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Topic: Writing A Book?
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Tue 12/29/09 09:02 PM
Edited by johnnydeville on Tue 12/29/09 09:15 PM
Well good to you,me I have been working on my horror/thriller masterpiece for 20years in my head either too lazy to get on paper or I had school or work always something got in the way maybe one day I will do it,believe me it is a masterpiece the ultimate horror/thriller
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: damn dreams


Great Luck to youflowers flowers flowers

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Tue 12/29/09 09:11 PM
Edited by JustAGuy2112 on Tue 12/29/09 09:12 PM
The only piece of advice I have for you at this point....

MAKE time. Write whenever you can possibly grab a minute.

If you've had it all worked out in your head for that long, the transition to written page, while not exactly easy, should be relatively so.

The idea that became my current project was banging around in my head for around ten years. I told a writer friend about the idea, and she absolutely insisted that I get it written out.

Once I did, and found the direction I could go with it, I found myself taking every possible spare moment to write.

Once you start, you WILL be able to make time. Even if it's just a little bit at a time.

If it's truly your dream to get it written, then allow nothing to stop you.

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Tue 12/29/09 09:16 PM
Thank you for the sound advicedrinker

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Tue 12/29/09 09:17 PM
Edited by JustAGuy2112 on Tue 12/29/09 09:17 PM

Thank you for the sound advicedrinker


Best of luck. Here's hoping we see the beginning of your story here sometime in the near future.drinker

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Wed 12/30/09 09:27 PM

Been writing a novel for the last past three years. Haven't decided if I will try to have it published or just turn it into "National Novel Writing Month" and call it a day.

After having finished it (the hard work that detailed) I can't see myself going through the further hard work to have it published. My writing is more therapy and boredom killer than anything, but I must admit that making a few pennies off of it wouldn't be a tragedy.


Dempsey, I think we got left out along the way somewhere. I would love to read some of your stuff. I'll give you some honest input from the eyes of a big time reader. Don'tworry. I put two excerpts in here a few pages back and I got no response either. Guess they weren't well received. I'm not looking for praise, in fact, I'm looking for criticism. From people who love to read. How else can we improve?

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Wed 12/30/09 10:06 PM
Hmmm..you put in a piece in an email to me and I did respond to it.

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Wed 12/30/09 10:12 PM

Been writing a novel for the last past three years. Haven't decided if I will try to have it published or just turn it into "National Novel Writing Month" and call it a day.

After having finished it (the hard work that detailed) I can't see myself going through the further hard work to have it published. My writing is more therapy and boredom killer than anything, but I must admit that making a few pennies off of it wouldn't be a tragedy.


Dempsy..sorry I haven't responded to this earlier...

I can honestly say that I, myself, am not sure about the work involved in getting my writing published. I'm not sure if, after getting the project finished, I'll have the energy to try self publishing or something like that.

However, there is at least one option available. You can, through doing some research, find an agent to sell it for you. There are, of course, no guarantees on it being sold at all. You would also have to make sure you find an agent that works with the genre that you are writing in. Also, of course, the agent is going to want to take a cut of what you make.

But...it could wind up worth it to save yourself the headaches.

It just depends on whether you decide < and only you can > to take your writing beyond being " therapy ".

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Thu 12/31/09 08:43 AM


Been writing a novel for the last past three years. Haven't decided if I will try to have it published or just turn it into "National Novel Writing Month" and call it a day.

After having finished it (the hard work that detailed) I can't see myself going through the further hard work to have it published. My writing is more therapy and boredom killer than anything, but I must admit that making a few pennies off of it wouldn't be a tragedy.


Dempsy..sorry I haven't responded to this earlier...

I can honestly say that I, myself, am not sure about the work involved in getting my writing published. I'm not sure if, after getting the project finished, I'll have the energy to try self publishing or something like that.

However, there is at least one option available. You can, through doing some research, find an agent to sell it for you. There are, of course, no guarantees on it being sold at all. You would also have to make sure you find an agent that works with the genre that you are writing in. Also, of course, the agent is going to want to take a cut of what you make.

But...it could wind up worth it to save yourself the headaches.

It just depends on whether you decide < and only you can > to take your writing beyond being " therapy ".


If you're serious about getting published through one of the standard publishing companies, go to any decent book store and get a copy of "Writer's Market." It lists thousand of publishers all over the world, and it tells you what each publisher is looking for, in terms of genre, length, topic, etc., and also tells you the typical length of time you'll have to wait to have your book evaluated (generally 6 months to a year, although it varies).

The book also has articles from authors, agents, publishers, etc., with lots of useful advice.





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Thu 12/31/09 08:50 AM
Thanks, Lex.

I'll do that.:thumbsup:

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Thu 12/31/09 10:04 AM
Also, watch out for what's known as "subsidy publishers." You could end up shelling out a lot of money and getting very little or nothing in return.

Here's a good article about this:

http://www.writing-world.com/publish/subsidy.shtml

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Thu 12/31/09 10:17 AM
See...this is what is really discouraging to someone like me.

