You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


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.


Amy - May 11, 2011 7:41:13 am PDT #4360 of 6706
Because books.

I didn't mean to sound harsh, Barb, and I absolutely think everyone should write the stories they want to tell.

For what it's worth, I think one of the biggest issues for a writer with an agent is negotiating what self-pub (or e-pub or whatever you call it) will mean. And I don't think traditional editors are going to be put off by someone who has published digitally -- Amanda Hocking is a good example, but there are others who e-pubbed first and got contracts later, too.

The good thing is, everyone is looking at the digital marketplace now, including publishers.


Barb - May 11, 2011 7:50:03 am PDT #4361 of 6706
“Not dead yet!”

S'okay, Amy-- it wasn't harsh, just honest, as you said. I can see how on the surface, it might appear as if I put more of a premium on writing for the adult market and that I somehow devalue writing the YA which isn't the case at all. I was surprised by how much I enjoy writing YA and God knows, it's been the more open genre lately, with the adult market taking a lot of its cues from what's happening in YA, but truth is, I've never felt completely at home there. Or maybe it's just been that I feel somewhat incomplete or unfulfilled because it's only part of what I can do and my frustration grew when it seemed like all editors wanted to see from me was my YA. I was to a point last summer where I regretted ever having sold a YA because it seemed as if it colored editors' opinions of my abilities.

Which is ridiculous, I know, but tell that to the emotional crazy brain.

My brain, it has been SUCH a fun place lately.

On to a different subject, when are you going to be at BEA?


Amy - May 11, 2011 10:16:55 am PDT #4362 of 6706
Because books.

I'll be there on the 25th, Barb, just for the day.

Sox, I meant to say thank you for the kind words, too. I'm glad it's not Twilight, yeah, but that doesn't mean the readership will be.


Barb - May 11, 2011 10:19:39 am PDT #4363 of 6706
“Not dead yet!”

I'll be there on the 25th, Barb, just for the day.

Crap-- my mother's going to be in town and I have to dance attendance but you're going to be at RWA, too, right?


Amy - May 11, 2011 10:20:46 am PDT #4364 of 6706
Because books.

Yeah, I'll be there, too.


Holli - May 13, 2011 4:37:00 am PDT #4365 of 6706
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

So, my short story "Sleep and Wake" is going to be published in The View From Here literary magazine.

I am kind of freaking out, a little.


erikaj - May 13, 2011 4:45:49 am PDT #4366 of 6706
Always Anti-fascist!

Good for you, Holli!


Barb - May 13, 2011 5:00:36 am PDT #4367 of 6706
“Not dead yet!”

Congrats, Holli!!


hippocampus - May 13, 2011 5:41:47 am PDT #4368 of 6706
not your mom's socks.

Awesome Holli!


-t - May 13, 2011 5:55:28 am PDT #4369 of 6706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congrats, Holli! I love that story.