To anyone reading this who is Published or works in the Publishing Industry:
Well, or, to anyone who is looking for something to read.
My girlfriend morganlight wrote a novel. And she tried to get it published, but no one bit. Now, though, she's made a bunch of edits, and it's probably more culturally relevant now than it was 10 years ago when she first wrote it.
Would any of you mind reading an excerpt she posted on her blog, and giving her some feedback on it? And if you have any advice on how to go about getting in published, that would be awesome.
Nicky moved past the glass island of cash registers until he reached the magazine and newspaper racks. It was mindless browsing. He didn’t actually expect to find anything worth reading. Every cover was filled with the same garbage. Slogans and headlines to attract the morbidly curious.
He hadn’t counted on one of them catching his eye. But the word still held sway, even after all this time.
The End of Ecstasy? said fine print in a left corner.
Nicky’s rockstar took over right away. He wouldn’t read it. He didn’t need to. It would tell him nothing new. Nothing whatsoever. These articles were for the peons and peasants of society who had nothing better to do than attempt to amuse themselves with ‘untold’ stories of celebrities that had either been told twenty times or were completely untrue.
His eyes moved past the magazine and headed down the ranks. He pushed his sunglasses farther up against the bridge of his noise. He crossed his arms over his chest.
Then, before he knew what he was doing, Nicky retraced his steps, returned to the magazine, lunged for the small print and began flipping pages madly.
Read the rest of the excerpt here and leave a comment.
(She's a professional writer/copy editor for a movie industry magazine in LA, so she knows the ins and outs of the business, she's just finding it hard to objectively market her 'baby' as I'm sure a lot of you can understand.)
My girlfriend morganlight wrote a novel. And she tried to get it published, but no one bit. Now, though, she's made a bunch of edits, and it's probably more culturally relevant now than it was 10 years ago when she first wrote it.
Would any of you mind reading an excerpt she posted on her blog, and giving her some feedback on it? And if you have any advice on how to go about getting in published, that would be awesome.
Nicky moved past the glass island of cash registers until he reached the magazine and newspaper racks. It was mindless browsing. He didn’t actually expect to find anything worth reading. Every cover was filled with the same garbage. Slogans and headlines to attract the morbidly curious.
He hadn’t counted on one of them catching his eye. But the word still held sway, even after all this time.
The End of Ecstasy? said fine print in a left corner.
Nicky’s rockstar took over right away. He wouldn’t read it. He didn’t need to. It would tell him nothing new. Nothing whatsoever. These articles were for the peons and peasants of society who had nothing better to do than attempt to amuse themselves with ‘untold’ stories of celebrities that had either been told twenty times or were completely untrue.
His eyes moved past the magazine and headed down the ranks. He pushed his sunglasses farther up against the bridge of his noise. He crossed his arms over his chest.
Then, before he knew what he was doing, Nicky retraced his steps, returned to the magazine, lunged for the small print and began flipping pages madly.
Read the rest of the excerpt here and leave a comment.
(She's a professional writer/copy editor for a movie industry magazine in LA, so she knows the ins and outs of the business, she's just finding it hard to objectively market her 'baby' as I'm sure a lot of you can understand.)