Comments on: Thanks Folks, But You Needn’t Worry http://www.assortednonsense.com/2009/08/22/thanks-folks-but-you-neednt-worry/ "The older you get, the better you get. Unless you're a banana." -- Betty White's Mother Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.assortednonsense.com/2009/08/22/thanks-folks-but-you-neednt-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-10055 Mark Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:48:34 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=455#comment-10055 Please tell me Captains Away! is a pirate novel! (Excited there.) Please tell me Captains Away! is a pirate novel! (Excited there.)

]]> By: mai-ling http://www.assortednonsense.com/2009/08/22/thanks-folks-but-you-neednt-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-9968 mai-ling Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:23:33 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=455#comment-9968 My mystery writer friend JA Konrath said he submitted 9 novels before he was accepted by a publishing house. now he has a nice deal i believe he renewed it for 3 more books. at least in this day in age we are able to do a self-publish. So even if you got rejected the first time and you submit the 2nd time you can self-publish a few copies the book and see how it work. and even do an audio book ... that is what one of my friends did for her novel. so many outlets to try out ... i'm sure you'll get it released or picked up by someone. My mystery writer friend JA Konrath
said he submitted 9 novels before
he was accepted by a publishing house.
now he has a nice deal i believe he
renewed it for 3 more books.

at least in this day in age we are
able to do a self-publish.

So even if you got rejected the first
time and you submit the 2nd time you
can self-publish a few copies the book
and see how it work.

and even do an audio book … that is
what one of my friends did for her novel.

so many outlets to try out …

i’m sure you’ll get it released or
picked up by someone.

]]> By: Grondzilla http://www.assortednonsense.com/2009/08/22/thanks-folks-but-you-neednt-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-9915 Grondzilla Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:42:15 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=455#comment-9915 Yes. I'm well aware of the 'their' vs 'there' error in that previous posting, it's just that my fingers and my brain often seem to get caught in some kind of network crosstalk and anyone who reads my writing suffers the consequences. Yes. I’m well aware of the ‘their’ vs ‘there’ error in that previous posting, it’s just that my fingers and my brain often seem to get caught in some kind of network crosstalk and anyone who reads my writing suffers the consequences.

]]> By: Grondzilla http://www.assortednonsense.com/2009/08/22/thanks-folks-but-you-neednt-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-9914 Grondzilla Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:39:41 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=455#comment-9914 Mike Resnick may deride your approach but then again he's not a writer I'd turn to if I were seeking some kind of profound statement on the human condition or an imagined world particular depth or beauty. He's a tradesman of a writer, banging out work because he wants to do that to make a living...not because he's tuned into a cosmic muse. It may be unduly harsh but Resnick doesn't even have a 'driven writer' period which is something of a saving grace for someone like Piers Anthony who only seems to have devolved into a guy who hits a typewriter (read word processor) instead of nails to make a living. Yes, perhaps it's a bit snobby to assume that their are writers who write for the sake of the writing itself but it is true. Sawyer is clearly driven by the desire to express funky ideas or muse on the human condition and it turns out makes a living at it. Tolkien wrote because he had a world seeping out of his pores. Anyone who dimsisses the writer whose a bit of a dreamer must face the critical eye themselves. Do what works for you man. Mike Resnick may deride your approach but then again he’s not a writer I’d turn to if I were seeking some kind of profound statement on the human condition or an imagined world particular depth or beauty. He’s a tradesman of a writer, banging out work because he wants to do that to make a living…not because he’s tuned into a cosmic muse. It may be unduly harsh but Resnick doesn’t even have a ‘driven writer’ period which is something of a saving grace for someone like Piers Anthony who only seems to have devolved into a guy who hits a typewriter (read word processor) instead of nails to make a living.

Yes, perhaps it’s a bit snobby to assume that their are writers who write for the sake of the writing itself but it is true. Sawyer is clearly driven by the desire to express funky ideas or muse on the human condition and it turns out makes a living at it. Tolkien wrote because he had a world seeping out of his pores. Anyone who dimsisses the writer whose a bit of a dreamer must face the critical eye themselves. Do what works for you man.

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