The Next Circle of Hell

Trailer is awesome. Echoing JBuck, love the atmosphere.

Hillary, your icon has changed!

Why yes, yes it has.

Valca!

Peggy, I FINALLY got the see the trailer. Loved it. Awesome job. Sorry I didn't tweet you sooner. I'm in the writing cave and only supposed to be let out for good behavior. Seriously, I've had my phone switched off for the three days.

Is that your new cover art, Hilary? Wow! This writing business gets in the way of all the fun stuff.

Hugs and boos and yays all around!

Btw: I got my deal between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, so editors are definitely out and about at those times. Can't believe it's been a year.

Back to the cave.

Hillary, cover art is beautiful!

I got some good news today in the inbox. MS is of two second round readers at one big publishing house. Small squee.

Yay, Its2Snappy!
So excited for you!!! (I bet you look like this right now - )
Hopefully this will lead to the big YES!

As for me, tumbleweeds...

Thanks, Rosie! Good to know the editors are out and about.
*hands Rosie plate of delicious snacks for her cave-time*

rosiecotton said:

Is that your new cover art, Hilary? Wow! This writing business gets in the way of all the fun stuff.

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It is. Thanks! Now, back to the cave with you!

Its2Snappy said:

Hillary, cover art is beautiful!

I got some good news today in the inbox. MS is of two second round readers at one big publishing house. Small squee.

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Thank-you!

And yay. I hope it makes it to acquisitions and beyond!

Its2Snappy YAYYYYYYYYYY!!! Second reads, so exciting!!!! Fingers crossed, and toes crossed too!

Awesome news, Snappy. Crossing everything!

Thanks for the yummy treats, JBuck, and for whip crack, Hillary

ps. your cover is gorgeous.


Okay, really back to the cave now.

HILLARY!!!!!!!!!! (Love the cover. And the Dutch would love those eyes!)
ITS2SNAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Peggy. (And I was totally thinking of the Dutch when I sent my thoughts to the art dept. )

Thanks all. I am excited and terrified!

Get used to it! Excited, terrified, and frustrated seem to live in the same place!

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Thanks all. I am excited and terrified!

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Good luck, Snappy!

Welcome to the Emo-Coaster!

Hillary! *Cover-swoon*! Yay! So, so happy-proud-happy-speznas-splashing-everywhere PSYCHED for you.

Snappy! Grabbing your hands and jumping up and down. HUGE squee.

I've been missing all the juicy news, obviously. Still have to read backward to catch up.

My favorite news of the moment is NaNoWriMo. I finished on the 29th, late night. I banged out another kick-ass ms. Feels like early Xmas. : )

Also, another pro read my presently subbed ms and raved (and weeped! I'm making everyone weep, lol).

And as for the nibble. Still waiting. Could hear news any day.

Everything crossed for all of us.

Em

Its2Snappy said:

Hillary, cover art is beautiful!

I got some good news today in the inbox. MS is of two second round readers at one big publishing house. Small squee.

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Thanks Em!

Wishing you Good News for (early) Christmas!

Peggy Blair said:

Get used to it! Excited, terrified, and frustrated seem to live in the same place!

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Other Lisa said:

Welcome to the Emo-Coaster!

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Yes and yes! Thanks again for all the support and reps. This is quite the up and down ride.

It totally is.

*whispers* wait till publication...

It appears from where I sit that you novel writers tend to work with publishers and agents who give you great advice on how to improve your work, and who respect you and your talent. I really like that.
Here are the kind of paint huffers script writers have to deal with.

LOVE that link, MarioC. And this one fits my book to a tee:

Give him a ghost


Her: I haven’t read your script yet, but I’ll give you some notes anyway.
Me: But don’t you want to—
Her: How much do you know about structure?
Me: A lot.
Her: Where’s the first act end?
Me: Around page 30…
Her: That’s good. That’s good. Does your main character have a ghost?
Me: A…
Her: Ah, see, you don’t know what a ghost is. Your hero needs something in his past, something that drives him.
Me: Well, actually he does, sort of. It’s hard to explain. If you read the—
Her: As long as you give him a ghost, it’s fine. It could have been a long lost brother, or a family secret.
Me: I get you, but it’d probably be better if you read the script to see what I mean.
Her: No, that’s ok. I know what I’m talking about. People who refuse to use my notes never get produced.

I know all about those types Mario, I used to work on TV shows.

The problem is, once a studio hits a certain size, there are excess bodies in the middle-upper management who feel like they have to contribute so they don't get fired, but really have no idea what they're talking about. So they'll give you a bunch of stupid notes just to justify their continued existence.

Ah yes. The "piss on it so it's mine" phenomena (I worked at a film studio).