Here's a thing from Lawrence Block about making a living as a writer: [link]
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Jesse - Apr 06, 2012 6:01:06 am PDT #5268 of 6690
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Apr 06, 2012 6:10:08 am PDT #5269 of 6690
Because books.
Thanks, Jesse. I like him. He's so sensible.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2012 10:39:39 am PDT #5270 of 6690
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 6690
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 6690
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 6690
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 6690
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 6690
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.
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 4:07:39 pm PDT #5276 of 6690
Because books.
That's a great feeling, Gud. I bet you're writing now, huh?
Yay, Sox! All kinds of good feedback ~ma.
Gudanov - Apr 23, 2012 6:05:26 pm PDT #5277 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I certainly am!