Comments on: Some Hypotheticals http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/ Novelist, Dog-Lover, Bon Vivant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lisa Hunter http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7741 Lisa Hunter Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:04:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7741 This may be heresy, but I'd encourage Abigail to get a writing partner. There are probably plenty of writers with the opposite, complimentary problem. This may be heresy, but I’d encourage Abigail to get a writing partner. There are probably plenty of writers with the opposite, complimentary problem.

]]> By: Ilona Andrews http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 Ilona Andrews Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:16:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7709 Fun game:<br/><br/>Hariet: New book. Prove you're not a one trick pony. You obviously have talent because you were picked up by an agent; it's time to demonstrate you can tell more than one story. Chuck up the first book to learning process - no writing is ever wasted since you learn something new every time. Once you second book is written, reread the first book and note the number of times you cringe.<br/><br/><br/>Abigail: Would you like to be my agent? I could use someone like you. You love the industry, why not be a true insider?<br/><br/>Winifred: Get a second opinion Fun game:

Hariet: New book. Prove you’re not a one trick pony. You obviously have talent because you were picked up by an agent; it’s time to demonstrate you can tell more than one story. Chuck up the first book to learning process – no writing is ever wasted since you learn something new every time. Once you second book is written, reread the first book and note the number of times you cringe.

Abigail: Would you like to be my agent? I could use someone like you. You love the industry, why not be a true insider?

Winifred: Get a second opinion

]]> By: Julie Leto http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7688 Julie Leto Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:02:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7688 LOL, Natalie...being insane is a prerequisite for being a successful writer. So she's got that going for her.<br/><br/>Carly's right, too...sometimes manuscripts are not meant to be sold. I got a lot of positive feedback from my first book, but trust me, they were being kind. LOL, Natalie…being insane is a prerequisite for being a successful writer. So she’s got that going for her.

Carly’s right, too…sometimes manuscripts are not meant to be sold. I got a lot of positive feedback from my first book, but trust me, they were being kind.

]]> By: Carly Phillips http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7686 Carly Phillips Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:15:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7686 Oh of course I meant to add, sometimes there just is no beauty in that first manuscript, LOL. And just because someone is an agent or a published writer and gives you advice, that doesn't mean it's always right. Hence dump that agent in your example. Oh of course I meant to add, sometimes there just is no beauty in that first manuscript, LOL. And just because someone is an agent or a published writer and gives you advice, that doesn’t mean it’s always right. Hence dump that agent in your example.

]]> By: Carly Phillips http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7685 Carly Phillips Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:13:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7685 Diana, what a great idea. I think everyone's got it, obviously. So ... What Julie Leto said would be my advice too.<br/><br/>I can't believe how many people think they are failures if they don't sell every book they write, so if they don't sell book one, they polish the beauty out of it. Sometimes manuscripts are meant to stay under the bed forever. Took me 10 manuscripts and 7 years to get published including countless revisions per editors requests that were subsequently rejected anyway. Either you want to write and make it or you don't. If you want to get published you have to work for it. And believe it or not there is fun in the process. (Along with the pain!)w Diana, what a great idea. I think everyone’s got it, obviously. So … What Julie Leto said would be my advice too.

I can’t believe how many people think they are failures if they don’t sell every book they write, so if they don’t sell book one, they polish the beauty out of it. Sometimes manuscripts are meant to stay under the bed forever. Took me 10 manuscripts and 7 years to get published including countless revisions per editors requests that were subsequently rejected anyway. Either you want to write and make it or you don’t. If you want to get published you have to work for it. And believe it or not there is fun in the process. (Along with the pain!)w

]]> By: Natalie Damschroder http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7684 Natalie Damschroder Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:59:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7684 Thanks, Julie. That's just what Nellie's doing. :)<br/><br/>Except...isn't that the definition of insanity? LOL Thanks, Julie. That’s just what Nellie’s doing. :)

Except…isn’t that the definition of insanity? LOL

]]> By: Julie Leto http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7683 Julie Leto Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:23:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7683 Natalie, I'd ask Nellie if she's still enjoying herself. If she is, then I'd encourage her to keep going.<br/><br/>Took me nine years and countless manuscripts to sell my first book. It took friends of mine nearly 13 years. Now, each of us has published over 25 books and enjoy a comfortable career. In other words, it was worth the wait. Natalie, I’d ask Nellie if she’s still enjoying herself. If she is, then I’d encourage her to keep going.

Took me nine years and countless manuscripts to sell my first book. It took friends of mine nearly 13 years. Now, each of us has published over 25 books and enjoy a comfortable career. In other words, it was worth the wait.

]]> By: B.E. Sanderson http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7682 B.E. Sanderson Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:28:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7682 1) Harriet needs to get to work on her next book. 2) Abigail needs to get off her butt and finish a book, or step aside so she stops wasting the time of agents who have better things to do. 3) If Winnifred's agent is selling her other work, then she needs to let that one book go. If he's not, then she needs to think about whether he's the right agent for her.<br/><br/>Just my opinion. 1) Harriet needs to get to work on her next book. 2) Abigail needs to get off her butt and finish a book, or step aside so she stops wasting the time of agents who have better things to do. 3) If Winnifred’s agent is selling her other work, then she needs to let that one book go. If he’s not, then she needs to think about whether he’s the right agent for her.

Just my opinion.

]]> By: Robin Brande http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7681 Robin Brande Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:13:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7681 Diana, I agree with everyone here (especially Patrick). This is a cool exercise. It's easy to see what writers should do when you're not the person in question. It's always so much more fun to give other people advice, isn't it? Diana, I agree with everyone here (especially Patrick). This is a cool exercise. It’s easy to see what writers should do when you’re not the person in question. It’s always so much more fun to give other people advice, isn’t it?

]]> By: Natalie Damschroder http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/some-hypotheticals/comment-page-1/#comment-7680 Natalie Damschroder Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:01:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/some-hypotheticals/#comment-7680 Those are way too easy. :)<br/><br/>What would Olivia say to Nellie Nevergiveup?<br/><br/>She finished her first book. And her second, etc., up to her fourteenth. She doesn't follow trends--she writes what she loves. But she stays well aware of what's happening in the market, who's buying what, and so on. She parted amicably with her agent when it was apparent they didn't fit as well as they seemed to at first, and has been diligently writing new books and shopping for a new agent, which is becoming more and more necessary. In the meantime, she's submitting books to editors, too (not the same books she's subbing to agents). She's had some minor success in the micro-press world, including excellent reviews and awards. But that's not enough to make a career. She has four excellent critique partners and a well-developed gut for knowing what to take and what to leave in the advice. And yet... Those are way too easy. :)

What would Olivia say to Nellie Nevergiveup?

She finished her first book. And her second, etc., up to her fourteenth. She doesn’t follow trends–she writes what she loves. But she stays well aware of what’s happening in the market, who’s buying what, and so on. She parted amicably with her agent when it was apparent they didn’t fit as well as they seemed to at first, and has been diligently writing new books and shopping for a new agent, which is becoming more and more necessary. In the meantime, she’s submitting books to editors, too (not the same books she’s subbing to agents). She’s had some minor success in the micro-press world, including excellent reviews and awards. But that’s not enough to make a career. She has four excellent critique partners and a well-developed gut for knowing what to take and what to leave in the advice. And yet…

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