tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post1291791677144502535..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: BottleStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-41763052130064267312010-02-14T09:39:17.140+01:002010-02-14T09:39:17.140+01:00Femminismo: the genre is Magic-realism / psycholog...Femminismo: the genre is Magic-realism / psychological horror and is about someone who is given a book that can seemingly alter reality... or is this person merely insane...?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-69321101538535042392010-02-13T21:24:12.092+01:002010-02-13T21:24:12.092+01:00What is your book about, Steve? Would like to know...What is your book about, Steve? Would like to know. - Jeannefemminismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259380168965137800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-44672160011248795782010-02-04T08:12:19.702+01:002010-02-04T08:12:19.702+01:00AWB: you're right. Writing the novel was hard ...AWB: you're right. Writing the novel was hard but I was cocooned in a little fantasy world. Now I have to bring those 250 odd pages into a harsh reality and make them "work" for me in a different way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-66820123928099468542010-02-03T23:02:58.751+01:002010-02-03T23:02:58.751+01:00I bought Writer's Market and used that to filt...I bought Writer's Market and used that to filter when looking through the web.<br /><br />I've managed to find agents who I think may be approachable but I won't take the plunge until after the people reading it have finished and after a final rewrite after I've left it to mature for a while.<br /><br />When we write we enter our fantasy world.<br /><br />When we think about marketing it reality has to be faced.<br /><br />Bound to be frightening.The Joined up Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797087157041713649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-4056188188575891702010-02-01T10:55:37.701+01:002010-02-01T10:55:37.701+01:00MissBehaving: thank you, I think I'm going to ...MissBehaving: thank you, I think I'm going to need it - good luck seems to be the essential ingredient!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54604793485833920192010-02-01T00:00:42.943+01:002010-02-01T00:00:42.943+01:00The WY is a huge step in the right direction, you&...The WY is a huge step in the right direction, you'll get there Steve and you are way tougher than you think you are.<br />I think the 'your loss' advice was spot on. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-78764911629874092562010-01-31T20:51:53.496+01:002010-01-31T20:51:53.496+01:00The Undertaker: thank you for a very useful link -...The Undertaker: thank you for a very useful link - any insider knowledge is gratefully received!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-51458350867710182362010-01-31T20:34:18.358+01:002010-01-31T20:34:18.358+01:00Steve, it's just one foot in front of the othe...Steve, it's just one foot in front of the other, really, with the agent deal I have come to believe. I follow a blog at http://blog.nathanbransford.com/ and as a literary agent he shares and gives a great insight and advice into the business. It's worth checking it out. He might have some recommendations even?<br />All the best for FINISHING the novel, kudos to you, it's all I can say.TheUndertakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316547511892258854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-64597032764833313102010-01-31T08:48:17.712+01:002010-01-31T08:48:17.712+01:00English Rider: I can see you've given this som...English Rider: I can see you've given this some thought! Interesting and "outside the box" suggestions - I shall give them some serious thought.<br /><br />Amanda: I'm still in the rabbit hutch, right? ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59392068418350508442010-01-31T07:37:11.378+01:002010-01-31T07:37:11.378+01:00good luck, mate! Maybe you could see who publishes...good luck, mate! Maybe you could see who publishes in other english-speaking countries like NZ??? I dunno.<br />When you do your world/whirled tour you can stay at our place...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-22747404910970964092010-01-31T00:30:11.956+01:002010-01-31T00:30:11.956+01:00I would go to my local independent book store and ...I would go to my local independent book store and lie. Ask for your own book. When they can't find it in the data-base, describe the genre and ask for their best guess at who would publish such a thing because you really, really need to track it down. If they have Author events, book signings and readings then they have direct contact names with publishers and their ilk. <br />I would also consider back door approaches like picking up the phone and calling Dreamworks animation department. They are always open to new ideas and very human. Everyone is young (at least in spirit) and artsy and they all walk the halls chatting about Shrek etc. They might also give you a suggestion of a name to call. Subsequently, your next call could start with "So and So at Dreamworks suggested I connect with you about my book" Foot inserted firmly into doorway.<br />Life's a Bluff and don't you forget it. Good Luck.<br />By the way the higher percentage commission the more incentive the agent has to sell your book. 100% of zero is still zero. We share 50/50 with galleries that sell my husband's paintings.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54051928117325258132010-01-30T18:29:14.698+01:002010-01-30T18:29:14.698+01:00Clippy Mat: yes ma'am!Clippy Mat: yes ma'am!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-1082353924094997232010-01-30T17:40:19.568+01:002010-01-30T17:40:19.568+01:00Don't give up. The hardest part is over, you&#...Don't give up. The hardest part is over, you've written the damn thing so just keep plodding away. It will pay off in time. There's got to be a way and you will find it.