I saw that one! It's sad, but editors get lots of letters like that. I had a file of them for a while.
Shh! I kinda wanna hear me talking right now!
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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 - Jan 31, 2013 12:35:15 pm PST #5546 of 6690
Because books.
erikaj - Jan 31, 2013 2:14:27 pm PST #5547 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Seriously?! Writing a character that reminds you of Keira Knightley? Ok, cool. Promising to deliver KK? Not so much.
Amy - Jan 31, 2013 2:32:58 pm PST #5548 of 6690
Because books.
A great interview with Aimee Mann, specifically about songwriting, but also applies to writing in general.
Tom Scola - Feb 04, 2013 6:33:50 am PST #5549 of 6690
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Amy - Feb 04, 2013 6:35:58 am PST #5550 of 6690
Because books.
That's awesome! Thanks for linking that, Tom.
hippocampus - Feb 07, 2013 10:42:52 am PST #5551 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Second partial request.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2013 6:10:53 am PST #5552 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
That's great. Getting a couple of partial requests right out of the gate is a good sign. Did they come from queries that included pages?
hippocampus - Feb 08, 2013 6:11:58 am PST #5553 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
One yes, one no. Signs the query letter is ok?
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2013 6:15:27 am PST #5554 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I would think so. My first two partials were the same deal, one with pages and one without. Good sign that the writing is strong enough, too. Not that I'd think that would be a problem with you having read some stories.
JZ - Feb 24, 2013 7:08:54 am PST #5555 of 6690
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
So, a couple of weeks ago in Natter tommyrot mentioned his mom Enid and the fact that her name will probably never become popular again, and I posited a vaguely steampunkish kidlit scenario in which it might, and some folks said they'd read that if I wrote it, so... I've started. The first 900 of what is so far around 4500 words are posted here (no Enid in the posted bit, but she turns up in the very next section).
Too long to be a drabble at this point, but holy shit am I scared to death that I'll peter out and stop. Pretty sure I have enough story idea to crank out another 10K words right now, and presumably those 10K will contain more things that need to be followed through on. I hope. I'm really pretty terrified. I haven't finished anything in probably twenty years. I don't know if I know how to.
Someone, please, nag me about this. I want to get my words out and not sabotage this possible... thing, I don't even know what.