Until you sell it with the awesome query idea I gave you and an editor says, "Okay, Conkers, let's get started."My book Toyland is officially done at 64,903 words. I now never have to look at it again!
Until you sell it with the awesome query idea I gave you and an editor says, "Okay, Conkers, let's get started."My book Toyland is officially done at 64,903 words. I now never have to look at it again!
I hope!Until you sell it with the awesome query idea I gave you and an editor says, "Okay, Conkers, let's get started."
If possible, I would clean up them up as much as I thought I could on my own, and then after that, get the help of a few trusted beta writers. If you don't know anyone who's writing acumen you trust to give you good, constructive criticism, then, if the money is available, do some research and have a freelance editor give you what's called a "developmental edit," which is basically just a paid beta read. It means the editor will go over your novel and give you a "big picture" critique, pointing out character/plot/pacing problems, helping you to fix the story, but not offering any hardcore editing, like line copy or line edits.
However, that developmental edit is exactly the same as a good beta reader or two, so I'd definitely try readers who's taste/judgement you trust first before going the professional route. Once that's done, you can make the changes, then do a proper edit to get everything polished, then either self-publish, or start submitting to agents, depending on your goals.
I hope!
Though speaking of which. There's a publishing house that's read two of my books. Editor there has liked but not loved either and basically encouraged me to keep sending. That was like a year ago though. If i send this one, should I mention that, you think? Or just send it like I got no contacts there. I imagine she's forgotten about me.
Though speaking of which. There's a publishing house that's read two of my books. Editor there has liked but not loved either and basically encouraged me to keep sending. That was like a year ago though. If i send this one, should I mention that, you think? Or just send it like I got no contacts there. I imagine she's forgotten about me.
I totally saved the email chain :PI think it's okay to mention this. Unless you've got the direct e-mail of the editor that made that comment, it doesn't hurt to mention that a particular editor liked your work. If someone else is handling e-mail inquiries, this may even get your submission read faster, since they can pass it up along the chain to see whether you're telling the truth, and the editor remembers your stuff. At the literary agent level, agents like to be reminded when they've said they want to see more of your work, and they TOTALLY need the reminder since they go through thousands of queries a year. But once you get the memory jogging, they'll often go back and look at what you submitted in the past, just to refresh themselves. When I got my literary agent, she went through her inbox and realized I'd submitted to her three previous times in past years, so as long as you're not obnoxious and aggressive with your reminder, I don't think anyone will be offended.
I totally saved the email chain :P
The way it happened was last year I sent her one book. She read it, liked it, but not quite enough. Asked me if I had more. I sent her my first book and she read it, didn't like it all that much, but the conversation at least ended amiably. So now I have book three and figured I should send it her way again, but she isn't an agent; she represents a publishing house. I don't want to overstep anything or come off as creepy that I saved this email from a year ago.
All of the advice I've been given has been good, but this one made me laugh real hard.
I usually just vomit something onto the page and if I like it it stays and if I don't it's a placeholder. It's a detail I try to not let me get stuck, even though ti's super easy to just halt and go "shit how should I name this city?"Is there any tips in regards to naming places for fantasy fictional world? My writing got stuck everytime I had to mention places by name.
Use online name generators.Is there any tips in regards to naming places for fantasy fictional world? My writing got stuck everytime I had to mention places by name.
Is there any tips in regards to naming places for fantasy fictional world? My writing got stuck everytime I had to mention places by name.
Anyone here ever took their Nano story in a completely different route after it was all over? Doing that now with my story thanks to a bunch of ideas I somehow couldn't pull from my brain during last month.
Well, shit.
Is there any tips in regards to naming places for fantasy fictional world? My writing got stuck everytime I had to mention places by name.
It's okay, you don't want to attach pages unless you're asked to.Welp. Sent Toyland off to that one publishing place I had an "in" with. Just the query though; didn't want to presume anything. Though now that I think of it, I probably should have attached sample pages.
Oh well.
Right, but I bypassed their normal submission form and just emailed the contact I dealt with last time, since she basically left it open for me to keep sending stuff her way. /shrug. See what happens.It's okay, you don't want to attach pages unless you're asked to.
My poolside meditation on penguin courage, titled Brave Bird, was published today. Short 800 word thing.
Thanks! Swimming actually is very conducive to generating ideas for me, so it was a pretty neat one to put together.
Hey guys. Is there any service where I can write a serial? I've been into that for the longest time and would love to write one.
I just got a reMarkable tablet for the holidays, and hoooooooooooly shitsnacks is this thing going to get a lot of use from me. I can write something, drop it in the app, then do handwritten notes/edits on the tablet rather than having to print out hard copies to do it. That's a game changer for me.
The screen and pen are kind of amazing; while it doesn't feel quite like writing in paper, it is absolutely close enough for jazz for me. The pen does a pretty damn good job imitating various writing implements, and is angle and pressure sensitive. The refresh rate is crazy fast for e-ink, what little lag their is I found to be completely inconsequential.
The price is stupid high for what you get, unfortunately. There's not a lot of bells and whistles on this thing, and the UI is super-plain. In five minutes I was already finding QoL issues for me, i.e. it'd be helpful to be able to bookmark page templates, or have them sorted by recency.
It's a first gen device though, so hopefully they'll work on the value proposition and get the price down.
Two scenes left to write in the Knight's Journal series. Then an Afterwords. Then edit.
Deep breath.
The big question in my mind at the moment is whether I add "Aidan and the monk will return" at the end. Because I like them and have left enough bread crumbs in the legend that I should go back to close them.
Thanks, will look into it. Have been interested into doing something like that for the longest time.It depends on what you're writing. Sites specifically designed for publishing (serial) fiction, such as Wattpad, make it easy... but they tend to have very specific audiences with very specific tastes, and you'll struggle to get noticed if you're not giving them what they want.
Alternatively, you can use something like WordPress and put a site together from scratch, catering everything to your personal needs, but it's more work all round and even harder to get noticed.
This 12th entry is the last for the Knight's Journal series. This completes the twelve tasks Aidan's father gave him to become a knight instead of a monk.First off, I am so impressed by your ability to do this challenge for the whole year. Its really incredible. Is this the last book you're doing?
Kick its ass!So I've decided to stop fucking around with side projects and actually start working on my novel. I have a long ass way to go before it's even remotely done, but you know what? Fuck it. It's something I really, really want to do. So I'm gonna do it.
Hopefully I can.
If you want to join the challenges, they live on the main etcetera page.Ahhh! I finally found the writer OT. Now I have to read the thread, but I wanted to show my excitement at finding it.
The 12th and final Entry in the Knight's Journal is written and edited. I am considering adding an afterwords to it before I hit publish, but I am essentially complete with the 2017 Writing Challenge. My thanks to all here on Writing-Era who have encouraged me and inspired me along the way.
Which etcetera page is the main one?If you want to join the challenges, they live on the main etcetera page.