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I think I have, now, quit revising...
There is a difference between revision that is improvement and revision that is just change. I think I am done making improvements... I intend to print out all 679 pages tomorrow, and pack it off before I can start reading it again!
This morning I woke with a dream that led to 4 pages of notes for a new novel... I can't start seriously playing in that playground until I close the gate on this one...
posted by
Ciel
on April 24, 2005 at 6:58 PM
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Quit revising Ciel. I sent him off to a writing mentor to iron out a few problems which was great
posted by
Azur
on April 24, 2005 at 6:03 AM
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MayB, here's a suggestion for your writer husband:
Get thee to a Writer's Conference! Pay what it costs to get agents to review your first pages and give you a brief but focussed consult... Nothin works like face-to-face!
After fruitless experiences with queries, I found two agents interested at the first such conference I went to. I am now on the very edge of the fringe of the verge of sending the complete ms off to the first of them... If only I could stop revising!
Good luck to both you writers!
posted by
Ciel
on April 23, 2005 at 11:04 AM
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Maybe it helps us to sizzle a little
posted by
Azur
on April 20, 2005 at 8:29 PM
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"Ah seethes dead peepuls"
Mike Tyson in a remake of "The Sixth Sense".
Or, "Da Sixsss Sense".
We all seethe once in a while. Each day.
posted by
majroj
on April 20, 2005 at 8:23 PM
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Majroj, yes he is and I think sometimes he seethes
posted by
Azur
on April 20, 2005 at 5:28 AM
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Hope he cooks and does dishes.
posted by
majroj
on April 19, 2005 at 8:54 PM
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DarrkeThoughts, I am pretty fortunate too
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:31 PM
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MerryAnne, yes in some ways it would be easier that way however at least we understand the challenges and the slow phases (most of the time)
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:31 PM
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Tapsel, thanks. I think it has an impact when both have related aims.
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:30 PM
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You know, MayB - I sometimes wonder if the life of any couple is really well balanced as far as work output and income gendered.no matter what employ. I'm sure there must be a few but it doesn't seem like many. May you soon be blessed with the work you enjoy and lots of money coming in.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 19, 2005 at 3:18 PM
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I hope your man realizes how lucky he is!
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on April 19, 2005 at 10:53 AM
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I'm glad my hubby isn't a writer...
he's hard enough to live with as is. :)
posted by
MerryAnne
on April 19, 2005 at 6:43 AM
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Hollee, thank you for understanding. I don't recommend this lifestyle
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:46 AM
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CarolynMoe, generally I am too exhausted to S_E_E_T_H
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:44 AM
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Scoop, I wonder if that would work
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:43 AM
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Talion, I hope the day I can laugh is not too far off
posted by
Azur
on April 19, 2005 at 4:43 AM
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MayB - this is a hard thing you're dealing with--I'm glad I don't live
with a fellow writer--I lived with my father for 18 years--an editor and a writer--and that was by far enough for me. We writer's are a tough lot to stomach sometimes. You have my sympathy and admiration both.
posted by
Hollee
on April 18, 2005 at 6:22 PM
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S-E-E-T-H... insert forked-tongued emoticon...
I feel like praying... I'll light a cigarette and put my foot down for you.
posted by
cmoe
on April 18, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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What writers need is like the commercials we see for
"Starving Artist Sale" a way to make a buck
posted by
scoop
on April 18, 2005 at 4:39 PM
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You should print this post and frame it. When your name is splashed all over the best-seller's lists, you can look back at it and laugh.
posted by
Talion
on April 18, 2005 at 4:26 PM
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