Some of these are really great. I wanna play too, but reading what's been posted here, I'm gonna have to try harder from now on.

::sigh:: 

One of these is published the other isn't. Not saying which is which...

   “He’s one of the fallen,” Father Papous said, his thick arms crossed over the belly he’d wedged against the small wrought-iron café table. He looked pinched in the middle like a balloon animal.

   “You think they’ll try to kill me?”
   “Yes.” Zade wouldn’t look at her. His gaze fixed on the street lamp across from Isabel’s bedroom window. The light’s honey glow was a safer sight, by far, than the little witch drifting toward sleep behind him in the dark.

With so many topics about Fan Fiction I figured there'd be several people on these boards who'd be interested in the following information...

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Are you a fan of Star Trek? Have you always wanted to write a Star Trek
novel? Simon and Schuster publishes the very successful line of Star Trek
fiction. They're looking for 400-page manuscripts featuring Star Trek characters
from The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, or Star Trek: Enterprise. Detailed submission
guidelines are available at
(http://www.simonsays.com/content/feature.cfm?sid=44&feature_id=439) or (http://tinyurl.com/mvlgy)
The guidelines are a bit confusing, in that at one point they state the publisher only
accepts agented submissions, then later go on to give detailed information for
submitting your first three chapters and synopsis. And the FAQ section
specifically says that previously published unagented authors may submit the first
three chapters and synopsis. So if you have a great story, I say submit it
per their guidelines even if you don't have an agent. You won't own copyright
to the work, but my understanding is that these books pay very well and
writing one of them is a good credit on your resume.

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This info is from a legitimate writing source.

This simply blows my mind. I asked a similar question on a writers loop...(wherein everyone on the list writes and most strive for publication or have already attained publication)

The question was, how do you feel about fan fiction based on your own personal worlds and characters. Love it, hate it, don’t care.

The response is almost exactly half and half. Half the writers love it, half hate it. It seems so odd that there isn’t a more decided view one way or the other.

One thing is certain, Fan Fiction elicits strong feelings (good and bad). Few people are indifferent about it.

With what I’ve read on this thread and what I learned from my unscientific poll, it seems to me, that the decision should be left to the original author. If he/she loves fan fiction then his/her fans should go to town and have a blast. But if the original author has made it clear they’d rather not have people playing with his/her toys then the fans should have enough respect to abide by it.

I recently got word from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/index.htm that they’ve put a hold on a submission I sent to them. Basically means they’ll buy it if there’s room in one of their upcoming issues within the next three months. According to them it’s no small accomplishment...even though it doesn’t sound like much...I’s pretty proud. 
They're a paying print mag out of Australia

Does every thread ever created (even the odd "joke" threads I keep falling for...thank you Bob) stay forever on the boards?

I mean, we're up to like 7 or 8 pages of threads and it's a bit overwhelming to try and swim through all of them. It seems if a topic hasn't been commented on for a certain number of days or whatever it could be deleted. It may not be that people aren't interested, but with 7+ pages of topics it's hard to notice them all.

And is it just me or is the prospect of reading 8+ pages of comments enough to make you ill? And I know in many cases after the fourth page or so, people just start repeating what's already been said in older posts. By page 8+ the thread is pretty much back where it started.

Is there a way to rein in the wild out of control threads and weed out the dead ones?

Just wondering...and doing my part to increase the number to topic pages. 

Thank you,
~Paige

I outline. I make notes. I write about each character to get to know them, where they came from what made them the person they are. I write synopsizes for each chapter so I know what important event is happening in each.

I tried "writing by the seat of my pants." Doesn't work for me.  I write myself into corners. But that's me!

I know lots of writers who don't outline. Lots of writers who outline, but not as extensively as me. I know authors who use note cards, other’s who use white boards. I know a bunch who use sticky notes.  I know about as many different ways to approach writing a story as I do different authors. Everyone's different. There's no "right" way.

My advice...stop sweatin' the small stuff and start writing.  You'll figure it out, grasshopper.

~Paige

~Here endth the lesson~ ::snicker::

Hi, Shannon!! 
I'm just as happy to hear from you as Jim. The information was what I was after.

I didn't really picture Jim as the postcard and bookmark kinda author. I personally have never bought a book because of some promotional item. I found Jim through word of mouth, just like I found Kelly Armstrong, Kim Harrision, LKH, Anne Rice, etc... In fact I've never seen a promotional item from any of those authors except for the occasional ad, which I only noticed after I started reading them.

You're a new romance author...are you feeling the pressure to go promotion crazy? The market feels so much more flooded with romance than the other genres, maybe that's why it's different for us.
I do like the...write it well and they will read...mentality. I'm just not sure I have enough of that kind of steely mentality. ~L~
Thanks for the info!!
~Paige

Quote from: Paige on June 04, 2006, 12:34:18 AM

...but Ashton and Fred... Real? Or Memorex?

Yes.

Well that was vague.

Kidding. 

Nice picture.

Seriously.

Thanks!
Really...moving on now.

~Paige