Obsessive Rep Point Checkers Club (Volume IV)

FabricatedParadise said:

And now, a throwback to the old AOL chatroom days:

A/S/L check!

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Backread. Why was it time for that? I may be still tired, but I didn't make the connection.

Though in the chatroom I frequent most, that translates into: An only?/Series?/Language writing/reading in.

Morning guys.

Great news. I received a contract for my book from an e-publisher last night about 9:30pm PT.

I am so psyched!

~that is all.

Congrats, PD! Whoot!

Yesterday is a doubly-great day, eh?

Thanks Del, yes it is - once I read the contract over .

Yeah, deffo read the contract. And ask questions (in email) about it if you have any. File the email with the answers away, so if there's any problem, you have proof of what they promised you.

Learned that the hard way with a small press.

DeleyanLee said:

Yeah, deffo read the contract. And ask questions (in email) about it if you have any. File the email with the answers away, so if there's any problem, you have proof of what they promised you.

Learned that the hard way with a small press.

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Thanks sooo much for the info!

My experience with getting a book published by a small press was probably among the worst possible, so I've heard. Thus, I have a lot of precautionary things that I look for when dealing with them.

It's part of the joys of having done something for so bloody long. LOL!

parumpdragon said:

Morning guys.

Great news. I received a contract for my book from an e-publisher last night about 9:30pm PT.

I am so psyched!

~that is all.

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That's great. Congrats!!

DeleyanLee said:

My experience with getting a book published by a small press was probably among the worst possible, so I've heard. Thus, I have a lot of precautionary things that I look for when dealing with them.

It's part of the joys of having done something for so bloody long. LOL!

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Vince524 said:

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That's great. Congrats!!

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Aw, thanks Vince

It's a little early, I'm still looking over the contract But it looks good.

Congrats, PD.

Is this the book you were previously shopping to agents, or something else?

Wouldn't it be funny if it were the same e-publisher that I have?

Vince524 said:

Wouldn't it be funny if it were the same e-publisher that I have?

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It's not

FabricatedParadise said:

It's not

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Ah. Pimping out the new job finally paid off for you, did it?

So if pd decides this contract isn't on the up-and-up things are going to be awkward around here?

*settles in with a big bowl of M&Ms*




What? My stomach's playing up. I can't handle popcorn.

Neurotic said:

So if pd decides this contract isn't on the up-and-up things are going to be awkward around here?

*settles in with a big bowl of M&Ms*




What? My stomach's playing up. I can't handle popcorn.

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Not awkward at all. PD needs to make her own choices about what's right for her and her book. If it's not right for her, it's not right for her.

I will say though, I wouldn't be about to sub my own work if the contract wasn't fair . I'm subbing my MS this coming week.

slcboston said:

Ah. Pimping out the new job finally paid off for you, did it?

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Lol pimping out the new job?

FabricatedParadise said:

Lol pimping out the new job?

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Yes.


I'm not sure what else you'd call your tendency to work it into every single conversation.




(I kid. You've not been that bad. About half your convos, at most.)

I have

CONGRATS, PD!!! *sending out positive vibes*

parumpdragon said:

Morning guys.

Great news. I received a contract for my book from an e-publisher last night about 9:30pm PT.

I am so psyched!

~that is all.

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Woot! Congrats, PD! May the contract be everything you dreamed - and more.

Finally got a new Journal entry up.

I need to do these more often.

Why don't you sit down and write up a whole bunch of them at once, so you have them when you want to post another?

Decide a day before you run out to write up another batch.

That way, you have plenty of time to review, rewrite, etc, before posting.

DeleyanLee said:

Why don't you sit down and write up a whole bunch of them at once, so you have them when you want to post another?

Decide a day before you run out to write up another batch.

That way, you have plenty of time to review, rewrite, etc, before posting.

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This.

Because for some of us, the process doesn't work that way?


Just a possibility there.

It was a thought. I mean, if you can sit and write several pages on a book (or scenes or whatever), it might be possible to do the same for blogging. Or do one every day and post them not that often. The idea is to build up a store of them so when RL shite hits the fan, you're not stuck without.
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That's what I did when I had a blog I put writing essays on. When I could do that, it was great. When I ran out of that stock pile, the blog failed and I finally closed it.

It was just a thought.

night-flyer said:

I have

CONGRATS, PD!!! *sending out positive vibes*

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Nice. They're so cute.

Ctairo said:

Woot! Congrats, PD! May the contract be everything you dreamed - and more.

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Oh my, what a parade!