tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post9042404767532784256..comments2024-03-29T07:29:32.276-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: how much of my book can I put on my website?Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29137047401492128772015-05-28T11:11:49.677-04:002015-05-28T11:11:49.677-04:00I am back and not even sure if Kara is checking in...I am back and not even sure if Kara is checking in here at this point! But...<br />Yay! Glad my comment was helpful despite the length. I want to cut an album if/when my book gets published. Something where if you buy the book there will be a code and you can down load the album for free. A lot of my music friends give away albums tandem with other music they are selling. I have never done covers before but since my book takeS place in the sixties I wanted to do covers too. There is a great place to check out called LOUDR for your music. It's freeee!! They deal with covers and originals and get your songs onto amaZON and itunes and deal with royalties. That will also help legitimize your stuff, I think. Being on iTunes feels really necessary.<br /><br />To all the wonderful multi-hyphenates out there...one day we shall rule the world!! Vive les artistes etc etc. (I don't speah french, oy.)<br /><br />Dena yes for sure on all the many agents. I don't think adult acting agents like gimmicks either, with maybe the exception of youtube videos and shorts that get into festivals, etc. The tube idea was just a kid move and it was so simple everyone just thought i was, you know, cute or something. and I didn't put any plushies in the tube, no glitter or anything. In every other way i followed business standards. <br /><br />Finally, I don't know if anyone wants a website that hasn't got one now but please check out squarespace. Beautiful streamlined templates and relatively easy to use BC they have incredible tutorials and customer service with very fast replies!!<br />Flowers McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832227069627959864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86685505946996088722015-05-28T10:52:52.809-04:002015-05-28T10:52:52.809-04:00The Rupert Holme songs I knew back in the 70s, bes...The Rupert Holme songs I knew back in the 70s, besides Escape (the Pina Colada song), were Him and Answering Machine. <br /><br />I heard that album, Partners in Crime, over and over and over again. You see, the school librarian loved that album and kept playing it when the library was closed. I loved working in the library, so I was often there while it was playing. Those three songs stayed with me. Of course, that was long enough ago that I don't really remember the other songs on that album. Memories of high school aren't supposed to last past age 40, are they?<br /><br />I just looked him up. Looks like he left writing albums in the 80s, and is now writing novels. I wonder if they have the same wry twists?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-23602131784817230292015-05-28T09:13:22.811-04:002015-05-28T09:13:22.811-04:00Thanks Hank for the correction. Holmes, not Hines....Thanks Hank for the correction. Holmes, not Hines.<br /><br />BJ, the only other song I know by him was Hot Rod Hearts. What else did he do that I might know or should look up?<br /><br />Julia, congrats on your good news! Unfortunately, your earworm counter-attack missed its target (Video unavailable in my country) and I've heard it before. I'll keep grokking Spock anyway. <br /><br />It's getting to be late evening here, so goodnight all.<br /><br />I always get: [x] I am not a robotStephen G Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627973901802634152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33646957112745725962015-05-28T09:12:49.071-04:002015-05-28T09:12:49.071-04:00And back to work with me. I've discovered not ...And back to work with me. I've discovered not only is writing done one word at a time, but editing is also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13880784931772163432015-05-28T08:32:07.055-04:002015-05-28T08:32:07.055-04:00Another brilliant to-the-point post. I'm behin...Another brilliant to-the-point post. I'm behind with my blog reading thanks to exams and was going to skim these, but when I got to Colin sending kale-wrapped-underpants with his query I had to stop for fear of waking the house with my laughter. AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-1998860636981626212015-05-28T02:26:12.073-04:002015-05-28T02:26:12.073-04:00Julia;
Congrats. That is great!
Thanks for passi...Julia;<br /><br />Congrats. That is great!<br /><br />Thanks for passing that on. It inspires for sure. <br /><br />I am currently eviscerating a whole orphanage of little darlings from my first MS. I find lemon juice works at the end of the day to get off all the stains.french sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9783693508164412272015-05-27T23:22:23.528-04:002015-05-27T23:22:23.528-04:00Yay! Congrats, Julia!
