The odds are better if you send the queries than if you don't.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
-t - Feb 04, 2011 5:31:56 pm PST #4000 of 6705
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gudanov - Feb 04, 2011 5:37:00 pm PST #4001 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping
Very true.
Gudanov - Feb 07, 2011 7:56:20 am PST #4002 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping
I have a query letter almost ready for that first query.
Meanwhile, I finished my outline and started writing chapter 1 of 'Cog'.
It starts with: "Is your name really Cog?". 'Course it might get axed in rewrite.
Somehow having a second novel started is making me feel less anxious about the first one striking out, which is pretty much what I'm expecting.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2011 7:28:21 am PST #4003 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping
I'm a 1,000 words into the new novel. I need to get off my ass and get those first query letters out, though.
Amy - Feb 08, 2011 11:00:42 am PST #4004 of 6705
Because books.
You can do it, Gud. Start with one or two and go from there.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2011 6:59:59 am PST #4005 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping
I working toward the first one. I've redone the letter a couple of times.
I've discovered Dropbox, well I've known about it for a long time but I finally made an account to sync my password keychain, and now I wonder why the hell I never used this before. I install it on multiple computers and use the folder to store my projects and bam, instant syncing and online backup. It's brilliant.
Amy - Feb 09, 2011 7:04:30 am PST #4006 of 6705
Because books.
The what now?
hippocampus - Feb 09, 2011 7:06:10 am PST #4007 of 6705
not your mom's socks.
oh I love Dropbox with all that is in me.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2011 7:10:41 am PST #4008 of 6705
Coding and Sleeping
The what now?
www.dropbox.com
You get 2GB of storage for free and the software creates a folder on your computer you use like any other folder on your computer only it instantly syncs to dropbox's servers. If you install it on a second computer then that folder syncs instantly to the server and thus, your two computers are now synced together. Totally transparent.
Working with .doc files, that meager free 2GB is a ton of space.
hippocampus - Feb 09, 2011 7:12:13 am PST #4009 of 6705
not your mom's socks.
I'm looking for a couple of readers interested in reading a mid-length short story or two. Genre is speculative fiction to scifi-ish. Profile addy should be good.