What are some surreal/dream-like and highly visual books you guys like?
I'll try and share this around!Finally, I published another one of the stories from Tide of Shadows and Other Stories, "The Girl with Wings of Iron and Down," for free today: https://medium.com/a-dribble-of-ink/the-girl-with-wings-of-iron-and-down-89114b8a7da9#.d002hrbo6
It's the most popular story from the collection, so I thought it would be fun to put it up online.
I'm not sure if I'll do Nano this year. I've participated every time for the last four years but I've been working on a novel for a few weeks now and making good progress and I don't know if it's a good idea to put that aside for a month to focus on something else.
Tough decision.
Got another agent to request my manuscript! I think I'm batting 3/115 now
Email the guy sent me is super casual, like "sure why not?" in tone. Gotta figure out how to respond to that without, ya know, stressing.
Not necessarily. I know some professional authors who still do it!
That's why I said mainly. Even in the thread you created, you were targeting people who have written a book before.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.
On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.
He was? I don't follow.
http://nanowrimo.org/about:
And that's it. Anything else is an assumption.
I'm gonna say Cyan is right here. Because I don't understand what you're talking about. Although you wouldn't know it once you hear what his plans for doing NaNoWriMo is.
Write a novel? Nope. Just editing. Last year's work.
Still fifty thousands words right? well no.. erm... not words. Not fifty thousand either. Hours. Measuring in hours not words.
At least it's writing from a month of November. I guess.
Did you even read the thread? It's in the first sentence.
Hey, guys!
Let's focus on encouraging each other to write more.
I'm not judging, but dude, you have really weird taste in porn.
Though I suppose I'm one to talk.
My serial fiction project has been going on for several weeks now. Man, getting people to read this is hard . Any tips? Traffic is really slow,I used SEO and even got a Facebook page for it.
So Crazyhorse announced the winners of their short short fiction contest.
I did a good thing: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/2015-crazyshorts-winner-runners-up/ (I'm Alexander J. K. Hughes)
So Crazyhorse announced the winners of their short short fiction contest.
I did a good thing: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/2015-crazyshorts-winner-runners-up/ (I'm Alexander J. K. Hughes)
Nice! Awesome news, don't spend all that money in one place.
Congratulations! I want to punch you in the face you god damn success haha. Incidentally, mind giving a short synopsis?
Wow, congrats dude! That's awesome! And a nice prize.
Fuck you and your Hugo Award winning blog. Trying to tell me who I should and should not encourage.
I read through the story you posted. It was good. I still have your whole collection on my backlog to read, but I'll probably go through it soon since I'm now apparently 2/5th of the way through it.
I'm not judging, but dude, you have really weird taste in porn.
Though I suppose I'm one to talk.
So Crazyhorse announced the winners of their short short fiction contest.
I did a good thing: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/2015-crazyshorts-winner-runners-up/ (I'm Alexander J. K. Hughes)
Thanks, man! The response to the story has been generally positive. It's tough to get people to read short stories, though...
Congrats!
Thank you for applying for a Key West Literary Seminar Emerging Writer Award. The overall quality of the hundreds of submissions we received before this year's deadline is testament to the fact that we live in a vibrant time, and in a world that is animated, informed, and documented by powerful literary impulses. Unique and divergent works are being produced by an astonishing number of writers.
Unfortunately, you were not selected as a finalist for this year's Awards. I urge you to keep writing, to continue to articulate your thoughts and visions, and to craft a language that will compel readers to take notice of what it is you have to say. Writing is an unusually challenging art, as you surely know, and even the most succesful writers share a past marked by setbacks.
We will announce the winners of the Scotti Merrill Memorial Poetry Award, the Cecelia Johnson Fiction Prize, and the Marianne Russo Award in mid-November. I hope you will join us in celebrating their accomplishment.
Thank you again for your application, and for your commitment to literature. I wish you much happiness and success in all your endeavors.
Sincerely,
Speaking of which, I never got that email to read your book. Congratulations by the way.Thanks, man! The response to the story has been generally positive. It's tough to get people to read short stories, though...