Goodnight. :)Yay! Congrats, Julia!<br /><br />Goodnight. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31380203408838261582015-05-27T22:47:58.199-04:002015-05-27T22:47:58.199-04:00Omigosh.
Okay, probably NONE of you are on and I&#...Omigosh.<br />Okay, probably NONE of you are on and I'm just going to gush into cyberspace for no good reason.<br /><br />But I broke a 110K book a year ago and totally restructured it over the past year on the basis of some doubts I had and some rather tough love that I sought out based on those doubts. I went looking outside of genre because I wanted people who weren't biased <i> for </i> the work. Well, I got back exactly what I was worried about and spent pretty much all year pulling the walls down and then removing the uprights, putting in new uprights, and then putting the walls back up and painting it all over again. And I sent the new, pretty, MS back out to my betas and editors a month ago when I started manically writing the MS that I just finished.<br /><br />Well, I got back the review from the reviewer who was primarily responsible for me sighing and committing all year to rewriting the thing.<br /><br />And I'm over the moon.<br /><br />I want to print the thing out and send it to newspapers all over the world.<br /><br />I may never, ever, ever have this feeling ever again, but for right this second... I have a convert. And that's a pretty good feeling. :D Someone who hated Angels... now doesn't mind them so much. Mine, anyway.<br /><br />So tonight - just for tonight - I'm going to bed early.<br /><br />Ta!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20742210935240184452015-05-27T22:42:04.807-04:002015-05-27T22:42:04.807-04:00Will actually got on well with them, but he's ...Will actually got on well with them, but he's pretty laid back and he gets things done. That's pretty much all they cared about. They needed something, he got it for them. He was kind of like Radar on MASH except he was a weapons whiz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31227811678220542772015-05-27T22:22:58.171-04:002015-05-27T22:22:58.171-04:00Julie - THAT is AWESOME.
And the whole SEAL issue ...Julie - THAT is AWESOME.<br />And the whole SEAL issue is of rather primary importance, here. I met a SEAL once. Very interesting guy.<br /><br />Do you know if, in 2001, if their term of duty came up, if they were discharged home?<br /><br />And I'll also say this.<br /><br />There are an AWFUL lot of similarities between the military and medical training, esp surgery. I was aiming for surgery - then life hit. There were many times during training that "Please don't kill me, sir," was a good and valid answer. Or, at least, it seemed so at the time. :) In any case, we adjusted. It was a series of successive approximations.<br /><br />Now I write. I bring different realities into people's lives - or at least, I hope to.<br /><br />Cheers!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-50163219458029532782015-05-27T21:42:31.126-04:002015-05-27T21:42:31.126-04:00Thanks, Stephen Parks! Now I've got that Pina ...Thanks, Stephen Parks! Now I've got that Pina Colada song stuck in my head(!) . . . but I like it.Gingermollymarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684318210445109786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52967456429820353252015-05-27T21:03:28.102-04:002015-05-27T21:03:28.102-04:00Julia,
My son used to deal with SEAL Team Six in ...Julia,<br /><br />My son used to deal with SEAL Team Six in Iraq. The contractor the govt hired to repair weapons was slow and not very good, so most everyone brought their weapons to Will since he was an armorer anyway and good with weapons.<br /><br />The SEAL team had a compound on Will's base. He had to deliver something to them one day so he took it back over there. Waited out in the yard and one guy came by.<br /><br />"What are you doing here?"<br /><br />"Delivering this, for ABC, sir."<br /><br />"Wait here. I'll go get him. Don't move."<br /><br />"Yes, sir."<br /><br />Another SEAL comes by.<br /><br />"What are you doing out here?"<br /><br />"Delivering this for ABC, sir."<br /><br />"Why are you standing out here in the sun? It's 130 effing degrees out."<br /><br />"I was told to wait here, sir."<br /><br />"Eff that. Follow me."<br /><br />Will follows him to a conference room. "Stay here. Don't look at the maps. I'll go get him."<br /><br />"No, sir. I won't look at the maps."<br /><br />First SEAL comes by and sees him in the conference room. "What are you doing here? I thought I told you to wait outside."<br /><br />Will, being a brave young soldier. "Please don't kill me, sir."<br /><br />SEAL laughs and continues search for ABC.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31583875009234733952015-05-27T20:32:47.867-04:002015-05-27T20:32:47.867-04:00AND.... Look at this...
