Writerly Ways
Jun. 16th, 2019 09:02 pmSo Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Editing my Christmas story took up my entire day. More on that later.
Let me give another shout out for
wipbigbang and the third call for art here. there is a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories looking for art, some Harry Potter, Les Miserables, and so much more.
As for me, I got an early birthday present. Someone picked up my Buffyverse story for art. I'm excited.
So my Christmas story is f/f/m, it's set in a one-time gangster hotel in the far north of Wisconsin. The threesome are monster/ghost hunters in a world that knows about magic. I'm thinking of calling it either Ghosts, Gangsters and Garland or Ghosts, Gangsters and Gingerbread ( possessed garland AND possessed Gingerbread are in the story thanks to your suggestions) which title do you like best. I hope to send it out tomorrow or Tuesday
And since I'm to tired mentally for much else, let me reminisce about the old paper zine Elfquest fandom days where every story got art, even if it was one piece. Of course there were still big name fan artists and authors. Some people really got obsessed by that. Me, I tried to be sure I always thanked my artist regardless of skill level because they tried and everyone starts somewhere. Of course back in those days your name and address went into the zine. Can you imagine?
It was a different time for sure. I'm still friends with several people from then
evil_little_dog
rahirah,
wildrider &
lordgloria (and probably the less I say about how long it's been is probably better, but I am here to say you can make lasting friendships in fandom and we can help each other hone our craft)
And to that end, let's have some links
From around the web.
The Equation For Book Marketing Success
Self Publishing Lets You Take Creative Control
What Type Of Book Editing Do You Need? And When?
And if you're going to self publish you NEED to get an editor so the next three links are for vetted editorial services here., here. & here.
And from Betty
Love the Scene You’re With By Marie Wells Coutu
Writing Better Character Goals (really liked this one)
Book Proposal Basics: Synopsis, Series, and Sample
Writing a Novel? Here are Seven Friends You Need
Take Two: Creating Multi-Layered Villains You Love to Hate
Four Problematic Tropes to Drop
Yearly word count -
30807 / 100000 words. 31% done!
Let me give another shout out for
As for me, I got an early birthday present. Someone picked up my Buffyverse story for art. I'm excited.
So my Christmas story is f/f/m, it's set in a one-time gangster hotel in the far north of Wisconsin. The threesome are monster/ghost hunters in a world that knows about magic. I'm thinking of calling it either Ghosts, Gangsters and Garland or Ghosts, Gangsters and Gingerbread ( possessed garland AND possessed Gingerbread are in the story thanks to your suggestions) which title do you like best. I hope to send it out tomorrow or Tuesday
And since I'm to tired mentally for much else, let me reminisce about the old paper zine Elfquest fandom days where every story got art, even if it was one piece. Of course there were still big name fan artists and authors. Some people really got obsessed by that. Me, I tried to be sure I always thanked my artist regardless of skill level because they tried and everyone starts somewhere. Of course back in those days your name and address went into the zine. Can you imagine?
It was a different time for sure. I'm still friends with several people from then
And to that end, let's have some links
From around the web.
The Equation For Book Marketing Success
Self Publishing Lets You Take Creative Control
What Type Of Book Editing Do You Need? And When?
And if you're going to self publish you NEED to get an editor so the next three links are for vetted editorial services here., here. & here.
And from Betty
Love the Scene You’re With By Marie Wells Coutu
Writing Better Character Goals (really liked this one)
Book Proposal Basics: Synopsis, Series, and Sample
Writing a Novel? Here are Seven Friends You Need
Take Two: Creating Multi-Layered Villains You Love to Hate
Four Problematic Tropes to Drop
Yearly word count -
