I keep trying to work on something else. But it's not coming, dang it. Instead I post on this crazy thing. I think it's a combo of work and the fact that I've got too many ideas and no ability to choose which one to focus on. So I deal with my writing craving by posting on my blog. The internet really is like crack for writers.
Probably just as well, since she's only being paid to look at this ms. We can't afford another one. (My father's books are shorter than mine so it doesn't cost him as much. He writes 59,000 words to my 96,806.) She's not going to be an agent or anything or even publish it. Just help me figure out what to fix, where to fix it, where to send it, what genre or nitch to market it in, that sort of thing. Which right now is what I need. I need to know how to package the thing to get it published. It's very rough in places and my friends and family aren't professional editors. I also need a good preview on how a publisher or agent might view the book.
Will state that the whole Twilight thing gives me hope, actually should give us all hope, if Meyer can get published, truly, any one can. ;-)
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Date: 2008-08-10 02:20 am (UTC)I keep trying to work on something else. But it's not coming, dang it. Instead I post on this crazy thing. I think it's a combo of work and the fact that I've got too many ideas and no ability to choose which one to focus on. So I deal with my writing craving by posting on my blog. The internet really is like crack for writers.
Probably just as well, since she's only being paid to look at this ms. We can't afford another one. (My father's books are shorter than mine so it doesn't cost him as much. He writes 59,000 words to my 96,806.) She's not going to be an agent or anything or even publish it. Just help me figure out what to fix, where to fix it, where to send it, what genre or nitch to market it in, that sort of thing. Which right now is what I need. I need to know how to package the thing to get it published. It's very rough in places and my friends and family aren't professional editors. I also need a good preview on how a publisher or agent might view the book.
Will state that the whole Twilight thing gives me hope, actually should give us all hope, if Meyer can get published, truly, any one can. ;-)