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.

Go Scrappy!

Much acceptance~ma Sox!

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?)

Yeah, I remember that book.

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.

Here's a thing from Lawrence Block about making a living as a writer: [link]

Thanks, Jesse. I like him. He's so sensible.

IO9 just featured this [link] which is a tumblr that offers up ideas for use in science fiction (maybe fantasy too...I haven't read all the way through) stories, they just want a heads up if you use them.

They look oddly specific, and also a bit ESL. I'm not entirely sure why someone would do this. I mean, it's not like a random generator. Someone's sitting down and thinking these up.

Setting the ~ma free. Made it to the very last group, but no farther. Next time.

I'm trying to get my revisions done by the end of April. I'm not sure if I can make it or not, but it's my own artificial deadline. All the troll poems are gone now. Kinda sad, but it makes sense.