Giving it the old team try

adipose · 11-27-2012, 04:09 AM

Hi everyone,

This is a bit daunting for me, but I'm hopeful.

My deal is basically this: I'm a journalist by training, currently a magazine editor. I always wanted to write fiction, but sort of forgot about it/put it by the wayside during college. I wrote an article about the publishing industry for a class one time, and my professor asked me why I wasn't writing books. I said I didn't know, and he told me I still "had the pixie dust," whatever that means.

I'm doing NaNoWriMo right now, but I'm cheating a little bit as I already had about 10,000 words before I started. I want to do it right: just use NaNo as a way to extract the draft however possible, revise it myself, get some beta readers here perhaps, and then, maybe, if it's good enough, send some queries.

thehairymob · 11-27-2012, 08:56 PM

regdog · 11-27-2012, 08:58 PM

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Nickie · 11-27-2012, 09:40 PM

Hello there, and welcome to AW.

IAMWRITER · 11-27-2012, 10:34 PM

Hi and welcome!

August Talok · 11-27-2012, 10:52 PM

Greetings and Salutations.

Griffin Hayes · 11-28-2012, 12:03 AM

Welcome!

KellyAssauer · 11-28-2012, 02:59 AM

Hi Adipose!

Welcome to AW!

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Tepelus · 11-28-2012, 03:29 AM

Hello, and welcome!

drzimo · 11-28-2012, 03:45 AM

Welcome to the Forum!

L. Y. · 11-28-2012, 04:09 AM

Hello.

to the Water Cooler!

F.L.N · 11-28-2012, 04:35 AM

Welcome to AW!

Manuel Royal · 11-28-2012, 05:09 AM

Howdy!

rwm4768 · 11-28-2012, 08:27 AM

Welcome. Good luck with the novel.

sadron · 11-28-2012, 01:06 PM

Welcome!

hannahward07 · 11-28-2012, 04:50 PM

Hiya!

NicolaD · 11-29-2012, 07:30 AM

Welcome, adipose! Good luck with your wip.

11-27-2012, 04:09 AM	#1
adipose New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 35	Giving it the old team try Hi everyone, This is a bit daunting for me, but I'm hopeful. My deal is basically this: I'm a journalist by training, currently a magazine editor. I always wanted to write fiction, but sort of forgot about it/put it by the wayside during college. I wrote an article about the publishing industry for a class one time, and my professor asked me why I wasn't writing books. I said I didn't know, and he told me I still "had the pixie dust," whatever that means. I'm doing NaNoWriMo right now, but I'm cheating a little bit as I already had about 10,000 words before I started. I want to do it right: just use NaNo as a way to extract the draft however possible, revise it myself, get some beta readers here perhaps, and then, maybe, if it's good enough, send some queries.

11-27-2012, 08:56 PM	#2
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