Yeah, I remember that book.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
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 - Apr 03, 2012 6:54:29 am PDT #5266 of 6710
Because books.
Typo Boy - Apr 03, 2012 2:01:19 pm PDT #5267 of 6710
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 6710
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Here's a thing from Lawrence Block about making a living as a writer: [link]
Amy - Apr 06, 2012 6:10:08 am PDT #5269 of 6710
Because books.
Thanks, Jesse. I like him. He's so sensible.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2012 10:39:39 am PDT #5270 of 6710
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
hippocampus - Apr 11, 2012 3:09:09 pm PDT #5271 of 6710
not your mom's socks.
Setting the ~ma free. Made it to the very last group, but no farther. Next time.
Gudanov - Apr 21, 2012 10:24:46 am PDT #5272 of 6710
Coding and Sleeping
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.
Strix - Apr 22, 2012 7:02:53 am PDT #5273 of 6710
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Save the troll poems for Extras on your website when you get published!
Gudanov - Apr 23, 2012 8:52:56 am PDT #5274 of 6710
Coding and Sleeping
I just figured out my new scene I needed for my revisions. It's like finding the last piece of the puzzle. Now I've just got to write it... which I can't start on for a least seven hours or more.
hippocampus - Apr 23, 2012 4:00:21 pm PDT #5275 of 6710
not your mom's socks.
Gud, I hope the scene got even better over the course of the next seven hours of steeping.
I revised the novel (Debit, for those who are playing along at home) after comments came back in March - a lot of good feedback, plus one "do the last 50 pages again." Upon reflection, this was very much the right thing to do. And so I did. I sent it back again today. After jettisoning 12k words and revising the end, it's 6k words longer. Now I will do the falling down thing.