reading and putting out little fires of grammar and things like missing words I didn't spot when reading over before.

Next week I intend to return to working on the dreaded synopsis and on the query letter. Hopefully, I'll be ready to start collecting rejections by the end of the month.


sj - Jan 13, 2011 6:22:14 am PST #3836 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Yay, Gud!


SailAweigh - Jan 13, 2011 6:27:35 am PST #3837 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

So cool, Gud!


Barb - Jan 13, 2011 10:39:56 am PST #3838 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”

New YA proposal is DONE and off to agent.

Please let her like it, because I would really, really like to sell something else.


hippocampus - Jan 13, 2011 10:47:42 am PST #3839 of 6690
not your mom's socks.

proposal~ma, Barb!


Gudanov - Jan 13, 2011 10:48:38 am PST #3840 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

Excellent. I hope it goes well.


Barb - Jan 13, 2011 10:48:55 am PST #3841 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”

Thanks, Sox-- this one's just scary for me because it's such a departure. It's paranormal (a ghost story, which I've never done before), it's in 3rd person, which I have written in yonks, and well, it's just different. At least for me.

So-- we'll see.

ETA: Thanks, Gud! And congrats on getting through your revisions!


Typo Boy - Jan 13, 2011 10:50:31 am PST #3842 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.

Yay Barb. Have finished revising main text in book (though thought of important clarification in last chapter). Now revising appendixes.


Amy - Jan 13, 2011 12:36:19 pm PST #3843 of 6690
Because books.

Way to go, guys! Good luck to both of you.