Greetings, all. In a slightly different subject, I am interested in hearing from moms who also write at home (or want to) for a living. My baby is 4 months...
Now that my son is 6 and my daughter 18 mos, I write from 5 AM until 6:30, then wake up the rest of the family. Sometimes, if I have time to take a lunch break...
Hi Melissa, I'm not a mom, but just had an idea for you. I often have my nephews so
that my sister can get her work done. Her hubby is gone often. (I juggle...
In a message dated 2/1/02 10:16:19 AM, Melissa_Welborn@... writes: << I am interested in hearing from moms who also write at home (or want to) for a...
Thanks everyone -- good ideas. There's always excuses, but I don't think I can get up earlier until I start getting some real sleep. :) We're still in 2 or 3...
I have a six year old and an eleven year old. I didn't start writing until the six year old was about eighteen months, but I could've if instead of working on...
Melissa, I'm not sure I qualify to answer you because I've never made my living from writing, but I've sold my work for years, so I'll take a stab at your...
Like Denise, I wrote "around the edges" when the kids were young. The one thing I longed for was a laptop that I could've used during all the time I spent...
In a message dated 2/1/02 3:28:40 AM, TheNovelists@yahoogroups.com writes: << will the agent represent your type of work? >> Gryph - not sure what you mean. ...
Hi, All -- Delurking for a moment. Just got back the rights to my out-of-print books. (Actually, I got them back a year a a half ago, but just found out...
Hello all, No, I wasn't gone to a funeral as I predicted. I was here, reading posts when I could, and being sick. An infection had my eyes swollen and the ...
Bob Broomall asked about epublishers or re-publishers. ebooksonthe.net might be interested. The site has recently changed hands and I know Ms Chase, the...
Thanks for the reminder to report, Judith -- sorry about your being sick! I've rejoined the little group of writers that gave me feedback on Push Not the...
Jim Martin
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Feb 3, 2002 8:10 am
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Congratulations Jim! That's (sort of) my neck of the woods. After the big
event, write in to the list to let us know how it went. Would be fun to
hear. best,...
... If you can provide the ms. electronically, iUniverse's regular print-on-demand self-publishing option, at $99, is cheaper than its reprint service. Are...
Victoria Strauss
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Feb 3, 2002 5:52 pm
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... I have the greatest respect for Mr. Anthony and the work he's done in researching and publicizing web-based publishing. But even the most assiduous...
Victoria Strauss
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Feb 3, 2002 6:10 pm
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In a message dated 2/3/02 12:10:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, jmartin@... writes: << www.HiPiers.com . >> Jim, this email address doesn't work. Are...
Baltic11@...
Feb 3, 2002 7:57 pm
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Hi, Birute, It's a website and it does work. Try again. Did you think it was an e-mail address? Jim ... James Conroyd Martin Author of PUSH NOT THE RIVER For...
Jim Martin
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Feb 3, 2002 10:13 pm
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Just a quick note. I've been chipping away at my book for a while now, and lately have been doing more reading and researching than writing. Something just hit...
... Indeed! I would never have begun writing at all if it hadn't been for the television show Beauty and the Beast with Ron Perlman as Vincent (the beast)....
The following is an exerpt from a newspaper article. The Only Books I Will Buy! By Valerie Angelica Anderson I will only buy books in print, and from a...
E and POD books - simply - the last thing - the very last thing I think you should do is go with one who wants the book exclusively becuase that's the whole...
We have sort of stopped postinig how many words we are writing each day.. do we want to keep doing that? Also I'm doing an aritcle and need to know of other...
How do I put this? I wrote about 2,000 words last night. But, I also pared
out about 2,000 words of previous writing. Progress? Yes. Although the net
result =...
... Take 'em out for a run - bring them to the zoo and see what they say about the animals....
JT Thompson
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Feb 4, 2002 6:40 pm
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Posting words - well, thank goodness i finished revising that draft of a novel that i just shipped to agent; however the novel before that (of a different ...
... My! She certainly has a narrow view of...well..everything, doesn't she? The lovely thing about life nowadays is that (at least in THIS country) people can...
Self-published books may contain a certain amount of vanity publishing. But self-publishing is where many of the best new ideas are surfacing. In an era when...
... It's not just non-fiction, Mike. Just because a story doesn't fit a commercial publisher's narrow guidelines doesn't mean it isn't good, or shouldn't be...
