Just a short story at this point... And as for where, I've literally just been going down this list trolling for likely candidates. :-P I'm not exactly the master of efficiency when it comes to this sort of thing.
Ah! I thought maybe you were sending manuscripts around. Of course, I've heard the short story sending process is more grueling (but I've heard this from people who only write short stories).
I sometimes feel the itch to send things, too, but I just have no idea WHERE, as I'm not really in touch with creative writers who write for publishing or their business.
(I mostly just write kids' stuff, anyway but that's a big list! I'll look through it).
I really and truly wish. :-\ I've got one novel-sized beastie at the serious editing stage, but the double-whammy of 'not quite enough time' and 'not quite enough discipline' is making for rawther slow progress.
Me neither, really! I've read plenty of advice concerning how to send things out, but the where gets pretty hairy. Frankly, I just start with Google and keep my fingers crossed.
(Good luck to you! :-D And, uh, despite getting the distinct impression that you know a hell of a lot more about this sort of thing than I, just remember to ignore anyone who's asking for a reading fee.)
Just FYI, I've got a friend who does a Christmas in the summer and takes requests for Lee's movies/TV bits. You have up to a certain number of DVDS that she'll copy stuff onto for you. I've gotten a couple of his movies that way.
Ahaha, you've caught on to the fact that I'm now stalking him between shows, have you? *hides* Definitely give me a shout if she does that again this year... I'm quite willing to bribe with doodles or S/H costs and other such things!
Generally she posts her Amazon wishlist and it has stuff like recordable DVDs as well as other stuff if anyone can afford to donate anything that way. If not, she does it out of the goodness of her heart.
Season six is just destroying me, man. I think I've spent half the time shrieking at the characters and the other half wibbling like a baby. Good grief.
I believe, actually, that Joss Whedon was schooled by Tom Fontana.
And in this show, dead characters stay dead. Y'know, except when they're doing poetic interludes. OR WHERE IT'S A BIG FAKE-OUT AFTER MAKING ME CRY SO HARD I GAVE MYSELF A HEADACHE, MISTER FONTANA. >:-(
You and apiphile have been inadvertently tag-teaming to make me want to track down The Wire! *g*
ETA: My writer friend subscribes to this publication: http://www.pw.org/toolsforwriters Looks like they also have links to magazines looking for submissions.
And re: manuscript submission, I'll have to check, but I think Nanowrimo guy, in the back of his book, goes into the process, but also lists some agents to submit your work to? I will double check when I'm not on my way to work... :)
I do indeed! I figure each one is a merit badge for working up enough guts to fling something out into the universe. Besides which, I'm greatly amused by the story that Stephen King used to keep all his rejection letters on a railroad spike in the wall above his writing desk. *g*
Eeee, you're the best in the west! Thank you very much for those leads! :-D
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I sometimes feel the itch to send things, too, but I just have no idea WHERE, as I'm not really in touch with creative writers who write for publishing or their business.
(I mostly just write kids' stuff, anyway but that's a big list! I'll look through it).
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Me neither, really! I've read plenty of advice concerning how to send things out, but the where gets pretty hairy. Frankly, I just start with Google and keep my fingers crossed.
(Good luck to you! :-D And, uh, despite getting the distinct impression that you know a hell of a lot more about this sort of thing than I, just remember to ignore anyone who's asking for a reading fee.)
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I believe, actually, that Joss Whedon was schooled by Tom Fontana.
And in this show, dead characters stay dead. Y'know, except when they're doing poetic interludes. OR WHERE IT'S A BIG FAKE-OUT AFTER MAKING ME CRY SO HARD I GAVE MYSELF A HEADACHE, MISTER FONTANA. >:-(
You and apiphile have been inadvertently tag-teaming to make me want to track down The Wire! *g*
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ETA: My writer friend subscribes to this publication: http://www.pw.org/toolsforwriters Looks like they also have links to magazines looking for submissions.
And re: manuscript submission, I'll have to check, but I think Nanowrimo guy, in the back of his book, goes into the process, but also lists some agents to submit your work to? I will double check when I'm not on my way to work... :)
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Eeee, you're the best in the west! Thank you very much for those leads! :-D
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