This year's resolutions

Jan 04, 2008 00:38

1. Go back to dieting ( Read more... )

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carolinga January 4 2008, 05:54:59 UTC
If you want any advice or have any questions or anything about finding an agent/getting published, let me know. I know my way around publishing pretty well. :)

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charisma January 4 2008, 06:02:54 UTC
Thank you! My main problem is having no idea where to get started - I don't know how the process works, or how to contact someone that would be interested in a first time novelist.

I have some non-fiction credits (music journalism, mostly, though some fairly big name interviews) and some published short stories and poems. My best publication credit for a short is probably the one that wound up in the Santa Clara Review.

So I don't even know if I'm accomplished enough that an agent would give me the time of day.

I have a completed short story collection and novel (though I want to do another edit of them both to try and get them in top shape) that I'd like to do something with.

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carolinga January 4 2008, 06:43:15 UTC
Start with the novel--it's almost impossible to get representation with a short story collection. Once you do get an agent, then you can have them look at your short stories. (Also, most agents and editors don't care so much about your credits--I never really bothered looking at them; if your story is good that's all that matters.)

You'll need a query and a synopsis. A finished draft is helpful, but you might be able to get away with sending out your query with only the first fifty pages/three chapters polished. (Response times can be glacial.)

What genre do you write? A lot will depend on that.

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carolinga January 4 2008, 06:47:41 UTC
Also, reading through these links will be very helpful:
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/
http://raleva31.livejournal.com/

And Kristin has lots of helpful links in her sidebar.

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karabou January 4 2008, 06:08:57 UTC
An LJ friend of mine recently had her book published, and talks about it in her LJ. You might want to give it a read. It could be helpful, plus, she's also pretty funny.

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charisma January 4 2008, 06:13:24 UTC
Hah! That was funny, and helpful.

Thanks =)

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karabou January 4 2008, 06:18:26 UTC
n/p! Another friend also has had her book published (it's like an outbreak lately. MAYBE IT'S A SIGN) and talks about some editor stuff here.

And now I must go to bed.

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derylykt January 4 2008, 16:29:10 UTC
Sorry I haven't been active on your website creation in the past few weeks. I've been up to my neck in getting the house ready for twin-time.

I am completely swamped with stuff for the next week (at least), but I should be able to put together a draft.

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charisma January 4 2008, 17:49:03 UTC
Yay! Thank you!

And it's okay, I understand you're super-busy. It's just nice that you're putting something together for me. =)

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slfcllednowhere January 4 2008, 22:48:33 UTC
Good luck! I'm hoping to get some freelance stuff too but I really don't have any idea how to go about that.

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