Old People Writing for Teens, IV - Page 210

Kitty27 · 02-16-2011, 03:26 AM

Hello,ladies and gents!

*brings big batch of homemade walnut brownies smothered in caramel sauce and coffee for you all*

I hope everyone is well!

I sent queries out for all my books today. No response yet on my YA novel but it has only been a week,lol. Congrats on the high word counts. Y'all better werk!

I heard revising is harder than actually writing the novel. I believe it. Going over my books,I am shuddering at the amount of purple prose they contain. Sigh,I must slay Barney.

ChelseyBlair · 02-16-2011, 03:33 AM

Hi guys!

Ups and downs today. Line edits are going okay. Put in a new scene based on beta commentary, fixing language.

Heard back from a critique partner who didn't like my book, which is sad. She didn't sign on for my MC, or my premise.

Oh well. I know it's not true that no one wants to read it, because another CP loved it. Can't please everyone, and while I know what she said will probably come out of the mouth of someone on acquisitions, well....

I still love it.

Moni · 02-16-2011, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitty27

Hello,ladies and gents!

*brings big batch of homemade walnut brownies smothered in caramel sauce and coffee for you all*

I hope everyone is well!

I sent queries out for all my books today. No response yet on my YA novel but it has only been a week,lol. Congrats on the high word counts. Y'all better werk!

I heard revising is harder than actually writing the novel. I believe it. Going over my books,I am shuddering at the amount of purple prose they contain. Sigh,I must slay Barney.

Oh! I'm werkin it girl! ROFL

Crossing my fingers on your queries! May they fall on sympathetic eyes!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChelseyBlair

Hi guys!

Ups and downs today. Line edits are going okay. Put in a new scene based on beta commentary, fixing language.

Heard back from a critique partner who didn't like my book, which is sad. She didn't sign on for my MC, or my premise.

Oh well. I know it's not true that no one wants to read it, because another CP loved it. Can't please everyone, and while I know what she said will probably come out of the mouth of someone on acquisitions, well....

I still love it.

CB...I rep'd ya hun!

ETA: I'm at an official word count (as of this MINUTE) 5,395...I think that I'm officially "on a roll" I don't write for like 5 days...and then I write like a bat outta hades..what can I say...I'm the exception & not the rule...do as I say & not as I do kids! LOL

erica_henry · 02-16-2011, 03:58 AM

@ Kitty - hey girl!

@ Moni - You have been chugging away today. I tend to write a ton and then not write for days too. It just doesn't always fit in my schedule.

ChelseyBlair · 02-16-2011, 04:08 AM

N00b moment. What's rep'd?

erica_henry · 02-16-2011, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ChelseyBlair

N00b moment. What's rep'd?

It's a way to send a short comment to another person privately without having to send a whole personal message through the email system here. You hit the weight symbol under someone's avi and a box pops up. type your message in there and enter. It goes to their user cp (look at the top of the page in the blue bar to go to yours to see if you have a rep.

ChelseyBlair · 02-16-2011, 05:17 AM

Whooooa, it's like a whole new world!!

erica_henry · 02-16-2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ChelseyBlair

Whooooa, it's like a whole new world!!

Yep. make sure to check it every now and then though because it won't give you a notice when you have a rep like it does when you have a personal message

Sage · 02-16-2011, 05:45 AM

Aw, Chelsey, I repped you the other day. I thought you knew about them. Sorry.

Sage · 02-16-2011, 05:48 AM

Also, I basically live in my User CP when I'm on AW. Not only do you get reps, but you can subscribe to threads, and they'll pop up in there when there are new posts. You can also subscribe to forums, but that's not quite as handy (but it would be really annoying if all new threads in a forum popped up, lol), but it is nice if, say, after you check that there are no new posts in your subscribed threads or after you check your reps and you want to hop straight to that forum, there's the link. It comes in handy when you're a mod

Then when you get new PMs or VMs, there'll be a note in your User CP too, which is good for me, because I turned off that PM pop up because it got on my nerves.

houndrat · 02-16-2011, 06:03 AM

*raises hand sheepishly* Um, how do I subscribe to a thread here?

