Just curious if we'll all be about the same, or if it'll be really spread out.
Oh, and I just figured out how to make a poll so I had to do one.
Oh, and I just figured out how to make a poll so I had to do one.
How Many Novels Have You Written?
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I put Four, although two of them were shortish MG novels that I do not ever intend to publish.
So now I'm working on #5, or #3 if we're talking about hope-to-publish full-length novels for adults.
So now I'm working on #5, or #3 if we're talking about hope-to-publish full-length novels for adults.
I've written five, with one more that wasn't finished but still has a significant amount of text already begun, and then there is my memoir book which would make it six that I have. Now if I can just find an agent to help me sell it all!
Er... it was just "how many written." But you can open up your own thread for how many published/self published! That would be interesting.
Yes it would be interesting. I would have to choose zero though since my books haven't been marketed yet, I only just started getting over my anxiety enough that I could even begin to query and seek out help from an agent.
Oh and duh-- I just realized I should have put my name down for "3." I finished my third novel several weeks ago!
*Clonks self on head*
*Clonks self on head*
I've completed three. I'm working on about four different WIPs right now, though, so the number could change at any time.
The first one really really really sucked. The second one was a struggle to finish and yet enjoyable. It should be quite a good read, I'll really know when I edit it. The third I just finished. Need to let it simmer for awhile.
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Five. Three commercially published, and a PA book I've since gotten back and rewritten. That one is being shopped by my agent (he's had requests from eight houses for partials for that one, along with a request from another house for my fifth). I'm presently writing my sixth.
I've finished 113 novels since 1999!
......Okay, 56.
......Okay, 4.
The fourth I'm polishing up to start querying agents. The first three...
......Okay, 56.
......Okay, 4.
The fourth I'm polishing up to start querying agents. The first three...
Working on my very first novel! Wahoo!
Up to now my portfolio has been short fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism. And I started a screenplay what feels like a lifetime ago.
Up to now my portfolio has been short fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism. And I started a screenplay what feels like a lifetime ago.
I've written two, and I started my third today! My first is a trunk novel, my second is in edit/rewrite stage.
I've finished 3. One I've shopped around a little. The second was a stand alone but went along with the first. I haven't edited it yet. And the third needs another round of editing before I start shopping it...it's completely separate from the first two.
And I've got 2 more started.
And I've got 2 more started.
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Novel #1: trunk novel, aka training novel, aka hulking literary monstrosity which would make an excellent doorstop
Novel #2: gonna revise the heck out of it because I think it has promise -- now, I see how to make it much better
Novel(la) #3: e-published
Novel #4: In querying stage (gonna pitch it to reputable agents and hope one of 'em will catch it)
And I'm working on the first draft of what will become, with luck and persistence, Novel #5.
Novel #2: gonna revise the heck out of it because I think it has promise -- now, I see how to make it much better
Novel(la) #3: e-published
Novel #4: In querying stage (gonna pitch it to reputable agents and hope one of 'em will catch it)
And I'm working on the first draft of what will become, with luck and persistence, Novel #5.
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By written, do you mean published? Or by written, do you mean completely utterly finished where it's submission ready? Or do you mean written as in first draft finished, but it still needs some work before I submit it? Or do you mean written as in its in some sort of flux state whereby parts of it are written, the initial idea is laid out, but it isn't anywhere near finished?
Written: 9
Submission Ready: 2
Published: 0
Started trying (cluelessly) to get published: November 2005
Submission Ready: 2
Published: 0
Started trying (cluelessly) to get published: November 2005
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I took it to mean a novel that's written from start to finish, even if it's a rough draft. In which case, since I was 12, my total is 47. Of which 10 are submission/publication ready.
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