Its weird, but a wet gloomy day makes me feel so relaxed. <3
Hey Gina, is this your first publication besides like, short stories and stuff?
Do take your time to make sure the contract is acceptable. Are you contacting the agent to let her know you've got an offer and to stop looking or to see if she wants to rep you?
Yup. I only have sold one short story to an anthology that should be out later this year. Oh, and I have a flash fiction coming out in a charity anthology, too.
So, work just paid me, which I was not expecting, but makes sense if I think about it. Still, it's money I wasn't planning on having so happy happy fun times
*suffers from a severe case of writer doubt*
Seriously. I'm not throwing out or deleting anything, because I am too OCD to ever delete files, but what is the point? I'm just kidding myself if I think I'll ever achieve anything. Second language is just not good enough
*offers ali some of her coffee*
That's not weird, unless I'm weird too, and we all know that's not the case
This made me so I'm sharing.
I need a chicken with its head cut off smiley.
Uh... gais?
That m/m erotic paranormal romance I wrote?
It was just accepted by a publisher.
I need to read over stuff and think and everything. You know, once I stop looking like . Oh, and contact the agent who asked for the partial. But again, I think once I stop ing.
(Yes, the pub is a decent one. I started my time on AW lurking in BR&BC.)
*suffers from a severe case of writer doubt*
Seriously. I'm not throwing out or deleting anything, because I am too OCD to ever delete files, but what is the point? I'm just kidding myself if I think I'll ever achieve anything. Second language is just not good enough
Given that the internal exam I had at the doctors earlier was a lot more painful than I was hoping for (although shorter as well so there is an upside), please may I have a double whisky to go with it? *adds extra drama llama to her coffee*
I'm so hot. So very hot... it's terrible. And I can't use my fan because it sounds like a wounded speedboat motor when it's running and that would drive me crazy.
Uh... gais?
That m/m erotic paranormal romance I wrote?
It was just accepted by a publisher.
I need to read over stuff and think and everything. You know, once I stop looking like . Oh, and contact the agent who asked for the partial. But again, I think once I stop ing.
(Yes, the pub is a decent one. I started my time on AW lurking in BR&BC.)
*suffers from a severe case of writer doubt*
Seriously. I'm not throwing out or deleting anything, because I am too OCD to ever delete files, but what is the point? I'm just kidding myself if I think I'll ever achieve anything. Second language is just not good enough
Writer Doubt is normal and rampant. I'm sure we all suffer it at one point or another.
Sometimes multiple points.
That said, I've read some of you stuff and you write exceptionally well. Quality isn't an issue.
If you're frustrated about the publishing process, well that's something completely out of our hands. Finding and agent and/or publisher is just as much about timing as anything else. You might have the next great novel, but this may not be the right time for it. Or you may have a silly little story that an agent will suddenly think, "Oh my GLOB! Want!" But we don't know, so all we can do is just keep putting our ideas on paper, submit them to the Powers That Be, and hope that eventually they get noticed.
All while keeping in mind that we aren't alone in our struggle up The Big Hill of Writing.
Dude. I come here to Escape work!
Uh... gais?
That m/m erotic paranormal romance I wrote?
It was just accepted by a publisher.
Erm... should I ask why or.....?I need a chicken with its head cut off smiley.
congrats!Uh... gais?
That m/m erotic paranormal romance I wrote?
It was just accepted by a publisher.
That's awful. Can the police do anything to get your mum's money back?well, I spoke to my parental unit... and it seems they got scammed. Someone called from Texas claiming to be my nephew. He said he had an accident and needed money. They sent it. Nephew wasn't in Texas, he was in Oklahoma where he belonged....
oh, and the fools called again and tried to scam them again!! Mom didn't think to play along and catch them - she just hung up. She's nervous now. If they have their phone #, I'm afraid they'll find their address. They're going to report it to the police and to the ... attorney general or something, I don't remember what he said. The sherriff's told them to call whoever it was.... They might be able to trace the phone records.
This is an emergency. Someone turn on the chocolate fountain while I defrost Ed from the E-Z-Freeze.*suffers from a severe case of writer doubt*
Seriously. I'm not throwing out or deleting anything, because I am too OCD to ever delete files, but what is the point? I'm just kidding myself if I think I'll ever achieve anything. Second language is just not good enough
That's not weird, unless I'm weird too, and we all know that's not the case
Erm... should I ask why or.....?
I'm not gonna ask why.
Do you not have the saying there, "I feel like a chicken with its head cut off?"
Means super omg busy.
Heading out for RWA. Later, all!