ChelseyBlair · 02-16-2011, 06:06 AM

Thanks, Sage, I just saw it. I'll probably start querying around May so.... will be in touch!

Sage · 02-16-2011, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by houndrat

*raises hand sheepishly* Um, how do I subscribe to a thread here?

Right about the top post on this or any page, select "Thread tools" and then "Subscribe to thread." You can choose to get an e-mail notification too, but I wouldn't suggest it for this thread unless you're ready for a ton of e-mails

The Kidd · 02-16-2011, 09:24 AM

Sage! You killed the thread! :P

amlptj · 02-16-2011, 10:41 AM

i doubt anyone is on but hello anyway!

Moni · 02-16-2011, 12:05 PM

WOW! Just woke up after a quasi coma state! LOL *WHEW* I didn't mean to SLEEP that long! Time to pull a catch up session!

Netz · 02-16-2011, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moni

ETA: I'm at an official word count (as of this MINUTE) 5,395...I think that I'm officially "on a roll" I don't write for like 5 days...and then I write like a bat outta hades..what can I say...I'm the exception & not the rule...do as I say & not as I do kids! LOL

Was that all in one day??

Moni · 02-16-2011, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Netz

Was that all in one day??

Yup! Sho nuff was! It's what happens....I end up not writing for a couple of days....and then WHAMMO I get hit with some sort of inspiration....and I can't stop my fingers from moving across the keyboard. I have the first two chapters in the SYW section here if ya wanna see it! LOL

Fika · 02-16-2011, 03:19 PM

@Moni - that's amazing! Keep it up!

Sad, but glad to be sacrificing some of my editing/revising time to getting ready for LO's first birthday party for friends - nothing fancy, but I do need to clean up the place... Let's see if he stays asleep.

Moni · 02-16-2011, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fika

@Moni - that's amazing! Keep it up!

Sad, but glad to be sacrificing some of my editing/revising time to getting ready for LO's first birthday party for friends - nothing fancy, but I do need to clean up the place... Let's see if he stays asleep.

Thank you! I'm now up to 5,948 so I'm chugging right along. It's getting a little slower...but that's only because I'm trying to figure out how I can incorporate some of my paranormal elements into this story since someone thought I was writing something YA Contemp. LOL

Awww.....LO's first bd party! That's awesome! Of course nothing fancy if he's having his first party....it's not like they would completely appreciate it right now anyway! LOL The first one is more for the parents than the little ones! LOL

KarlaErikaCal · 02-16-2011, 03:28 PM

Morning guys! I woke up early thanks to a huge coughing fit... I'm worried that'll happen on the train or during class but I can't miss my night class cuz it's once a week. He does post lectures online, but I'm worried I might need help with something. Oh well, there's free tutoring for psych statistics. Plus, my mom will get mad at me for missing a third day of school. Ughh I hate being sick

KarlaErikaCal · 02-16-2011, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moni

Thank you! I'm now up to 5,948 so I'm chugging right along. It's getting a little slower...but that's only because I'm trying to figure out how I can incorporate some of my paranormal elements into this story since someone thought I was writing something YA Contemp. LOL

Awww.....LO's first bd party! That's awesome! Of course nothing fancy if he's having his first party....it's not like they would completely appreciate it right now anyway! LOL The first one is more for the parents than the little ones! LOL

I get so jealous of your writing sprints cuz I hardly get a bunch done in one day lately! I did get 2400 yesterday, which is more than I originally planned to write, especially since I spent like 4 hours planning and discussing some stuff with a fellow twiftie about my novel.

