The No News is No News Purgatory Thread, Vol. 7

JoNightshade said:

So I went to a playdate this morning, was a bit late so there were about 7 ladies there when I showed up. They all turned around simultaneously and said "CONGRATULATIONS!"

I had this moment of complete confusion thinking, "OMG how do they know? WTF????!?!?!?!"

Then I realized they meant getting pregnant.

Oh, this baby thing? Pssh, whatever.

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I love your priorities.

lwalker said:

HA! I fell asleep revising once and woke up with 200 PAGES of “d”s.

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Jo, oh are we ar the rep stage? Me, please!

Jo!!!!!!


Amarie


Jenn!

First things first!

WHOOO HOOOO, JO!!!!!



(having read the book, I can't say that I'm entirely surprised... )

CONGRATULATIONS, Amarie! That is wonderful news!!!

Noompsy, so glad to hear that your school system is so awesome and that your kidlet is doing well!

I must have miscommunicated some. My folks live in San Diego. My sis lives in SF. I have cousins and such in Sacramento. But I was born and raised in SD, and I've lived in Venice longer than I've lived anywhere -- so, roots-wise, I'm pretty rooted where I am.

I mainly don't want to leave California, because yeah, it's my home. And I'm not at a place in my life where I think it's a good idea to go someplace that isn't "home."

Oh dear, poor Rickette! I have no idea what to suggest...

Howdy, JennW!

Clovia said:

There is no greater awesome than bears dispatched to protect the Olympic torch.

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Oh, perhaps there is! Thirteen Bears and a Newsreader on Marijuana!

YAY for all the good purgy news!!!!!! (And if there are reps, I want one...)

Okay, so, after another chat with the agent, etc. it looks like we're taking this offer. Nothing signed yet, but I shall start attempting to go back and rep...

Ooh, rep, Jo

i mainly repped everyone so very little left to say here.

but, jo, i wants a rep!

Okay, I THINK I got everyone. Some people twice, even. If you didn't get one, let me know.

Aaah. Another day, another happy client.

Hi all. Crazy busy weekend - including driving 2.5 hours, doing a 3 hour workshop, then driving 2.5 hours back on Saturday. All day errands on Sunday. I was soo disoriented Monday thinking it should have been Sunday...

I repped as I went, but it should be repeated:

WooHoo!!!!! Jo, I'm so excited for you! Rep me!!!

Hi, JennW! Lovely to see you!

Lwalker - you can do it - just write, and revise, and worry about pacing after you make the changes you would like to make - ie, finish, then review the pacing. But trust your instincts

Blond - you can do it - I know you can - and rest, once in a while, is necessary.

I know I'm missing stuff...hugs and high fives as needed.

~suki

Jo, awesome!!!!!!!!

Yay, Lily!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So much good news today!!!

I likes it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jo - I needs a rep!

Lily - Yay for new ideas. Good luck.

callalily61 said:

He also wanted to make sure there was no potential for paranormal bestiality. I said definitely not. ew. ew.ew.ew.

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I might regret asking this, but what is the difference between paranormal bestiality and REGULAR bestiality?

Okay so I guess my question is, what is considered bestiality in the paranormal realm? Like is a human and a demon bestiality? Or a human and a... uh... I dunno, I don't get into this genre much so... um... a zombie? Or a centaur?

Dang, I'm late to the party. Jo, I'll take a rep, and this sounds totally awesome!

tri

JoNightshade said:

Okay so I guess my question is, what is considered bestiality in the paranormal realm? Like is a human and a demon bestiality? Or a human and a... uh... I dunno, I don't get into this genre much so... um... a zombie? Or a centaur?

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It can be tricky because some characters are semi-human or mostly-human or can transform along a spectrum of human to animal. For me, a centaur would be over the line. Physically, that's an animal.

By the way... I know nothing is written in stone on my contract yet and we've got all that to go through. But I do just want to take a moment to tell the unpubbed folks in here to NEVER GIVE UP.

I started writing my first complete novel when I was 15, finished when I was 16, failed to get it published. I've written several more since then, none of which went anywhere. I'm 30 now. So I've literally spent half my life pursuing this dream.

I joined AW five years ago, and I've seen person after person (many in this thread) land publishing deals. I often thought, "When is it going to be my turn? Will it EVER be my turn?"

This particular novel was one of many I've written, and it certainly was not the most marketable. But it's the one I truly believed in. I've spent roughly 10 years working on the manuscript, on and off. I did multiple rounds of queries for several different revisions of the book. This last round of queries racked up well upwards of 300 rejections. (Actually more like 350.) The agent I now have rejected the first query I sent him. He asked for the MS a few hours after I sent the second. He was the only agent to offer representation.

I guess my point here is that, while Blond is right when she said publishing is more chaos theory than skill - it's also not quite random. Maybe you won't hit the "jackpot" the first time or the second time or the 349th time. But if you keep working at it, if you keep striving to be a better writer, keep improving your craft, and just KEEP ON PERSEVERING, it will happen.

It might not happen for another decade, but if you want it bad enough, it will.

JoNightshade said:

Okay so I guess my question is, what is considered bestiality in the paranormal realm? Like is a human and a demon bestiality? Or a human and a... uh... I dunno, I don't get into this genre much so... um... a zombie? Or a centaur?

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Hands off my centaur!