<br />There.<br />I have spoken.<br />Let it be so.<br />;-))Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-17026563517255600442010-01-30T15:11:49.345+01:002010-01-30T15:11:49.345+01:00Gina: The Writer's Yearbook is fast becoming m...Gina: The Writer's Yearbook is fast becoming my Bible... plus Karen, bless her, is prepared to do some of the dry donkey work of sending the novel out. On the bright side there a helluva lot of agents to choose from... always another one around the corner. Let's hope we're both not in our nineties by the time you get your signed copy...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-85430233312724629032010-01-30T14:41:08.757+01:002010-01-30T14:41:08.757+01:00Oh goodness. It all sounds so unnecessarily compl...Oh goodness. It all sounds so unnecessarily complicated too. I don't think I have a thick enough skin to do that - I'd be crying myself to sleep at night.<br /><br />I do submit a lot of stuff for work purposes and some of that is rejected (The Lancet rejects everything I send it - bastards!) or subject to major rewrites but there is nothing of my heart and soul in work projects and like your poetry they only take weeks not years to produce. But nonetheless it still sends me crashing when I get a piece rejected.<br /><br />So I have no idea how you are going to cope. And I have no advice. Well, other than don't submit your novel to The Lancet!<br /><br />Good luck with it all. I can't wait to get my signed copy.Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-89121752867214070532010-01-30T11:26:56.634+01:002010-01-30T11:26:56.634+01:00FF: it's not so much an uphill struggle as try...FF: it's not so much an uphill struggle as trying to climb a mountain in nothing but your pyjamas...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-18559743523836699442010-01-30T10:57:51.567+01:002010-01-30T10:57:51.567+01:00Mr FF got me the Writer's Yearbook as his '...Mr FF got me the Writer's Yearbook as his 'going to Paris and leaving you alone' present - to encourage me. But you've seen it - it is just daunting.<br /><br />The best of luck and I don't know how any new writer does it these days - let alone get to the stage of nirvana when their beloved manuscript is up for auction and all the houses are clamouring for it.<br /><br />Good luckFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-42755112206009458122010-01-30T09:59:48.593+01:002010-01-30T09:59:48.593+01:00Selina: you're right I'm sure, a healthy d...Selina: you're right I'm sure, a healthy dollop of self-belief bordering on arrogance is the best medicine to combat all the inevitable knockbacks... unfortunately it's never been something I've had in huge supply!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-30965326186582109972010-01-30T09:38:31.288+01:002010-01-30T09:38:31.288+01:00I wish I was talented enought to be where you are ...I wish I was talented enought to be where you are now - a whole novel completed and ready for an agent to discover and take on to great heights. <br /><br />I remember, from my brief attempt many many years ago to see if I could sing professionally, I looked for an agent and the whole experience completely shattered my confidence. But now, I watch my daughter as she looks for an agent (admittedly with the help of a school) and she has a completely different attitude - "their loss - they'll be sorry!". It sounds like arrogance but actually it's self-belief and I have to say I'm a bit in awe. <br />So, I suggest, that you get yourself to your local zoo, pick up some rhinoceros hide and practise that motto for when you need it - "their loss mate, their loss".Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-34150448651301790942010-01-30T08:53:21.219+01:002010-01-30T08:53:21.219+01:00ArtSparker, English Rider: magic-realism / psycho...ArtSparker, English Rider: magic-realism / psychological horror would be the best description.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-91956071420610230972010-01-30T05:28:06.363+01:002010-01-30T05:28:06.363+01:00What is your genre? Maybe we could opine more effe...What is your genre? Maybe we could opine more effectively if we knew where you are trying to go. Spit it out man!English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29266466573592711562010-01-30T01:47:45.348+01:002010-01-30T01:47:45.348+01:00What genre is your novel? I suppose foreign sales ...What genre is your novel? I suppose foreign sales could potentially be bigger to offset the 20% commission. Do you have an excerpt up anywhere on the web? Anyway, I don't have much to offer in the way of advice, but good luck with it.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-91787842005644040712010-01-29T21:58:57.400+01:002010-01-29T21:58:57.400+01:00Tenon_Saw: I've heard of this and I'd be t...Tenon_Saw: I've heard of this and I'd be tempted to do a few copies for myself, friends and family but - call me a glutton for punishment - if I'm honest, I want the real deal.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-21428688379987010302010-01-29T21:32:53.095+01:002010-01-29T21:32:53.095+01:00Mrs TS wrote a book for our daughter to help with ...Mrs TS wrote a book for our daughter to help with her Asperger's. She got nowhere. I'm trying to persuade her to try http://www.lulu.com/KeyReedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894097012924024789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-41297010251026835032010-01-29T19:45:23.195+01:002010-01-29T19:45:23.195+01:00Löst Jimmy: thank you for the injection of positiv...Löst Jimmy: thank you for the injection of positivity and hope - it's all too easy to give up before the race is even run. I'm proud of myself for even finishing a novel - I know most don't. To have come this far and not to continue seems rather daft!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com