I have a really bad manuscript I've been editing for the press I work for. It was returned for a round 2 and round 2 was as bad as round 1. So, any reticence to edit it is understandable ( Read more... )

Wonder why your favorite authors don't finish series? Wonder why a book is out of print? Wonder why a debut author you love disappears off the face of the earth?

READ THIS.

( When you're done, you can come read my rant if you want to. )

So, did my chapter and then tried to work on my story. It said, 'I will be difficult.' So then I tried to do a crit. Meh.

Basically, motivation went down the drain, BUT....

I did make most of my goals for once. I kept a pretty steady pace all week. I finally finished a chapter for A.C. that I've been stuck on for awhile because of lack of ( Read more... )

I was out helping the oldest finish her Christmas shopping when the man called. And, yes, I know how crazy it is to be out shopping on Christmas eve. The husband had gone out earlier this morning and called me from the mall to tell me he had never seen so many men standing in one place. I just laughed. I laughed harder when he told me that a ( Read more... )

Does anyone else ever pause in the middle of a chapter revision, look at it, and go "what the hell am I doing?" even though the revisions themselves actually seem to work?

I do this.

Which probably only points how how insecure and neurotic an author I am. :P

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whysper not so patient :: journey Life Takes Over :: booklog The ( Read more... )

We already knew that Amazon.com was trying to take over the world, right? According to this article, we authors better stand up and take notice!

Amazon.com Telling POD Publishers - Let BookSurge Print Your Books, or Else...LP has been planning to use Lightning Source, so this new "take over the world" plan affects us directly. I like shopping at ( Read more... )

So, a day or two ago I got a really odd email from stickmanreview.com. I replied and asked if it was a mistake, but nothing back from them so far.

Has anyone else gotten a strange reply from the same place?

Really, if you haven't read Miss Snark's take on this, you should. The comment trail is particularly interesting -- most of Miss Snark's readers are a pretty sharp bunch. They caught lots of things that I missed, and someone even looked at the contract. :)

Some highlights . . . .

IF your writing is good enough to "win", or even be a finalist ( Read more... )

Just picked this up from Miss Snark:

The Sobol Award

Looks great . . . until you start reading.

Participants must register on the Sobol Award website, provide the requested information and pay a one-time non-refundable registration fee of $85 by credit card only. They will then receive a participant code and be asked to submit the manuscript ( Read more... )