In "Men's Journal...AND.... Look at this...<br />In "Men's Journal," which I also bought, there's an article called "Navy SEALs, Inc., The Big Business of Selling War Stories." Timing. Is. Everything.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80593630920589402362015-05-27T20:29:29.995-04:002015-05-27T20:29:29.995-04:00Polo Blue.
Just sayin'.Polo Blue.<br />Just sayin'.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-60939064142174672612015-05-27T20:27:15.377-04:002015-05-27T20:27:15.377-04:00KD - thank you!!! For reliable info, I tend to use...KD - thank you!!! For reliable info, I tend to use bios and .gov sites (though we can debate 'reliable' in that context). But the fiction will tell me what's out there, how it's written, what people like, what 'rules' there are, and which ones I might attempt to break and get away with it.<br /><br />I got "American Sniper" out of the library today.<br /><br />And, post Louise Penny, now I seem to be developing a rapid addiction to Reacher. This will not be good on my wallet.<br /><br />Medical thrillers next (thank y'all), and...<br /><br />@Julie - I have to tell you...<br />I spent a goodly amount of time today...<br />SNIFFING<br />GQ<br />MAGAZINE.<br />;)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45757096882788614972015-05-27T20:19:40.910-04:002015-05-27T20:19:40.910-04:00Went back and read Kara's comment: Yes, it doe...Went back and read Kara's comment: Yes, it does look like she said she planned on having rock music open... but then she said that wasn't the plan.<br /><br />But I can see how it might be mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-779850416313650542015-05-27T20:18:10.054-04:002015-05-27T20:18:10.054-04:00Lynn - I'm working with the UK for the first b...Lynn - I'm working with the UK for the first books of the series bc the MC is the bastard son of Owain Glyndwr, but then will move further afield onto the continent; Eleanor is of primary importance, so la France is coming. As is Chateau Gaillard and its "Walls of Stone / Walls of Butter" Henry / Phillip debate (read pissing contest). Henry? Richard? Goodness, it's slipping my mind. Anyway. Yes, Mont Ste Michele is a fav of mine, although my Michael is perhaps a bit non traditional. :)<br /><br />On to other matters!!!<br /><br />Ahem!<br /><br />I have discovered - realized - this!<br /><br />Jack Reacher...<br />Janet Reid...<br />Eh?<br />Eh?<br />Ja... Re...<br />A coincidence?<br />I DON'T THINK SO!!!!<br /><br />Very clever, Mr. Child. I see what you did there. I'm renaming my main character. She's no longer Kennedy Clark.<br /><br />Janet Reno? Taken.<br />Ja...mie Re...aper? Probably not great for a pediatrician.<br />Ja...ckie Re...agan? Hm. Mrs. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.<br /><br />All right. Back to the drawing board.<br /><br />No! Wait!<br /><br />Jane Reed.<br />There.<br /><br />She'll NEVER suspect.<br /><br />Oh.... Wait. Right.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29339872890366363062015-05-27T20:15:29.558-04:002015-05-27T20:15:29.558-04:00Julie: Kara said that she doesn't have the mus...Julie: Kara said that she doesn't have the music autoplay. The surfer has to choose to listen to it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14634289180911799132015-05-27T19:47:56.974-04:002015-05-27T19:47:56.974-04:00Kara,
I hope you will hang around. We're most...Kara,<br /><br />I hope you will hang around. We're mostly harmless.<br /><br />Here's something to consider, you may not have thought about.<br /><br />Not that I condone this thing, but it happens. Suzy Q, is surfing the web while she waits on a conference call from Carkoon and stops at your site. Oh, that looks interesting. Let me check this author out.<br /><br />All twenty-nine fellow office workers in Carkoon look around as something akin to We Will Rock You blares from Suzy's cubicle.<br /><br />Molly finally has cranky baby to sleep and decides to surf a little bit before settling in to get a few words down on her masterpiece. Oh, that looks interesting. Something like We Will Rock you blares out waking up cranky baby and taking care of quiet writing time.<br /><br />I'm sure others have brought this up and I missed it, but if I get hit with music on a site, I generally don't go back.<br /><br />That being said, I'm old and cranky.