Status and Support

[Cogito]

Well I'd figured that, but you can't blame a chap for trying!

[Distracted]

Thanks for the input, Alelou. Yes, it's scifi. I'll have to spend some time doing all that stuff now before things get busy again in the fall and I have no free time.

The only problem with that plan is I'll have no time left to write the next book, but I guess that won't matter much if no one wants the first one.

And Cogito, I appreciate the support, but I'm not even gonna try with Lerteiran. It violates canon according the the powers that be. It'll never fly, unfortunately.

[Alelou]

It takes a lot of effort to start it up, but once you have the site in place and a few other things, you could probably just budget 15 minutes a day to maintain it. Writing is still the most important thing you need to do. Sometimes it's the second book that breaks out.

[Jamieson]

Great news, Distracted! Fingers-crossed for you.

[Distracted]

Just sent in a four page full synopsis of my novel. The darn thing was surprisingly difficult to write. Fortunately, I was on vacation the last 4 days, so it's all done. Everybody cross fingers and toes. Prayer candles, votive incense, saints' intercession, and any assorted good luck wishes or incantations of your choice would also be greatly appreciated...

[Alelou]

Hope it works out for you! Now start building your platform (or writing the next book) while you wait.

[Weeble]

Grin, hee hee hee

Great to hear the Lerteiran Chronicles is gonna make the big time.

Oh did I read that incorrectly, ooopsss.

Best of luck Dis, your best advantage is your writing is entertaining and captivating. I am confident you will be successful. Although the LC Chronicles is not doubt better work.....

[Transwarp]

Congrats, Dis. Hope you get published and your book takes off. Just remember the importance of a good title! For example, if you saw my work in the bookstore:
Convicted, by Transwarp

You might take a pass. But if you saw:
Convicted, by Stephen King

why, you'd probably buy it!

Speaking of Convicted, I just put chapter nine to bed. You should be seeing it soon.

Enjoy!

[Alelou]

Ooh, yes!

[putaro]

Sometimes writing is like pulling your own teeth. I know what i want to have happen in the next couple of chapters but when I actually try to write it, it keeps coming out flat. I guess I'm just going to try to put it all down and then go back and edit like mad.

Kind of funny since I identify more as a "science fiction author" but the character development or funny chapters are usually easier for me to write.

[Transwarp]

Sometimes writing is like pulling your own teeth. I know what i want to have happen in the next couple of chapters but when I actually try to write it, it keeps coming out flat.

I have a different problem. Sometimes the words just flow onto the page, and they are BRILLIANT and I think, "Wow this is good!"
But overnight, someone breaks into my house, opens my document, and rewrites it, and the next morning when I read it I think, "Wow this is crap!"

I'd change my password, but I'm afraid I'd forget it.

[Alelou]

Damn, I must have an intruder, too.

You can tell the pros from the amateurs by how wedded they are to their first drafts.

[Linda]

I just discovered this conversation; it seems I am kinda slow at things. I am so glad others at Triaxian Silk are venturing out into non-fan fic writing! I have only taken tiny tentative steps in that direction. Even retired (mostly) other things seem to get in he way like helping support my daugther and son-in-law, being heavily involved (paying for and escorting to) my grand kids' extra-curricular activities, volunteering at my grand kids' school, and working at the YMCA. Did I say 'retired'? Oh, well. But I need to make time for what pleases me, like writing and reading other people's writing. So I am trying to get back into reading as much as I can here on Triaxian Silk and I really want to get on with reading what friends here have written that gets published. How exciting!

One thing I am curious about is that a few people that post stories on Triaxian Silk seem to hit and run. I mean, they post stories but don't enter into any forum conversations and don't leave comments on other people's stories on this site. Of course I know the majority of readers never leave comments, but hey, I think it is important to support your fellow fan fiction writers with helpful comments. But then, I have been uneven in my attendance here, so who am I to talk? Oh well, just had to get this thought out anyway. Peace.

[Alelou]

Conversation and reviewing will ultimately get you more reviews in the end. But I know I'm waaaaay behind. I just have too much going on in RL right now.

[Linda]

Oh dear, I wasn't speaking of my own stories at all! I just noticed as I was leaving reviews for other peoples' stories that a few of our story posters never leave reviews for anyone on Triaxian Silk, even though they seem to get reviews themselves. I was not soliciting for reviews personally, at all. I feel so embarrassed now.