My highest word count in a day was 14K but most of that was probably crappy words lol. I love it when I get at least 5K done in a day. That has yet to happen since school started this year. Not even in my winter break did I write that much in one day though! Love Square just demands being written slower lol

Moni · 02-16-2011, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarlaErikaCal

Morning guys! I woke up early thanks to a huge coughing fit... I'm worried that'll happen on the train or during class but I can't miss my night class cuz it's once a week. He does post lectures online, but I'm worried I might need help with something. Oh well, there's free tutoring for psych statistics. Plus, my mom will get mad at me for missing a third day of school. Ughh I hate being sick

Aww...sorry you're sick. Dayquil liquigels work good (even the generic kind) they might be a little hard to swallow..but once you do it's all good! LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarlaErikaCal

I get so jealous of your writing sprints cuz I hardly get a bunch done in one day lately! I did get 2400 yesterday, which is more than I originally planned to write, especially since I spent like 4 hours planning and discussing some stuff with a fellow twiftie about my novel.

My highest word count in a day was 14K but most of that was probably crappy words lol. I love it when I get at least 5K done in a day. That has yet to happen since school started this year. Not even in my winter break did I write that much in one day though! Love Square just demands being written slower lol

14K!!!!! Holy COW! That's A LOT!!! That's more than I've ever done! I think that my highest is still 8k in one day. I'm jealous of YOU.....

2400 when you were planning on getting 1k that's awesome!

KarlaErikaCal · 02-16-2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moni

Aww...sorry you're sick. Dayquil liquigels work good (even the generic kind) they might be a little hard to swallow..but once you do it's all good! LOL

We have the Dayquil cough syrup. I wish I remembered if that actually helped lol. I think it did.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moni

14K!!!!! Holy COW! That's A LOT!!! That's more than I've ever done! I think that my highest is still 8k in one day. I'm jealous of YOU.....

2400 when you were planning on getting 1k that's awesome!

Haha like I said, it was crappy words. I think I even started rewriting that WIP from scratch again lol. Or actually, I think that was when some twifties told me it wouldn't work out - Call Me Robin Hood, the one an agent had requested before I'd even begun querying lol.

And I actually was shooting for 1800 lol. I think I said I needed to write 1K more to reach that or something.

But yeah, I'm doing hw now so I get it out of the way. Then I'll write. Trying to finish writing this by my birthday

Moni · 02-16-2011, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarlaErikaCal

We have the Dayquil cough syrup. I wish I remembered if that actually helped lol. I think it did.

Haha like I said, it was crappy words. I think I even started rewriting that WIP from scratch again lol. Or actually, I think that was when some twifties told me it wouldn't work out - Call Me Robin Hood, the one an agent had requested before I'd even begun querying lol.

And I actually was shooting for 1800 lol. I think I said I needed to write 1K more to reach that or something.

But yeah, I'm doing hw now so I get it out of the way. Then I'll write. Trying to finish writing this by my birthday

You can DOOOO It!!!!

02-16-2011, 03:26 AM	#5226
Kitty27 So Goth That I Was Born Black AW Moderator Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: In The Darkside's Light Posts: 3,824	Hello,ladies and gents! brings big batch of homemade walnut brownies smothered in caramel sauce and coffee for you all I hope everyone is well! I sent queries out for all my books today. No response yet on my YA novel but it has only been a week,lol. Congrats on the high word counts. Y'all better werk! I heard revising is harder than actually writing the novel. I believe it. Going over my books,I am shuddering at the amount of purple prose they contain. Sigh,I must slay Barney. __________________ Tupac Shakur,the greatest rapper of all time,is now in the National Recording Registry NIGHT CALLS(Finally have a title! )YA Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Novel,Coming 2013. Vampire/Horror novel,Coming 2013.

