kais Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 4 hours ago, Asmodemon said: I feel the same way, but the thing is I'm going on a round-the-world trek for the next six months, so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to write Bah. I'm in the Amazonian rainforest RIGHT NOW. My stories are taking a decidedly more deadly spin ATM though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodemon Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 I can imagine. I'm going to Iceland first, which is a bit more civilized than the rain forest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 #SFFpit is TODAY, people! Anyone else participating?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Acht, I'm not prepared. I need to start diarying these things. I'd prefer if you guys had another go at Hold the Bridge anyway before I sent out into the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'm trying to rework some serious structural problems in the middle arc and am nowhere near submission ready, but maybe someday. I'd like to see what everyone's pitches look like, though. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 33 minutes ago, krystalynn03 said: I'm trying to rework some serious structural problems in the middle arc and am nowhere near submission ready, but maybe someday. I'd like to see what everyone's pitches look like, though. Good luck! Thanks! I'll post any of mine that get likes. I've done a few of these now, and do pretty well, all things considered. Trying some new style of pitches this time, so I am unsure how the results will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'm giving SFFpit a shot. two so far, no likes, but it's early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Nice! Glad to have a friendly face there, Eisenheim! A lot of activity usually happens around lunch time. I rarely get anything on the morning tweets. I'm also two in, but one like thus far (but not from an agent or publisher - an LGBT news org liked it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I got a like from a small press editor for this one " Maddie wears iron and puts fairy mischief right. When her teacher is killed, she deals with a fairy prince for revenge." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Eisenheim said: "Maddie wears iron and puts fairy mischief right." I'd read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Well, I'll let you know when I get it published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Small press here, too, and a mess of unrelated 'following/added to list/retweets' that are frustrating during events like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neongrey Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I feel bad for being down on small press, because they've really got it rough, but man, they really don't offer a whole lot that self-pub doesn't. Like if you've got no means of doing your own cover (or covering the costs of one), I guess, but yeesh. Like when people talk about publishing dying, those are the guys getting killed. The big ones will be fine, on the whole, and selfpub will be fine, on the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I've gotten likes from two small pressed at this point, but one looks kind of like a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 26 minutes ago, Eisenheim said: I've gotten likes from two small pressed at this point, but one looks kind of like a scam. Which one? Pandamoon is often around, and they're more just super SUPER small. There are a few that don't do too badly. Generally if the AW thread on them is decent, I consider them. But I have a special place in my heart for small press and indie press, since my nonfiction stuff is with one, and I adore them. They really work their butts off for you, royalties tend to be better, and you get a lot of control (at least with the one I work with). You're trading away a heavy marketing machine though, so there is always that to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Tirgearr publishing. They charge to read submissions. Not a lot, but anything is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Oh yeah, that one is totally bunk. http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?275132-Tirgearr-Publishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Has anyone ever done Camp NaNoWriMo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 On June 27, 2016 at 2:02 PM, krystalynn03 said: Has anyone ever done Camp NaNoWriMo? No, but I hear about it all the time on Twitter. If you participate, give us the deets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neongrey Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I did a bit of it last year but kind of fell off, I dunno, my best way to set a pace for myself is in weekly units so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I gather it is basically the same as NaNoWriMo? Although maybe there are more defined groups? I dunno, I've done NaNoWriMo plenty - I think it's four years now, but never the Camp. Do you participate in November? I'm so darned competitive that I find it a great motivator. Is it still 1,667 words a day for a month? So, on this subject, how many people here participate in November? We should set up a NaNo thread for encouragement and pep talks, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamon Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I did NaNo for 3 years (I think) and then found the quality of writing I get out of it requires too much re-working. However, it did get me in the groove of writing at set times. I can knock out 1000 word now, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 #DVpit still yielding amazing, mind blowing results. Just got another R&R request!!!!! And a few more !!!!!!!!!! for good measure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spieles Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 21 hours ago, kaisa said: #DVpit still yielding amazing, mind blowing results. Just got another R&R request!!!!! And a few more !!!!!!!!!! for good measure. Congratulations. Go go go! And I've always said I'll do Camp NaNoWriMo and then never do it. I do enjoy doing Nano every November, though - especially if I'm gearing up for a new project. I like to have an outline completely drawn up before hand and then I tend to write 2k for 6/7 days a week. I normally take Fridays off and then occasionally catch up on the weekends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Spieles, you describe my own strategy almost exactly. I'm just not sure I want to make another committment on the scale of NaNoWriMo again in the same year. What I need is a faster-than-light ship so that I can go out in the morning and come back in the evening with 10 novels and 20 shorts stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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