tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7696426170100966242..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Should I mention my novel started as flash fiction?Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-12766103424646923412016-03-31T00:31:53.389-04:002016-03-31T00:31:53.389-04:00All right, I'll do A to Z this year, rememberi...All right, I'll do A to Z this year, remembering the lessons I learned last year.<br /><br />Wanna know something cooL? <a href="http://romancespinners.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Romance Spinners</a> is blog number 1701. Nyah.Her Grace, Heidi, the Duchess of Knealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818060864422019573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-61315451598296124482016-03-30T22:24:31.039-04:002016-03-30T22:24:31.039-04:00This is exciting! I have an entire window open [w...<br />This is exciting! I have an entire window open [with LOTS of tabs] for all the AtoZ blogs I'll be visiting starting Friday. I just added all the blogs I found for everyone here who posted they'll be participating.<br /><br />I like Fridays just on basic principle, but now it's much better =)<br /><br />Dena Pawlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6229570074397978312016-03-30T22:24:03.403-04:002016-03-30T22:24:03.403-04:00Hank,
If you can replicate that with fishes and l...Hank,<br /><br />If you can replicate that with fishes and loaves I think that'll leave you just one miracle short of sainthood. Good luck! (And nice job editing in 109,900 words to your flash novel.)John Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702305890462479118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84534986656384101492016-03-30T22:09:24.093-04:002016-03-30T22:09:24.093-04:00Hi Celia! You're posting your A to Z entries ...Hi Celia! You're posting your A to Z entries on your WordWacker.me blog, correct? I couldn't find you in Colin's "Carkoon's Most Wanted" list, so followed your name linky thing...Kae Ridwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356868531870405990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29016355524587653672016-03-30T19:33:25.243-04:002016-03-30T19:33:25.243-04:00Jason: Clarification: Janet's rules dictate th...Jason: Clarification: Janet's rules dictate that flash fiction entries in her contests must be complete stories. But generally speaking, flash fiction can take many forms. When submitting flash fiction anywhere, always read the submission rules to be sure you're writing the kind of "flash fiction" they're asking for. Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20729253132579364112016-03-30T19:17:33.772-04:002016-03-30T19:17:33.772-04:00Yup, flash fiction, love it.
Always a bridesmaid....Yup, flash fiction, love it. <br />Always a bridesmaid...you know the rest.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68104145440908994462016-03-30T18:18:38.393-04:002016-03-30T18:18:38.393-04:00Anything that inspires beautiful stories is a beau...Anything that inspires beautiful stories is a beautiful thing, and there are certainly some inspiring flash fiction stories on this blog, and I'm sure in other places. Every good novel at its core has a singularly haunting, gorgeous image. I'm still looking for mine for my WIP.<br /><br />Carolynn, did some research into the Oak Island mystery 10 yrs ago for a long-forgotten MS. One of the less-explored theories is that Shakespeare's long-forgotten, unknown manuscripts are buried there. There's some kind of catchy blog-quotable idea in there (the idea of a "money pit" with unpublished manuscripts, guarded by ingenious water traps devised by devious pirates). If I wasn't too much on vacation I'd think of it.<br /><br />Timothy Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514224628760035696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68336149375012240652016-03-30T18:18:00.470-04:002016-03-30T18:18:00.470-04:00Thanks for reminding me - when I did the FF about ...Thanks for reminding me - when I did the FF about my uptight not child-friendly Federal agent assigned to ferry two troublesome teenagers in the Witness Protection program and trying to stay a step ahead of the killers trying to do them in I could see the movie in my head as I was writing it. I need to work on that.<br /><br />My poor blog has cobwebs all over it. I haven't updated it since Southern Comforts. Been concentrating on things that will hopefully lead toward additional income and maybe a beach house (you're all invited).CynthiaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175917641033760408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-21364507678308121452016-03-30T18:10:07.787-04:002016-03-30T18:10:07.787-04:00I'm doing the A to Z Challenge this year for t...I'm doing the A to Z Challenge this year for the first time. I picked a theme that I think will be easy to keep up with and, if I'm lucky, fun for my readers. We'll see how it goes!Celia Reaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477769617945528997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91622416847345559712016-03-30T18:03:36.845-04:002016-03-30T18:03:36.845-04:00Just another quick note:
I thought it would be of ...<br />Just another quick note:<br />I thought it would be of interest to see a 100 word flash fiction that worked it's way into a 110K word story:<br /><br />Nika and Mir, her Reeker rat, reached the rocks.<br />The reports of five shots echoed.<br />“Ha, gonna take more than that to stop a sand shark.”<br />She opened her rucksack and took out the gel-pack claymore. Then placed it in the sand.<br />Mir raced around, scenting the sand.<br />Nika patted the sand five times and the sand shark approached.<br />She placed her hand in the sand shark’s secondary mouth and calmed the shark.<br />With her right hand she activated the gel-cap, the shark although placated by Nika’s pulse knew she was trapped as the gel-cap took hold.<br />Nika’s new bodyguard.<br /><br />This turned into three warring worlds that never got along, then they had to band together to fight a new enemy.<br /><br />So this is how 100 words turned into 110K words.<br />Thanks for your indulgence; or my indulgence?<br /><br />cheers?<br />french sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36466086874828532372016-03-30T17:55:18.025-04:002016-03-30T17:55:18.025-04:00Forgot to add... I'm not A-Zing this year as I...Forgot to add... I'm not A-Zing this year as I don't have the time, but good luck to all those who are.AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56315595744286329862016-03-30T17:54:02.377-04:002016-03-30T17:54:02.377-04:00BJ - I'll keep trying with JRs FF contests. At...BJ - I'll keep trying with JRs FF contests. At least now she has a countdown on her blog I know when I have to have it ready (although, confession, sometimes it's so abysmal I don't sub anyway).<br /><br />Okay, there has been so much talk about Donald Trump's hair here I've had to google... wow, I'm now starting to wonder if his hair is under consideration for election or him! There's even a Business Insider Australia interview (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com.au/hair-surgeon-explains-donald-trumps-hair-2015-12" rel="nofollow">video</a>) with a hair transplant surgeon to find out what's going on. Hilarious. <br /><br />Actually his hair reminds me of the 'puppies' from The Goodies episode Frankenfido (for those of British/Aussie heritage who may remember).AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24879431909217903552016-03-30T17:43:15.821-04:002016-03-30T17:43:15.821-04:00Just signed up for A-Z.
In the meantime I will w...Just signed up for A-Z. <br /><br />In the meantime I will wait for the Shark to review my latest QueryShark revision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-89527562518308704672016-03-30T17:35:23.715-04:002016-03-30T17:35:23.715-04:00Quick note, too rushed to read all the comments.
...<br />Quick note, too rushed to read all the comments.<br /><br />But my second m/s at 110k words started out as a flash fiction entry on your site.<br /><br />Dragonfly and Mir...but alas it's been shelved for a new project.<br /><br />I will review the previous comments tomorrow.<br /><br />Cheers Hank.<br />french sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32111849465355202892016-03-30T17:33:13.685-04:002016-03-30T17:33:13.685-04:00So, Craig, forgive me. Did you just toss that off,...So, Craig, forgive me. Did you just toss that off, or is that a novel/story which exists. Because it sounds pretty rad to me!Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-25549888301790626062016-03-30T16:57:13.616-04:002016-03-30T16:57:13.616-04:00Congratulations, OP, not only on completing novels...Congratulations, OP, not only on completing novels based from flash fiction origins, but also on thinking ahead and asking the question about deleting the original stories (I'm assuming because of 'previously published' issues.) And thank you Janet, for answering so concisely. That's one less thing this little woodland creature has to worry about, so yay!<br /><br />EM, Colin, Dena and Kate, I've signed up for A to Z as well, my first year at the attempt. I'm currently number 1036, but apparently the number changes as people drop out or are removed? Anyway, it should be an interesting month. I look forward to reading your posts!Kae Ridwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356868531870405990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8388914215985905772016-03-30T16:40:54.809-04:002016-03-30T16:40:54.809-04:00Colin: A flash fiction story doesn't have to b...Colin: A flash fiction story doesn't have to be complete? <br /><br />Well then, I am going to try and win this weeks Flash Fiction Contest. <br /><br />Well if Janet does one this week. I need a win this time!<br /><br />Hey is the golden ticket that Janet gives you for winning the flash fiction contest good to use at the Hertz space port on Carkoon? Because these vamps here are awfully depressing, now that I heeded your advice, and depressed them to the point of complacency. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-73928440119719728572016-03-30T14:43:04.312-04:002016-03-30T14:43:04.312-04:00'...make a garden of babies breath stink' ...'...make a garden of babies breath stink' that's one I'll be plagiarising, sue me when I'm rich. DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65960746406238998932016-03-30T14:31:15.860-04:002016-03-30T14:31:15.860-04:00Janet, just to let you know, our family makes abou...Janet, just to let you know, our family makes about a hundred pounds of sausage a couple of times a year. Pork, spices and enough garlic to make a garden of babies breath stink, the house reeks of garlic for days. <br />Fresh homemade sausage is yummy. <br />Best part, (disregard Tony Soprano's Satriale's Pork Store episode), we know what, (not who), goes in it.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-77950319010449309732016-03-30T13:56:24.301-04:002016-03-30T13:56:24.301-04:00There's a couple FF's (actually more now I...There's a couple FF's (actually more now I think about it) that I think could be novels.<br /><br />One, in particular, that always comes back to me - except I don't write dystopian type stories, SF or any of that - does anyone remember the one I wrote about the little red-haired girl named Jasper Sinclair? That's the one I always think about. I really liked that story...and if I set out to write a very different kind of book, that's the FF story I'd turn into a novel.<br /><br />Alas, it only garnered a "you guyz are scaring me to death," from QOTKU. (Colin you were in that group that day too, and a couple others) <br /><br />Anywho, if FF can turn into a book, yeah, like everyone else is saying, unlikely anyone would really care how it came to be, only that it's GOOD! Explaining how you got to it is like a salesman explaining to a new car buyer how they built the car. New Car Buyer doesn't give a hoot (least I wouldn't) I just want to drive it!Donnaevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026536210749494257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-37436876296216489022016-03-30T13:55:08.309-04:002016-03-30T13:55:08.309-04:00Craig, I love it. I know someone who named their g...Craig, I love it. I know someone who named their girl Prudence. She'll probably do extreme sports or some other prudent.<br /><br />Colin and anyone else who wants to sell FF, take a look at Write1Sub1 (also called W1S1) There are lots of stories in paying e-zines and other literary journals. I found 6 word stories — http://www.sixwordstories.net/ — through W1S1. I'm not sure they pay some do. Most of them use Submittable. <br /><br />OP, I bet QOTKU knows where her authors get their inspiration and maybe that's why she doesn't want to hear about it. <br /><br />angie Brooksby-Arcangiolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000615140577512304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19306608097870329662016-03-30T13:34:55.418-04:002016-03-30T13:34:55.418-04:00Kate: Read the subheader. Insane is normal, here. ...Kate: Read the subheader. Insane is normal, here. :)BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-66652386846158231412016-03-30T13:22:24.768-04:002016-03-30T13:22:24.768-04:00I am doing the A-Z challenge. Not quite sure how ...I am doing the A-Z challenge. Not quite sure how or why since I start a new novel on Friday too and have pledged to write 40K in April. I guess I'm insane.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7771576058129447632016-03-30T13:14:19.279-04:002016-03-30T13:14:19.279-04:00I've been inspired by a lot of physical flash ...I've been inspired by a lot of physical flash non-fiction...does that count? :D<br /><br />Read a very inspiring quote today - "If you can't live longer, then live deeper" - Italian Proverb. <br /><br />Opie, thank you for reminding us that stories are everywhere, and good luck on your querying!Janice Grinyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363741660626407979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33527970824926244222016-03-30T13:01:48.732-04:002016-03-30T13:01:48.732-04:00Flash fiction and blogging are great ways to pract...Flash fiction and blogging are great ways to practice your craft. Anyhow, for me, writing anything is helpful. Even though blogging and flash fiction are not work on my WIP- for me, they help me work through blocks and clear my creative palate sort of like that bite of white bread you might have between wines at a wine tasting. <br /><br />I will echo Colin (again) in the A-Z blog challenge. Just read his last comment. <br /><br />I do think, for me, this is a good opportunity to build a bit more discipline with my writing. I always feel better when I write- even if it's when I feel too exhausted after long day at dread Day job to squeeze out anything. I really do want to make a living as a writer. Hence, I must write. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.com