Comments on: The super-secret method for getting published in the next year http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year Writing, reading, and other vital matters Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Dylan http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13202 Dylan Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:39:03 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13202 Good advice! I must get my writing together! XD Good advice! I must get my writing together! XD

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13199 robin Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:53:07 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13199 Jone, their workshops are fantastic. I hope you can get to one soon! Laura, since you're a student of Dean and Kris's, too, I know you'll finish your work! Jone, their workshops are fantastic. I hope you can get to one soon!

Laura, since you’re a student of Dean and Kris’s, too, I know you’ll finish your work!

]]> By: Jone http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13198 Jone Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:22:27 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13198 Went to their site. These people are in my backyard praticaly. Great info. Thanks. Went to their site. These people are in my backyard praticaly. Great info. Thanks.

]]> By: Laura Ware http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13197 Laura Ware Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:11:50 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13197 Those rules DO work. I need to follow them better...at the moment I have 2 unfinished novels, one that's done but needs to be checked before I mail it, a bunch of short stories that need to be turned around and at least 2 unfinished short stories. Yeah, I have work to do... Those rules DO work. I need to follow them better…at the moment I have 2 unfinished novels, one that’s done but needs to be checked before I mail it, a bunch of short stories that need to be turned around and at least 2 unfinished short stories.

Yeah, I have work to do…

]]> By: Patrick http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13195 Patrick Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:52:07 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13195 Robin - sometimes I can't contain my awesomeness. Robin – sometimes I can’t contain my awesomeness.

]]> By: Carli http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13194 Carli Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:22 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13194 Thank you, you are all very helpful. And thanks for saying i don't babble, i tend to when i talk. Thanks agian. :D Thank you, you are all very helpful. And thanks for saying i don’t babble, i tend to when i talk. Thanks agian. :D

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13193 robin Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:42:06 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13193 Elizabeth, awesome! I forgot all about NaNo--glad you brought it to people's attention. Good luck!! John, it's good that you have some teen beta readers--that really does help. What I ask from mine is to point out any phrases I've used that sound weird to them. Sometimes we get so used to using certain metaphors or catch phrases, we don't realize they only make sense to people our own age. Carli, I like Patrick's answer, so I'm deferring to him. And you never babble--at least not that I've seen on the blog. Carry on! Patrick, remember that very old commercial (actually, maybe you won't) where the housewife is taking a bubble bath or reading a book or something, and she says to the camera, "I'm cleaning my oven right now." The point of the commercial was that this fabulous self-cleaning oven spray did all the work for her. That's how I feel about you. Thank you for that answer for Carli and those links. I'm cleaning my oven right now. Elizabeth, awesome! I forgot all about NaNo–glad you brought it to people’s attention. Good luck!!

John, it’s good that you have some teen beta readers–that really does help. What I ask from mine is to point out any phrases I’ve used that sound weird to them. Sometimes we get so used to using certain metaphors or catch phrases, we don’t realize they only make sense to people our own age.

Carli, I like Patrick’s answer, so I’m deferring to him. And you never babble–at least not that I’ve seen on the blog. Carry on!

Patrick, remember that very old commercial (actually, maybe you won’t) where the housewife is taking a bubble bath or reading a book or something, and she says to the camera, “I’m cleaning my oven right now.” The point of the commercial was that this fabulous self-cleaning oven spray did all the work for her.

That’s how I feel about you. Thank you for that answer for Carli and those links. I’m cleaning my oven right now.

]]> By: Patrick http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13192 Patrick Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:11:25 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13192 Carli - you're under no obligation to a publisher to disclose your age at the time they read the story. It all comes down to the story. If it is good, they will buy it. Justine Larbalestier has a couple of good posts on just that subject. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/13/too-young-to-publish/ http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/06/19/beginning-writers/ And don't worry, you aren't babbling much. ;P Carli – you’re under no obligation to a publisher to disclose your age at the time they read the story. It all comes down to the story. If it is good, they will buy it.

Justine Larbalestier has a couple of good posts on just that subject.

http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/13/too-young-to-publish/

http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/06/19/beginning-writers/

And don’t worry, you aren’t babbling much. ;P

]]> By: Carli http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13191 Carli Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:53:36 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13191 I should try that. Would publishing company's publish a 14 year old? I don't have any stories complete though and i would have to start shortening them a little since i tend to think that they need to be longer and longer, although all mine are only around 20-50 pages at the moment (though there is that 130 page one) sorry i'm babbling. I should try that. Would publishing company’s publish a 14 year old? I don’t have any stories complete though and i would have to start shortening them a little since i tend to think that they need to be longer and longer, although all mine are only around 20-50 pages at the moment (though there is that 130 page one) sorry i’m babbling.

]]> By: John http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-super-secret-method-for-getting-published-in-the-next-year/comment-page-1#comment-13190 John Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:13:26 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/?p=908#comment-13190 Hi Robin, Man, I hope you're having nice weather out there... it's gorgeous here on the East coast (I work in MD and commute back to my home in NC on the weekends). Fall is definitely in the air. Love it! So, I gave my novel out to a couple of readers (teenage friends of my two daughters) for feedback. So far it's pretty positive but I was wondering if you (or any other folks out there) had any questions that were particularly good to ask. Something probing and insightful that will help point out the ghastly flaws lurking in the closet? (Mmmm, that sounds like it could apply equally well to my book, AIG, or Sarah Palin.) Hi Robin,
Man, I hope you’re having nice weather out there… it’s gorgeous here on the East coast (I work in MD and commute back to my home in NC on the weekends). Fall is definitely in the air. Love it!

So, I gave my novel out to a couple of readers (teenage friends of my two daughters) for feedback. So far it’s pretty positive but I was wondering if you (or any other folks out there) had any questions that were particularly good to ask. Something probing and insightful that will help point out the ghastly flaws lurking in the closet? (Mmmm, that sounds like it could apply equally well to my book, AIG, or Sarah Palin.)

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