So I know some of the people on here were published using Publish On Demand services, so I'm just wondering... I found a site called Lulu.com and I thought I...
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Hi, When I write fantasy, i go there, all else ceases to exist or matter and the other universe becomes real. because of this my day job, family etc suffer. I...
As for what is considered a decent length, that's a pretty subjective thing. Depends on what sort of book you've got and the way you've written it to a large...
Hi there: I know what you mean about everything ceasing to exist. Hey, I'm in love with several of my male characters. What to say? After a while if one...
... work for constructive crit>> Feel free to post a short sample to this group. It's often hit and miss due to how busy everyone is at any given time, but...
... my editor says she's intending to trim a lot of the overwriting out so I reckon I'll be down to at least 175k before it's published.>> Hey Tom, Reading...
Editing is so personaly biased. Crits are good, no matter how painful, yet editing is so up to the editors personal likes and dislikes. The magazine I write...
If you can lose yourself so thoroughly, I'd be happy about that. As for balancing it with family, if you find the answer let me know! I still feel guilty. I...
Hello All, I thought I'd touch on the subject a bit. "When I write fantasy, i go there, all else ceases to exist or matter and the other universe becomes real....
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Ah yes, I'd not said anything because I wanted things in writing first, but that's going to be delayed for other reasons, so I guess now's as good a time as...
... Wow, way to go. ... That makes the sale all the sweeter. Good on ya. ... Yeah, so don't forget the little people when you're rich and famous... ;-) Nick ...
Congrats, Tom. Are your books fairly well straight fantasy? Just curious where they sit in the genre. Chris McMahon www.chris.mcmahon.com www.speechnet.com.au ...
Yup, they're pretty straight epic fantasy. Six books series, lots of competing factions and peoples, and a fair bit of blood and destruction. ;0) T Chris...
I think until the book sells I still count as 'little people' and no matter how many it sells i'll still be small-minded... ;0) T ... Wow, way to go. ... That...
Just a short note to say thanks, I thought I was the only person in the world who had to make myself "come back". it's nice to know that I am not alone out...
No, I think we all have to make ourselves come back, though my problem these days is finding the time to go away in the first place. Sorry for not being clear...
... problem these days is finding the time to go away in the first place. Sorry for not being clear on the 175k bit, I meant 175,000 words ... that ... as ......
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, "Without me the literary industry would not exist; the publishers, the agents, the sub-agents, the...
Tom, A big applause from me. Let us know when they come out and where to pick them up once they are released. James ... FantasyWritersWanted Getting Published...
I am working on my first novel. It is something like CSI meets Dracula. My working title is Once Bitten. I know there is a movie by that title about a female...
Hi Tom I realise that I'm coming a little late to this discussion, but I just wanted to add my congratulations to those of everybody else here as well. It is...
Thank you, although now I have some serious thinking to do about my job situation. The company I'm temping for really want me to stay and are looking to be...