I probably wouldn't be able to go the " self publish " route no matter what because I simply don't have the money to do so.

Same goes for " subsidy " publishing.

My options are pretty narrow.

For me, it's basically either find and agent that will think the book is good enough to sell, or let the manuscript sit and collect dust.

< shrug >

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Thu 12/31/09 12:11 PM

See...this is what is really discouraging to someone like me.

I probably wouldn't be able to go the " self publish " route no matter what because I simply don't have the money to do so.

Same goes for " subsidy " publishing.

My options are pretty narrow.

For me, it's basically either find and agent that will think the book is good enough to sell, or let the manuscript sit and collect dust.

< shrug >


Well, I suppose it's a lot easier to just say "It's too hard" and forget about it.

On the other hand, true writing talent is rare, and it would be a shame to let it go to waste, especially when there's so much absolute dreck out there.

And you've got the talent.

Nobody ever said it's an easy thing to do, but....you know you want to do it....


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Thu 12/31/09 01:29 PM

See...this is what is really discouraging to someone like me.

I probably wouldn't be able to go the " self publish " route no matter what because I simply don't have the money to do so.

Same goes for " subsidy " publishing.

My options are pretty narrow.

For me, it's basically either find and agent that will think the book is good enough to sell, or let the manuscript sit and collect dust.

< shrug >


I would never use an AGENT or PUBLISHING COMPANY to promote my work.

Basically, it doesn't matter what a publisher think of my book or its concept, but what I THINK of what I've written!

I know that self-publishing can be costly, so I chose to "E-Publish" my work on my own website designed by professionals.

They also designed my book cover...it's great!

Maybe you might consider that route JustAGuyflowerforyou

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Thu 12/31/09 08:28 PM


See...this is what is really discouraging to someone like me.

I probably wouldn't be able to go the " self publish " route no matter what because I simply don't have the money to do so.

Same goes for " subsidy " publishing.

My options are pretty narrow.

For me, it's basically either find and agent that will think the book is good enough to sell, or let the manuscript sit and collect dust.

< shrug >


Well, I suppose it's a lot easier to just say "It's too hard" and forget about it.

On the other hand, true writing talent is rare, and it would be a shame to let it go to waste, especially when there's so much absolute dreck out there.

And you've got the talent.

Nobody ever said it's an easy thing to do, but....you know you want to do it....




Well...cost is the biggest issue for me.

I have to weigh what it will cost me monetarily < because the time isn't that big a deal to me because I have LOTS of that on my hands..lol > because I am barely scraping as it is. Something like this doesn't come cheap. That much I DO know.

But...more and more, I am realizing that what I have done is actually good. I tried to look at my work from the perspective of a reader...and I realized that, if I picked up the book in a store and read a little of it, I would definitely want to buy it.

So, yeah. I most definitely WANT to do whatever I can to get it published. I think, with all of the things I haven't done that I should have over the course of my lifetime, I OWE it to myself to get it published one way or another. Or at least make one HELL of an attempt.

Besides...Lex sez I should.

What more endorsement do I need??? lol

Hey, Lex. Would you be interested in writing a forward for it??? bigsmile

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Thu 12/31/09 08:30 PM


See...this is what is really discouraging to someone like me.

I probably wouldn't be able to go the " self publish " route no matter what because I simply don't have the money to do so.

Same goes for " subsidy " publishing.

My options are pretty narrow.

For me, it's basically either find and agent that will think the book is good enough to sell, or let the manuscript sit and collect dust.

< shrug >


I would never use an AGENT or PUBLISHING COMPANY to promote my work.

Basically, it doesn't matter what a publisher think of my book or its concept, but what I THINK of what I've written!

I know that self-publishing can be costly, so I chose to "E-Publish" my work on my own website designed by professionals.

They also designed my book cover...it's great!

Maybe you might consider that route JustAGuyflowerforyou


Right now, I don't have the first clue what that even entails.

I am concentrating more on the work itself than what comes after that.

I've done a little looking around about self publishing, e publishing, vanity presses and such. But I haven't looked into any of them far enough to really have any idea what all is involved in any of them.

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Thu 12/31/09 11:15 PM
Lex, a friend suggested that I take a look at this site as a potential option for getting published.

Would you mind taking a look and giving your thoughts??

https://www.createspace.com/

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Thu 12/31/09 11:27 PM
People in this thread are largely unresponive.

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Thu 12/31/09 11:46 PM

People in this thread are largely unresponive.


There are a few who respond steadily.

Some are more sporadic.

A couple of other writing threads have faded away completely.

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Fri 01/01/10 09:36 AM

People in this thread are largely unresponive.


Sorry if I missed something.flowerforyou

As mentioned by JustAGuy, the posters are sporatic in these types of threads especially.

I have been really busy getting my book finished, and my inspiration for doing so are the responses to this threaddrinker

Everything is flowing from me know!

Thanks to the ideas posted hereflowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou

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Fri 01/01/10 08:48 PM
Hmmm...in a thread full of writers or hopeful writers...should it really be a surprise that the people that populate the thread might actually be writing rather than posting??? lol

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