Scrappy, good luck. Liese, hope feedback helps.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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erikaj - Apr 01, 2012 12:04:35 pm PDT #5259 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
hippocampus - Apr 01, 2012 4:15:26 pm PDT #5260 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Dear editors (who aren't on this board) feel free to love on my story at any time. Anyone who has some acceptance~ma to share, I'd welcome it.
Scrappy - Apr 02, 2012 12:27:06 pm PDT #5261 of 6690
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A play is roughly 75-90 pages. I have completed four so far, but I am feeling pretty good. The biggest workof writing a play is not the page count, but actually figuring out how you are going to tell the story: Naturalistic? Actors playing more than one character? Monologues? How many settings? Poetic language? Break the fourth wall? yaddayaddayadda. I think I have that almost figured out, which should mean the writing goes smoothly.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2012 12:32:15 pm PDT #5262 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Write, Scrappy, write. Plot, Scrappy, plot.
Amy - Apr 02, 2012 2:39:09 pm PDT #5263 of 6690
Because books.
Feedback ~ma to Liese and Sox.
Scrappy, what's the play about? Also, yay for mostly figuring it out.
I was just contacted by someone referred by a friend to edit her children's book, for ages 7 to 12 (she thinks). She also says it's "metaphysical". I really hope she means it's got something supernatural about it, because otherwise, eek.
Gudanov - Apr 02, 2012 5:51:04 pm PDT #5264 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Go Scrappy!
Much acceptance~ma Sox!
Typo Boy - Apr 02, 2012 6:25:42 pm PDT #5265 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.
really hope she means it's got something supernatural about it, because otherwise, eek.
Jonathan Livingston Teletubbie? (Are you even old enough to get that joke?)
Amy - Apr 03, 2012 6:54:29 am PDT #5266 of 6690
Because books.
Yeah, I remember that book.
Typo Boy - Apr 03, 2012 2:01:19 pm PDT #5267 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.
Hmm is this legit? [link] Basically, they buy ISBNs in bulk for a buck each, and will assign one to you for $5 bucks. That does mean they are listed as the publisher with Bowker, but gives them no copyright in the book.
But is there another catch to this? I certainly don't begrudge them the $4 profit, because they are taking the risk of buying ISBNs a thousand or more at a time to get that low a rate. For a self-published low volume book I'm OK with a them being the official publisher on Bowker - again unless I'm overlooking something.
Jesse - Apr 06, 2012 6:01:06 am PDT #5268 of 6690
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Here's a thing from Lawrence Block about making a living as a writer: [link]