Purgatory's Pit of Doom

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madderblue

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Snappy, resistance if futile. The Pit has taken over your own body even. But very happy it's treatable and you'll be up and swinging soon. And Hashimotos sounds so~ Japanese. I'm going to have to look that up.

Tri, Track Changes feels like a whole new language to me. I afraid to do anything lest I screw it all up. Or order something totally whacky from the menu.
 

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Belated modest natal day, Steve.

{{{Snappy}}} But yay you know what's going on and you can do something about it.

Three query rejections today. Thank you, Monday.
 

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Guys, would you rather sell a standalone book first and go on to sell a series, or sell a series right off the bat? What if you sell a standalone, and it only does okay? Would you have to go under a pseudonym if you want to sell a series?

Lord, this is what happens when I submit to my agent...I start thinking all sorts of stuff...
 

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Roly, those are very theoretical questions! I'd love a two-book deal, a stand-alone and another book to be named, possibly a sequel or another stand-alone. I think the tendency to sell trilogies these days (which I don't write) is going to be a pit (not a Pit) that many debut writers will need to dig themselves out of.

On the other hand, a trilogy is more likely get a marketing push. But publishers still can't push them all.
 

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Roly, I'd take any kind of book deal. But seriously, series scare the hell out of me. So much commitment, and I get bored way too easily. R, which is the one I'll probably be on sub with next, has an ending that is very much set up for a sequel, and it worries me. Don't know what I'd do or what sort of deal I'd want.
 

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Ink, I read initially "probably be on sub with next WEEK." I wish!
 

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(((Cricket))) *mixes up a fresh round of maggotinis*

Thanks for all of the luv. Relieved to have a result and something that can be treated.

Roly, I'd take any book deal. In urban fantasy and paranormal romance, series are fairly common. And since those are my genres, I'm open to it. In fact, the one that's with the agents now, I'd like to pitch as a series option.
 

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Mornin', Pit

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LOL, DVI on you doing a series being a WIP Cougar. The only way you could do it is if the SNI was a really long book that you write and then, thereafter, split it up into 3 books.

Roly, caveat excluded that we all just want a deal, my answer is--it depends on the books. See, you may have a really epic/BIG 1 book idea that would work well for you as a standalone off the bat and then you can work in the series to continue career momentum.

On the other hand, if the standalone is not "huge" it may be best to get the series done first because that way you do the slow steady career build and the standalone looks bigger after that.
 

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Haven't checked in for a few days, but I wanted to thank everyone for the reppies!

And (((hugs))) for everyone who needs one...
 

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Feeling genuinely pittish today. Going to hang out under the couch. Shout if you need me.
 

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(((Snappy))) Work? Health? Writing? The weight of it all? I'm sorry.
 

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Thank you pitizens. Just overall icky. I'm tired and cranky is all.

ETA: Yeah, Kellion. Combination of everything right now. Trying to be patient about it all, but it's not working for me.
 
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I just had an epiphany. If you don't have anything out there (on sub or with an agent) then you have nothing to fear. There's no anxiety, panic, impending feelings of doom.

As to Roly's question, I want one-book deals for my adult novels and multiple-book deals for my mid grades (under a pen name). And I want them all at once and I want the time to write them. But that would mean I'd have to send something to someone which would harsh my nice mellow. So I don't know...
 

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Muted woohoo, Tri.

I want all those contracts too, Madder. But then I have to write all those books...
 

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I quoted poetry in my novel, never dreaming I'd have to deal with pesky copyright issues. I guess I thought if I attributed the work to the author, and the author was dead...

Actually, what I was really thinking was: I'll never freaking get published, so why worry about it?

So now I'm scrambling to find public domain poets...
 

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What a hassle, Cat! But better than paying for clearances.
 
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Cat, what a pain. I have a whole bunch of copyrighted song lyrics in ALP. See how worried I am about needing permissions? :roll:

Have a ton of work to do before I leave on vacation Friday, but am supposed to sit through a 3-hour training this morning on information that I don't need to do my job. So frustrating.
 
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