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Author In Progress
Doormaster:
Jeez. Lotta people writing books around here 0_o;
Ehhhh... I'd like to be an author, but I try not to kid myself about it. I write when I can, but my attention span just isn't long enough. I start a story well enough, but I generally get distracted by a new idea before too long. Hopefully I can fix that during college next year.
As you can see, I also have supreme self-confidence.
hntdsoul:
I started writing poetry in the mid 70's and had finished my first book in the early 80's. It never saw anything but the inside of my desk. That started a very long writing path that has yet to see a publish. I'm on my 5th novel now. Of the 5 that I've written, two survive. The other three and most of my short stories and game campaigns were lost in a flood a few years ago. I've written many MANY shorts, quite a few that have been submitted. They never seem to meet current need. The same is true with my 4th novel, which was actually requested by 15 different agents and houses based on my queries. Again, it didn't meet current needs.
I'm a story teller, and I always will be. Do I want to get published? Absolutely! If I knew right now that I would never get published, would I stop writing? NOT A CHANCE!!!
To the art of storytelling, and may we embrace it as long as we draw breath!
RMatthewWare:
I just finished by most recent draft of my novel. I just need to get a critique, then I'll start agent-hunting. It's take just under a year and a half, which I think isn't that bad for someone with a full time job and a baby. I think it'll be ready for the world in just a month or two. Very exciting.
Matt
meg_evonne:
I write compulsively, frequently obsessively, as my filthy house contests. I literally share with no one but after 30 years the stories and characters are really good and sometimes great. Better yet the stories consistently have an easy flow and drop like a waterfall onto the keyboard, especially my sci-fi. I visited Jim's journal and read some of his advice to newbies and decided that I was at a turning point, get better at the craft I love or just ferment. Of course fermintation has it's good points, i.e. Mac's ale--but I did some research on line and dropped a sample onto mediabistro.com to see if they would accept me in a novel writing class. Ouch--they accepted. So I researched again--I mean if they accepted me, they must suck to be perfectly honest. Turns out they are quite legit. Had a blast and pounded out a novella with enough in the hopper to reach a full length novel eventually.
It was a wonderul learning experience and the professionals in the class were complementary. I plan on a grammar course (another big ouch!) this summer and then I'll try a class on line again with the same teacher. None of them had the vaguest notion about sci-fi/fantasy but they enjoyed the ride and especially liked the ill-fated love relationship between two characters; so much so that they wouldn't let me kill off the female. Luckily with sci-fi you can always figure a way to bring back a released soul from the ether, right?
Author? no. Wanna be? no. but it would be nice if I continue to grow and enjoy the craft! Let's face it, once a character has you, it won't let you go until it's on paper. Now I fear that the characters are yanking me out of my private nature...
And this is my first posting. So again, a big step.
Meg
hntdsoul:
Great share Meg. Welcome and happy writing.
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