Wednesday, December 7, 2005
How to make an Idea become reality - or not?
It started with MayB’s blog about ideas. Last year I had an idea which a certain writer asked me about, citing the fact that ideas could be franchised. I pooh-poohed the idea and did nothing about it. Of course I felt differently about it after I realised it has since been done. Fury isn’t quite the...
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Sunday, November 20, 2005
Ten whole days to edit a chapter????
Doesn’t that strike fear into your heart? Ten whole days to edit a chapter I had already written? It didn’t take me that long to write it in the first place. I’d be as well forgetting every deadline I have ever set myself. True, we had a visitor from England for a few days and we spent a lot of time...
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Friday, November 18, 2005
Which sector is my book aimed at?
Apart from the fact that the question is grammatically incorrect, I don’t know the answer. Apparently I need to know now, before even finishing the book, what age group my target audience is in. As the young lady from the publishers said, "There is no point in promoting a book about bringing up 3...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Publisher's Form
As anticipated, I have had no response from the form I sent off to the publishers a month today. What annoyed me most was the fact that the form was in their website and readers were requested to send it off. What is the point of asking for a form to be sent to them if they don’t even acknowledge...
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