Here's a thing from Lawrence Block about making a living as a writer: [link]
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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 6693
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Apr 06, 2012 6:10:08 am PDT #5269 of 6693
Because books.
Thanks, Jesse. I like him. He's so sensible.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2012 10:39:39 am PDT #5270 of 6693
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 6693
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 6693
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 6693
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 6693
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 6693
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 6693
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 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I certainly am!