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31467211708291226302015-05-27T19:32:28.334-04:002015-05-27T19:32:28.334-04:00OK, everyone meet over at Craig's for blueberr...OK, everyone meet over at Craig's for blueberry/blackberry/peach crumble. YUM. I am SO envious.<br /><br />And I guess I should clarify my "disagreement" earlier before I end up in Carkoon, because honestly I'm too sick to travel. The question was whether an AGENT would find that type of creativity to be a bonus in a query and I can certainly see from an agent's perspective why it wouldn't be. <br /><br />But from a WRITER'S (and even a reader's) perspective, I can see how it could be not just fun but also a good tool in the creative process. <br /><br />Good question, Kara! It generated some really interesting discussion. Hope you'll hang around and talk to us some more.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83676614969611942882015-05-27T19:17:37.025-04:002015-05-27T19:17:37.025-04:00Kara: welcome, I hope you'll stay and vomment ...Kara: welcome, I hope you'll stay and vomment with us some.<br /><br />Angie: I am obviously no where near the painter you are. It is harder work for me to lay out all of a painting than it is to write an outline for a novel. Are you eighty painting stock painting or are you creating new stuff at a rate of four a day?<br /><br />Gardening: I can tell people who live where it freezes by their attitude toward gardening. In my corner of paradise the weeds grow all of the time. Any blank piece of dirt will have something growing from it when the rainy season starts. You have to start early in the year and get everything ready before summer starts. After it breaks ninety it is too late to have faith in planting anything. When the rainy season arrives, it hasn't yet but we have almost 20 inches of rain already, all you can do is keep the yard mowed.<br /><br />I am also part owner of a blueberry/blackberry/peach farm. Gardening isn't creative for me in the whole. The forty some orchids by the pool are something else though.<br /><br />I have to use a lot of creativity in my job. There are certain rules to designing a kayak or an SUP but making it different from any other is a creative effort.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-89175804113351037532015-05-27T19:11:22.372-04:002015-05-27T19:11:22.372-04:00Lynn,
I thought about explaining the Lana Turner ...Lynn,<br /><br />I thought about explaining the Lana Turner reference, and then decided it would be good to go on a treasure hunt.<br /><br />Not many get famous by being in the right soda fountain at the right time.<br /><br />JWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83661036867957469982015-05-27T18:46:40.293-04:002015-05-27T18:46:40.293-04:00For saying this: "Websites that play music wh...For saying this: "Websites that play music when I click on them mean I click OFF them instantly."<br /><br />Just, thank you.<br />John Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702305890462479118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80289470900854698952015-05-27T18:36:24.761-04:002015-05-27T18:36:24.761-04:00Hi, Hank, it was just a scare, thank goodness. Tha...Hi, Hank, it was just a scare, thank goodness. Thanks for asking.<br /><br />Adib, that's what I love about the WIR as well. There's always something I missed. Good luck on reading 100 books this year. You're almost halfway there, so I'm sure you can do it. <br /><br />Flowers, that's what my family has said, as well (because I write, draw/paint, compose/play music, do poetry, etc.) I'm a Jack of all trades and master of none. Oh well.<br /><br />Julia, you're writing about Michael the Archangel, I'm sure you may have included the Mont Saint-Michel in your story. If not, it could be an interesting addition. There's a wonderful abbey and monastery built there in the 8th century. According to its history, the Archangel Michael appeared to a bishop to build a church on the tiny island off of the coast of France. (It's an island during high tide but you can walk to it during low tide.) Anyway, just a thought. <br /><br />Julie, I had to laugh about Lana Turner, I'm sure the younger crowd here thought, <i>who</i>?<br />LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62254094923461808292015-05-27T18:08:32.574-04:002015-05-27T18:08:32.574-04:00Jennifer - Oh, yeah. Be looking for them on the NY...Jennifer - Oh, yeah. Be looking for them on the NYT Bestseller's list next month. (Cough)<br /><br />Thanks, tho'. :)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041316285692964293noreply@blogger.com