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Post by ian on Jun 7, 2010 16:36:45 GMT
Thank you Chris.
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Post by ian on Jun 8, 2010 12:41:13 GMT
at 13.28 on the 8th of June 2010, I sent off my first ever novel submission. Please wish it luck. Thank you.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 9, 2010 17:26:47 GMT
Which one was this, Ian? Shades of Green? And who to? And the Best of British (Horror Novels) luck to you sir!
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Post by ian on Jun 9, 2010 17:40:37 GMT
SOG to Snowbooks. They didn't want a full page synopsis or a full page synopsis. Nor did they want a covering letter or a query letter, just the full MS in an email attachment. So I thought... fair enough. www.snowbooks.com/
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 9, 2010 17:48:55 GMT
SOG to Snowbooks. They didn't want a full page synopsis or a full page synopsis. Nor did they want a covering letter or a query letter, just the full MS in an email attachment. So I thought... fair enough. www.snowbooks.com/Good choice, sir! I sent The Caretakers to them back in March. The only problem is that there's no automated response to your submission, so I've been in a cold sweat wondering if I've ended up in the spam folder. They're a great outfit, though. I've heard very good things about them. Trouble is, now they have Wayne Simmons on board I bet they're 'snowed under' with horror submissions... Thank you. I'm here all week...
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Post by ian on Jun 9, 2010 17:52:17 GMT
er yeah... That's how I found out about them.
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Post by williemeikle on Jun 9, 2010 18:49:44 GMT
SOG to Snowbooks. They didn't want a full page synopsis or a full page synopsis. Nor did they want a covering letter or a query letter, just the full MS in an email attachment. So I thought... fair enough. www.snowbooks.com/Good luck Ian... I've sent them 2 books now. No luck with either, but they got back to me quite quickly on both (within 3 months) so they don't seem to keep you hanging on like some of the others.
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Post by ian on Jun 9, 2010 19:16:20 GMT
Well that's good news (Not them refusing you) As I couldn't find anything on their site about how long it would take for them to get back.
So that means that Steppsy should be hearing from them any-time soon.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 9, 2010 19:29:15 GMT
Well that's good news (Not them refusing you) As I couldn't find anything on their site about how long it would take for them to get back. So that means that Steppsy should be hearing from them any-time soon. I'm sure my rejection will appear with a lovely header like this: ;D
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Post by ian on Jun 20, 2010 21:17:57 GMT
Bugger.
I appear to have forgotten how to write and I was doing so well too.
I've been writing at a steady 1000 words per day for the last few months and now all of a sudden, it's deserted me.
Bugger.
I need inspiration in the form of a heavy reading session, that should sort it.
I hope.
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Post by williemeikle on Jun 20, 2010 21:24:16 GMT
Bugger. I appear to have forgotten how to write and I was doing so well too. I've been writing at a steady 1000 words per day for the last few months and now all of a sudden, it's deserted me. Bugger. I need inspiration in the form of a heavy reading session, that should sort it. I hope. Something in a similar vein to what I'm writing usually works for me Ian... today it was Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness - an all time favorite to get the inspiration going
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Post by williemeikle on Jun 21, 2010 15:58:38 GMT
Bugger. I appear to have forgotten how to write and I was doing so well too. I've been writing at a steady 1000 words per day for the last few months and now all of a sudden, it's deserted me. Bugger. I need inspiration in the form of a heavy reading session, that should sort it. I hope. Something in a similar vein to what I'm writing usually works for me Ian... today it was Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness - an all time favorite to get the inspiration going Alternatively, read something shite. I picked up Brian Lumley's Titus Crow collection and after reading several stories I am -convinced- I can do better than that.
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Post by ian on Aug 5, 2010 20:13:24 GMT
Hi folks. Here's a quick update. My writing demon did NOT come back, I thought it was because I felt that my latest book was going nowhere. I had the full synopsis down and I was over halfway through the fist draft when I just felt that the story was just not working. (Big sigh) Putting it down for a while seemed like the best idea, you know, give it a week or so and come back to it with fresh eyes. I did and I just felt the same. For six weeks I entered a no writing phase that only broke last week. I had a dream one morning where I was in my mother's living room. My Gran's open coffin was on a table in the middle. Gran was in it yet the people around me didn't seem all theat interested and in the crowd was my Gran. Yet she was in the coffin. A bit weird but something about that dream triggered off a few stray cortical cells and before I knew what was happening, I had the beginnings of a new story forming. For the first couple of days, I jotted down a couple of hundred words here and a couple of hundred words there and then finally today I hit the first thousand word mark! With the hazy sketches of the next couple of chapters thrown in as a bonus. Wish me luck on this one. I find the birth of the story the most fun you can have with your clothes on, it's a lot better then the editing and mopping up bit later on. Oh and another thing, I'm hitting this one straight to first draft, I'm not going to do a detailed synopsis like I did with the others, just to see if it makes a difference.
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Post by williemeikle on Aug 5, 2010 20:39:13 GMT
Good to know you're back in the saddle. And maybe after you've got this new one out of your system you'll be able to go back and look dispassionately at the other one...
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Post by steppedonwolf on Aug 5, 2010 20:44:24 GMT
Hi folks. Here's a quick update. My writing demon did NOT come back, I thought it was because I felt that my latest book was going nowhere. I had the full synopsis down and I was over halfway through the fist draft when I just felt that the story was just not working. (Big sigh) Putting it down for a while seemed like the best idea, you know, give it a week or so and come back to it with fresh eyes. I did and I just felt the same. For six weeks I entered a no writing phase that only broke last week. I had a dream one morning where I was in my mother's living room. My Gran's open coffin was on a table in the middle. Gran was in it yet the people around me didn't seem all theat interested and in the crowd was my Gran. Yet she was in the coffin. A bit weird but something about that dream triggered off a few stray cortical cells and before I knew what was happening, I had the beginnings of a new story forming. For the first couple of days, I jotted down a couple of hundred words here and a couple of hundred words there and then finally today I hit the first thousand word mark! With the hazy sketches of the next couple of chapters thrown in as a bonus. Wish me luck on this one. I find the birth of the story the most fun you can have with your clothes on, it's a lot better then the editing and mopping up bit later on. Oh and another thing, I'm hitting this one straight to first draft, I'm not going to do a detailed synopsis like I did with the others, just to see if it makes a difference. Best of British with this, Ian. Sometimes it works to just have an idea and roll with it - which is what I'm doing with Fairlight. It'll make a lot more work in the end with redrafting/reworking etc, but the best thing is that you're not tied to a structure. As you write, you realise that you're not just creating a tale - you're telling yourself a story. It's a magical thing. Oh, BTW - I'm now in the 'not for us, lots of love Snowbooks' club with you and Willie. Still, I think I'm in good company at least! ;D
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