31265, I wrote 1265 over the last hour. I could do better, and I am thinking about writing more.
Story Synopsis:
What is existence but a series of painful and traumatic experiences?
The year is 2245. Man kind has flown to the far reaches of space and found little to nothing about us, we have spread out and conquered worlds while rebuilding our own. All it took for humanity to pull itself together was nearly killing itself and the home it had.
Disgraced Legendary Detective Frank Boelin is past the edge, running from the past in a drug and alcohol infused haze. He awakes to find himself once again entrapped in another battle with his past, as he is called to investigate a High Priority case the likes no one had ever seen, and a dead man as the perpetrator. A spine tingling, psychological and psychedelic journey to redemption is often lead through hell.
Can Boelin solve the murders?
Yay H.Pro!I know we usually talk about our aspiring personal projects here, but I just wanted to congratulate H.Protagonist on the release of Trails in the Sky SC. She (and the rest of the team involved) did a *tremendous* job on the game, and I'm proud to see one of our own involved in such a wonderful project.
I know we usually talk about our aspiring personal projects here, but I just wanted to congratulate H.Protagonist on the release of Trails in the Sky SC. She (and the rest of the team involved) did a *tremendous* job on the game, and I'm proud to see one of our own involved in such a wonderful project.
I'm just posting this here since it seems like a good place, I've been in a couple of the other older writing threads but I wanted to make a fresh post in this one.
I've entered into Nanowrimo, to try to get my manuscript finished.
Does it sound interesting enough? It's a cyberpunk lovecraftian science fiction novel.
EDIT: I've also considered putting what I have up for others to critique
I know we usually talk about our aspiring personal projects here, but I just wanted to congratulate H.Protagonist on the release of Trails in the Sky SC. She (and the rest of the team involved) did a *tremendous* job on the game, and I'm proud to see one of our own involved in such a wonderful project.
Great googly moogly.Apparently 716,401 words. Which is somewhat impressive.
I can't remember the last time I updated my numbers but in the last ninety days I've had 3,005 free giveaways, 647 sales, and 111,880 pages read in KDP select.Speaking of which, Soulfire, would you mind giving us a newer update on how that's working out? That whole challenge thing didn't do much, I think, but you seemed to be doing pretty decent with it (in as far as possible, I mean).
So Crazyhorse announced the winners of their short short fiction contest.
I did a good thing: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/2015-crazyshorts-winner-runners-up/ (I'm Alexander J. K. Hughes)
I know we usually talk about our aspiring personal projects here, but I just wanted to congratulate H.Protagonist on the release of Trails in the Sky SC. She (and the rest of the team involved) did a *tremendous* job on the game, and I'm proud to see one of our own involved in such a wonderful project.
Yay H.Pro!
Apparently 716,401 words. Which is somewhat impressive.
I mean, with that much paper you would think it would be structurally sound.On the upside, I have a pretty good idea of how to fix the structural issues.
So after a summer during which I had my very will to live crushed, let alone submit anything, I decided to spend this year's NaNo editing last year's book.
But I edit by hard copy, you see...
Halp. What do I put this monstrosity in? Right now it's in a box that once held manila folders, but it is flimsy as shit and won't last long.
On the upside, I have a pretty good idea of how to fix the structural issues.
I mean, with that much paper you would think it would be structurally sound.
Halp. What do I put this monstrosity in?
Well yeah, it exists as a computer file too : PA computer.
cunt said:Sounds interesting, but your word count begs for rejection. Can't help you here.
I'm totally with you on this. I have the same problem/quirk/undiagnosed medical condition.Well yeah, it exists as a computer file too : P
Seriously, I catch way more stuff with a hard copy than I do looking at it on a screen. It's just my process.
Agreed!That's a rejection email I just got. I want to snarky respond, but I should probably just delete and move on. But man, fuck that. Fuck it hard.
That's a rejection email I just got. I want to snarky respond, but I should probably just delete and move on. But man, fuck that. Fuck it hard.