How's 2010 working out for you so far?

Lisa Cox · Mar 22, 2010

So we're nearly through the first quarter of 2010. For the novelists out there, how's the year holding up for you so far? Have you kept your writing-related New Year's resolutions? Finished the WIP you carried over from last year? Queried anything yet?

I ask, because I fail.

Perks · Mar 22, 2010

It's been a pain in my ass, so far.

lucidzfl · Mar 22, 2010

Pretty good. Going to sub to publishing houses starting in June. And once I've finished my fifth book of this year, going to start subbing to agents.

Writing about a book a month. 3000 words a day.

Going pretty good. A bit insecure of the actual subbing process though. (Though I really shouldn't be)

Mr Flibble · Mar 22, 2010

Pretty good

Sold a novella \o/
Won an award. \o/
WIP 1 just getting finished up now ( I started it the day before Christmas Eve, so that part of my resolution has kept up!) Hoping to query in a week or so. And I even still quite like it!
WIP 2 aka the book from HELL I TELL THEE! with betas.

It's all going good so far. *crosses fingers*

Oh and I've got my first conference coming up in a couple of weeks. I'm looking forwards to that.

gothicangel · Mar 22, 2010

I've been more focused on my degree. Nearly summertime now, so I have five months to devote to my novel writing.

The Grump · Mar 22, 2010

I think I finally got the revisions done on the draft I wrote for 2009. Maybe, started the 2010 draft.

eqb · Mar 22, 2010

Officially delivered the second novel in my trilogy to my editor at Tor. Sold two more novels to Tor. And wrote a new novelette. Alas, I am woefully behind in writing the third in the trilogy, but I think I've figured out how it should start, and I will be applying BIC for the next several months.

lucidzfl · Mar 22, 2010

eqb said:
Officially delivered the second novel in my trilogy to my editor at Tor. Sold two more novels to Tor. And wrote a new novelette. Alas, I am woefully behind in writing the third in the trilogy, but I think I've figured out how it should start, and I will be applying BIC for the next several months.

I am so fucking jealous of you, I had better not run into you in a dark alley.

You apparently have the life I want...

Question: Did you sub direct to Tor or use an agent?

eqb · Mar 22, 2010

lucidzfl said:
Question: Did you sub direct to Tor or use an agent?

I have an agent, and I am damned lucky to have her.

(And I've made a note to avoid dark alleys in the future. *g*)

MsGneiss · Mar 22, 2010

I've been neglecting my fiction writing... completely. But, I'm making a pretty decent living freelance writing and editing boring dull non-fiction stuff. Also, I don't break out into nervous hives whenever anyone asks me how my dissertation is coming along, so that's a bit of progress too. Overall, fail on the fiction front, but the rest makes it a sort of break-even situation.

lucidzfl · Mar 22, 2010

Tor is my #1 preferred publication house. So, I'm very jealous. Awesome work though.

On a side note, I'd say your Agent is lucky to have you. You're the one with the talent to have sold 5 plus books to Tor!

eqb · Mar 22, 2010

lucidzfl said:
Tor is my #1 preferred publication house. So, I'm very jealous. Awesome work though.

Thanks! I'm quite psyched. And I hope to hear news of your sales soon.

On a side note, I'd say your Agent is lucky to have you. You're the one with the talent to have sold 5 plus books to Tor!

Heh. Flattery will get you everywhere.

But since she also reps Ursula Le Guin, Gardner Dozois, and Gene Wolfe, I'd say the luck is really mine.

Namatu · Mar 22, 2010

Resolutions? Writing? Oh. Is that what we're supposed to be doing? I fell off the wagon and must hop back on for revision purposes. The feet, they doth drag.

Stunted · Mar 22, 2010

Creeping along. There have been some challenges, but I've met them effectively, I think.

Jamesaritchie · Mar 22, 2010

Pretty good so far. Just finished a novel that's off to the editor, and have another quick one to write.

And I bought a new work computer, and my son and nephew just bought me a Smith & Wesson 686 stainless steel .357 Magnum revolver.

What more could anyone ask in the first quarter of a year that a novel off to the editor, a new work computer, and a .357 Magnum revolver that he didn't even have to pay for?

erinbee · Mar 22, 2010

I've slacked on my fictional goals, but 2010 is the year my NF debut comes out from Harper so I'm still stoked

Trying to kick my own butt in the deadline department.

Chris P · Mar 22, 2010

lisamarie84x said:
I ask, because I fail.

I answer, because I fail

On the up side, I've got a diligent beta reading one of the three versions of my novel, and the editing/rewriting is progressing.

Wayne K · Mar 22, 2010

Good for you erinbee.

I'm still waiting to hear from 11 houses, and pulling out what's left of my hair. It's been three and a half months now. I've written 35,000 of book 2, and 42,000 of book 3 in the meanwhile

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 22, 2010

2010 is just more of 2009, which was just more of 2008, which was just more of.... I'm reaching the point of throwing in the towel.

Hedgetrimmer · Mar 22, 2010

Jamesaritchie said:
And I bought a new work computer, and my son and nephew just bought me a Smith & Wesson 686 stainless steel .357 Magnum revolver.

You and I have decidedly different approaches to publishing, but our tastes in firearms aren't all that different. The 686 has to be one of the finest ever made. Nobody does a trigger like S&W.

BenPanced · Mar 22, 2010

Al Ross · Mar 22, 2010

I've got 20k words finished of my second book in progress. It's going slow. I will start editing the first one when I finished the first draft of the second. (I hope by end of may.) My plan for this year is to have finished all three planned books, but I am in a bit of slump. I will start getting the first one sold when all three are finished. In the meantime I will not be earning any money with writing.

Also today I promised my daughter I would write a children book for her. I guess from now on, I will start working on two books simultaneously. (I could not say no to her.)

PoppysInARow · Mar 22, 2010

So far I've written and edited one novel and am working on the second. My first book is heading through betas, and with all the extra revisions I have planned, I think I should be ready to sub starting in June. If all goes well.

Hasn't been a bad start, but the last two months I've been very slow in the writing department.

Libbie · Mar 22, 2010

So far, it's been great for me! I got my agent in January, my book went on submission to Crown a little over a week ago, and I'm cracking away at two more historical novels, and making great progress on them. I'm also writing a ton of poetry and finding I seem to have a pretty good knack for it. This surprises me, since I only recently became interested in poetry.

I ought to have another sweet zoo keeping gig in a few weeks here, and in the meantime I've been volunteering heavily, working with giraffes and other African hoofstock as well as my usual birds and domestics. Excellent times, so far!

brokenfingers · Mar 22, 2010

Writing-wise, this year got off to a bad start and my progress slowed considerably.

I'm slowly but surely clawing my way back up and out of my writing hole though.

How's 2010 working out for you so far?

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