02-16-2011, 03:33 AM	#5227
ChelseyBlair practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 398	Hi guys! Ups and downs today. Line edits are going okay. Put in a new scene based on beta commentary, fixing language. Heard back from a critique partner who didn't like my book, which is sad. She didn't sign on for my MC, or my premise. Oh well. I know it's not true that no one wants to read it, because another CP loved it. Can't please everyone, and while I know what she said will probably come out of the mouth of someone on acquisitions, well.... I still love it. __________________ Sense and Disability--my blog

02-16-2011, 03:58 AM	#5229
erica_henry Typing away 1 word at a time Join Date: May 2010 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 1,937	@ Kitty - hey girl! @ Moni - You have been chugging away today. I tend to write a ton and then not write for days too. It just doesn't always fit in my schedule. __________________ I've joined Twitter My website is up and running My Not-So-Normal Life - YA Paranormal Romance - TRUNKED FOR NOW Freak - YA dystopian with a supernatural element. - completed at 72K - Time for revisions.

02-16-2011, 04:08 AM	#5230
ChelseyBlair practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 398	N00b moment. What's rep'd? __________________ Sense and Disability--my blog

02-16-2011, 05:17 AM	#5232
ChelseyBlair practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 398	Whooooa, it's like a whole new world!! __________________ Sense and Disability--my blog

02-16-2011, 05:45 AM	#5234
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,114	Aw, Chelsey, I repped you the other day. I thought you knew about them. Sorry. __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

02-16-2011, 05:48 AM	#5235
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,114	Also, I basically live in my User CP when I'm on AW. Not only do you get reps, but you can subscribe to threads, and they'll pop up in there when there are new posts. You can also subscribe to forums, but that's not quite as handy (but it would be really annoying if all new threads in a forum popped up, lol), but it is nice if, say, after you check that there are no new posts in your subscribed threads or after you check your reps and you want to hop straight to that forum, there's the link. It comes in handy when you're a mod Then when you get new PMs or VMs, there'll be a note in your User CP too, which is good for me, because I turned off that PM pop up because it got on my nerves. __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

02-16-2011, 06:03 AM	#5236
houndrat Pulsating Whatnots Queen Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 7,079	raises hand sheepishly Um, how do I subscribe to a thread here? __________________ M1la 2.0 debuts March 12, 2013 H@rp3r Coll1ns Find M1la on GOODREADS

02-16-2011, 06:06 AM	#5237
ChelseyBlair practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 398	Thanks, Sage, I just saw it. I'll probably start querying around May so.... will be in touch! __________________ Sense and Disability--my blog

02-16-2011, 09:24 AM	#5239
The Kidd Not an actual kid...or goat. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: With the eels... Posts: 2,812	Sage! You killed the thread! :P __________________ My Blog WIP: Miraculous Mr. D: MG Fantasy>: 36k/45k (Untitled Kelpie story) Paranormal Romance>: 3.5k/50k

02-16-2011, 10:41 AM	#5240
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	i doubt anyone is on but hello anyway! __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

02-16-2011, 12:05 PM	#5241
Moni Literary Vampire hee hee Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,023	WOW! Just woke up after a quasi coma state! LOL WHEW I didn't mean to SLEEP that long! Time to pull a catch up session! __________________ Moni Baloney~! Phoenix I'm a blog! www.moni-marie.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/#!/MonicaMarieV I'm a tweet!

02-16-2011, 03:19 PM	#5244
Fika practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 120	@Moni - that's amazing! Keep it up! Sad, but glad to be sacrificing some of my editing/revising time to getting ready for LO's first birthday party for friends - nothing fancy, but I do need to clean up the place... Let's see if he stays asleep. __________________ My ex-pat blog WIP: On Ice 55,000 word paranormal YA in revisions First Aid 10,000/?????? 1980's 'historical'

02-16-2011, 03:28 PM	#5246
KarlaErikaCal YA romance writer in love with love Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 12,480	Morning guys! I woke up early thanks to a huge coughing fit... I'm worried that'll happen on the train or during class but I can't miss my night class cuz it's once a week. He does post lectures online, but I'm worried I might need help with something. Oh well, there's free tutoring for psych statistics. Plus, my mom will get mad at me for missing a third day of school. Ughh I hate being sick __________________ BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK FAN PAGE GOODREADS WIPs: TATTOO LOVE - 14.8K

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