Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Least you gotta job. Man I need work.
True, and I feel your pain. I've been out of work for a long, long time. I suspect that's a big reason that I'm so nervous, though it's mostly due to being unfamiliar with the job. I'll learn. I'm just not looking forward to the painful learning process.
I really need a job, just to help around the house. Just to show I'm not some lazy college student. It's hard getting a job however when you have less on your resume than a 3-week old fetus .
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SeraRelm
"What have you done recently?"
"A three week old fetus"
"A three week old fetus"
And just heard back from Ace publishers. This one I'd submitted back in September.
Rejected.
Rejected.
Just keep sending it out and about. Rejection is completely crappy, but is a part of the publishing process. I hope you don't get too discouraged.
It's hard not to. At this point, it feels like it's never going to be published. All I get back are form letters, no feedback. That can never be a good sign.
Yeah. I'm sure it's just such a buyer's market right now that if they don't immediately think they can hit the best seller list AND option the script for the inevitable movie version they just pass on it.
How "good" it is probably doesn't matter, it'll just be about how marketable the property might be.
--Patrick
How "good" it is probably doesn't matter, it'll just be about how marketable the property might be.
--Patrick
ThatNickGuy, have you thought about finding an agent to help you find the right publisher? I would also recommend getting a guide book for agenst, editors and publishers. My favorite author recommends Jerr Herman's Guide to Agents, Editors, and Publishers. Have you looked at the quearyshark yet? I think having a good query letter can make all the difference on getting picked up.
I know it's disheartening and I can't even imagine what it's like going through that (although I will hopefully sometime this year or next....), but I imagine this is something important to you. Don't give up. =^^= (That same favorite author of mine - it took her three years to find an agent, by sending out query letters, and it took that agent a year to find a publisher.)
I know it's disheartening and I can't even imagine what it's like going through that (although I will hopefully sometime this year or next....), but I imagine this is something important to you. Don't give up. =^^= (That same favorite author of mine - it took her three years to find an agent, by sending out query letters, and it took that agent a year to find a publisher.)
I have a Novel and Short Story Market book. Just picked up a new one recently, actually. And I don't know. I've e-mailed agents but same thing.
Well, I think some of the advice still stands: research writing a good query letter, keep sending it out and keep sending it out. Don't give up!
Query letter is what gets agents to read the pages you send. Really, agents are the ones you're supposed to be aiming for, because they're the ones with contacts to publishers. And you don't want to send them one at a time, you want to send out 10 or so. Like I told you in private before, you have the unfortunate task of having written a good book with a strange premise and having to get agents/publishers to understand there's a market for that. They may not. But there are other books of its nature, that feel like comic books in prose.
Of course, you could always rewrite it so the protagonist is some sallow, emotionless teenage girl...
As for own writing whining, I wish editors weren't so damn expensive.
Now was not the time for a new rat, dammit.
Last week one of the older rats bit the baby's tail. It looked like just a scrape, but now its all swollen and discharging stuff. We had to take him to the vet, pay a chunky bill, and now he'll be medicated for a bit. He's been sluggish and in pain, and now he has to be separated from the rat that was his buddy (not the one that bit him, who he was never in a cage with). This also means putting off the neutering, which is probably good for us financially, but it going to create more time-consuming problems at home as we have to basically do double out of cage time--two hours for the neutered rats, with one hour for the baby and one hour for the rat that bit him.
If I wasn't getting little enough work done because of that, I can't put down this friggin A Song of Ice and Fire novel. Now was not the time to start reading another compelling work of fiction by George RR Martin, dammit.
Last week one of the older rats bit the baby's tail. It looked like just a scrape, but now its all swollen and discharging stuff. We had to take him to the vet, pay a chunky bill, and now he'll be medicated for a bit. He's been sluggish and in pain, and now he has to be separated from the rat that was his buddy (not the one that bit him, who he was never in a cage with). This also means putting off the neutering, which is probably good for us financially, but it going to create more time-consuming problems at home as we have to basically do double out of cage time--two hours for the neutered rats, with one hour for the baby and one hour for the rat that bit him.
If I wasn't getting little enough work done because of that, I can't put down this friggin A Song of Ice and Fire novel. Now was not the time to start reading another compelling work of fiction by George RR Martin, dammit.
Why is it so freakin' hard to find Naval Jelly? I think that Baking Soda is puttin' em down man. Baking soda sucks!
Where do you think I was today? My town has a lot of iron in the water. Mostly joking about the baking soda....mostly.
I'll give that a try. Would it work on toilets?
Edit:I just realized this was my 666th post on this forum. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wish I put it in that discussion of the beast topic.
Cajungal
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EEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHH. PMS. I had a painful eye twitch because Jake overfilled the ice trays. Overfilled the ice trays. Of all the stupid things to get mad at... All I want is ice cream. And South Park. I'm going to watch South Park now until I'm fit to be around other human beings again. This is stupid.
South Park + Ice Cream = Winning. Your on the track Cage.
Cajungal
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I am the Chinpokomon Master!
I got shoe!
To destroy the American government! Paraphrased not dictated.
Guys..guys....I'm kinda embarrassed so I'm going to spoil this.
Yyyyup.
I can't stop farting. These are rancid. Jet is gone for the night and its supposed to be sexy night! I feel like I am waging biological war against my husband. I can't, in good conscience, let him near that area. I may kill him.
Yyyyup.
Must...retain....laughter! Course who am I to make fun of farting. I got more gas than America before the Hummer![spoiler/]
I would but we had a blizzard today. I can't get out!
The cat has moved so far away from me.
It used to be funny (I'm a child when it comes to this stuff) but now it is actually becoming distressing.I am being reminded of that movie DreamCatcher.
Eh, cats are weird. My house has cats around it ALL THE TIME. Why my house is a hang-out for cats to do cat stuff I have no idea. I wouldn't mind if not for the fact that they DIG UP MY FREAKIN' GARDEN!
are you sure your husband isn't into that sort of thing?
This one could be tricky, but borrow a horse for the night and blame the smell on him if the smell is too bad. I don't know where yer gettin the horse though, I don't have all the answers.
Oh the fights the ex and I would have during PMS week. Those were some hilarious times to look back on.