Out of pure curiosity...

sadiemay · Aug 2, 2009

..how many unpublished novels do you have laying around your house. Not the one's out on submission, but those lovingly written manuscripts you'll always feel proud of but never quite made it. (I have one)

(Side question, if you do have one or a few, did you finally get one published or are you still, like me, slogging away?)

C.M.C. · Aug 2, 2009

None.

cwfgal · Aug 2, 2009

Four uncompleted and three completed novels in the closet.

On the pubbed side I have three published novels that are now out of print. One sold novel to be released this month (which spent several years in the closet, btw). One (contracted sequel) completed and on my editor's desk. Two (a contracted sequel and something else I'm experimenting with) currently in progress.

Beth

Libbie · Aug 2, 2009

sadiemay said:
..how many unpublished novels do you have laying around your house. Not the one's out on submission, but those lovingly written manuscripts you'll always feel proud of but never quite made it. (I have one)

(Side question, if you do have one or a few, did you finally get one published or are you still, like me, slogging away?)

I have a couple of animal fantasies I wrote when I was a kid. They're full-blown novels. I'd estimate each is about 60,000 words. For the writings of a pre-teen, they're good. And they show dedication. But they will never even TRY to be published. Ugh.

RG570 · Aug 2, 2009

Five.

But I'm not proud of any of them. They were just necessary mistakes.

aadams73 · Aug 2, 2009

About five. I wrote them for myself as a challenge to tackle other genres. They were fun exercises and I learned a lot.

Adam · Aug 2, 2009

None. I have a novel in need of a rewrite, but I don't count it because I WILL be submitting it eventually.

scarletpeaches · Aug 2, 2009

Three complete. #1, my trunk novel, is dear to me so I'll rewrite it some day soon. And I do mean rewrite, not edit. Actually, overhaul.

#2 is a YA romance. Passable, but I'm not as passionate about it as I am about the genre I currently write.

#3 Chicklit and for some reason it embarrasses me to say that. But I'll rewrite it one day because the ending isn't typically shoes-and-boyfriends angst. I could put a twist on it to fit with my current genre.

I also have two unfinished novels in which I lost interest. One could be adapted, again to my current genre. The other I'll probably bin for good. Too angsty.

I also have two further novels - one edited, soon to be subbed. Another which is a first draft and I'll be editing that soon. I'm really happy with these two. They mark a watershed in my writing progress, without a doubt.

And my current WIP.

So that's three trunk novels, two half-finished ones, two complete and one in progress.

Aggy B. · Aug 2, 2009

One that I wrote back in high school. It's terrible but the idea just beckons and I keep going back and wondering how to make it not suck.

And at least three that are partials. (I was really into the project-hopping for, well, a long time.) By partial I mean 20k words or more. Not the gajillions of first chapters that I have floating around.

Then there's the WIP. It is not just sitting at the moment though, but being thrashed into publishable condition.

So, I guess that equals... one.

Mr Flibble · Aug 2, 2009

One first draft novel that needs a go through
One first draft novella that needs a go through
WIP

About 15 ideas for books.

No completed and unsubbed stuff though.

Ruth2 · Aug 2, 2009

One. A 125K monstrosity that I'm afraid to look at. It's a paranormal mystery and in some ways darker than the one I'm working on now. Once this WIP is out, I plan to go back and see if it's salvagable.

sadiemay · Aug 2, 2009

Thanks for indulging me! There's part of me the winces each time I trek down to the basement and see the box with my first novel. So much time and excitement poured into it just to be boxed away, but also many many lessons and learning experiences wraped up there. Just curious to see how many had one (or more) of their own.

N.L. LeBlanc · Aug 2, 2009

Three completed (two novellas and one novel), two incomplete ideas, and one currently in progress.

The Lonely One · Aug 2, 2009

14k from one.

About 10k from another.

I'm what they call a quitter. I prefer 'short fiction writer.'

Stunted · Aug 2, 2009

shethinkstoomuch · Aug 2, 2009

One in desperate need of a rewrite, but I'm too disgusted by it to do anything.
Several half completed or never fully realized ideas, lovingly hand written.
I get easily distracted by new, shiny ideas.

LOG · Aug 2, 2009

C.M.C. said:
None.

^ What they said.

K. Andrew Smith · Aug 3, 2009

One trunked novel, my first. Although I still think about it and ways that I might be able to improve it. It's never all that far from my thoughts.

sadron · Aug 3, 2009

One I think.

Thomma Lyn · Aug 3, 2009

The first novel I wrote is a trunk novel which will stay in the trunk. I consider it my "training novel."

My second novel lay around the house for some years; I revisited it several times over those years and spiffed it up, and now, it's my published novel.

Which leaves: my novel-in-progress (which is actually a rewrite of an earlier novel, and the reworking is going very well).

I also have three more novels: one which I wrote to get myself out of a terrible writing slump two years ago, and another which I wrote for NaNo that same year. Not sure I'll do anything with either of those. But the third -- it's a story I love, but it's one heck of a challenging tale, and it will require considerable hammering to get it in shape.

bettielee · Aug 3, 2009

Well... I am writing a 3 book trilogy, and want to finish it before I think about attempting publication...

but I have one completed that needs a heavy rewrite and one that is 9/10ths done... that I seemed to have not found an ending for... or I've found an ending and hate it. Depends on what day of the week it is.

YAwriter72 · Aug 3, 2009

One. My terribly written first attempt at a YA last year. Had vampires AND werewolves. Some day I may go back to it, I loved the characters and the story was really unique, but I write what my agent okay's now, so it may never see the light of day.

Ken Schneider · Aug 3, 2009

Eight full novels. And thirty short stories.

I have printed copies of everything I've ever written.

JJ Cooper · Aug 3, 2009

None.

First go at a novel officially released today. Second go will be released next year.

We all go down a different path. But, it's possible to get that first one published.

JJ

Ugawa · Aug 3, 2009

Three.

Out of pure curiosity...

Lost in Fiction

Archetype

On the rocks

Worst song played on ugliest guitar

A Work in Progress

Not dead.

Not as sweet as you think

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Tam, na Koncu Drevoreda

Lost in Fiction

Running with Pens

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Ich heiße Superphantastisch!

Lagrangian

Writing Dark Fantasy

Cat Wrangler

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

someone let me off this crazy ride

Absolute sagebrush

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It's a catastrophic success!