In a message dated 2/27/03 5:01:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, kanderson66@... writes: << When I signed the two-book contract with the publisher, they wrote...
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Mar 3, 2003 12:21 am
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In a message dated 2/27/03 5:01:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, kanderson66@... writes: << By now, I'm really glad she didn't shut up. Kent >> So sorry, I...
Baltic11@...
Mar 3, 2003 12:22 am
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you're so welcome, Bill. Birute...
Baltic11@...
Mar 3, 2003 1:36 am
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Dear group, I obviously didn't learn the first time, so I've decided to self-publish my new novel coming out this fall, unless somebody knocks some sense into...
Hi Dane, Nope. I'm not going to knock any sense into you. My two suggestions are to buy a copy of "How to Publish and Promote Online" by MJ Rose and Angela...
Hi Dane, I'm with Jody - wouldn't dream of trying to knock sense into you. Look where fellow novelist Jim is now with his Push Not The River, which started out...
Dane, Naida West has sold an enormous volume of her self-published books. (They are REALLY self-published: she created her own printing company, even.) She hit...
In a message dated 3/4/03 3:47:52 AM, TheNovelists@yahoogroups.com writes: << My two suggestions are to buy a copy of "How to Publish and Promote Online" by MJ...
There are times when we are in a quandary as to what to do with troublesome characters at the end of a novel. At the end of the novel I have finished reading...
William Blackall
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Mar 6, 2003 9:02 am
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... Tiocfaidh ár gCaractéirí!...
JT Thompson
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Mar 6, 2003 9:20 am
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Here's a link to an interesting article about plotting. It's by Norman Mailer, from his new book about writing ("The Spooky Art"): ...
Interview with Lawrence Block about writing thrillers, from the Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0310/yeh.php...
JT Thompson
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Mar 6, 2003 9:01 pm
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Hello everyone, I've been pretty quiet lately, as I'm preparing for the publication of book #1 and writing steadily on book #2. In the last couple of weeks...
You're all writing, I hope! Just found out that St. Martin's is doing arcs (advanced reading copies) of my book (instead of standard bound galleys) and that...
Jim Martin
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Mar 12, 2003 1:07 am
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Way to go, Jim! ... From: "Jim Martin" <jmartin@...> To: <TheNovelists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:58 PM Subject: [TheNovelists]...
Jim, that's great! Let me know when in Los Angeles. I'll try to come. Birute [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Baltic11@...
Mar 12, 2003 6:23 am
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Took some time to read "Push Not the River" free chapter available online...it looks to me like some of the classics by Thomas Hardy. Hope i will get myself a...
That's terrific, Jim! Congrats!!! Ken "You can never go home again, but I guess you can shop there." -- John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank) ... Do you Yahoo!? ...
Congratulations Jim. It only goes to show that getting published begins a period of a greater degree of work. Bill...
William Blackall
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Mar 12, 2003 12:43 pm
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FYI -- The Yahoo! Groups service will be down for scheduled maintenance Friday, March 15, 9:00 PM PST (GMT-8) as we move our servers to a new facility. We ...
That seems an excessive amount of time, but thanks for passing it along. Amber Ken Kessler <radioproducer1@...> wrote: FYI -- The Yahoo! Groups service...
Jim, this is great news! Denise Meyers www.denisewrites.com www.pennwriters.org www.writersunlimited.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I've been told this is the old notice from last year. Look at the dates. Friday is the 14th this year and Sunday is the 16th, not the 15th and 17th, as they...
My apologies for the email I sent earlier. That's what I get for skipping my morning coffee! Looks like this is a leftover message from last year. Sorry...
Congratulations, Jim ! You have good reason to be jazzed. I still remember reading PNTR last year and being blown away. I could not get through the pages fast...
Jim, that's so exciting! I'm just delighted for you! Meanwhile, St. Martins just rejected me <g>. All best to you! Genie ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Don't let it get you down. Persist! I have rejections enough to paper my condo. Jim ... From: "genie" <dondav01@...> To: <TheNovelists@yahoogroups.com>...
Jim Martin
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Mar 12, 2003 10:04 pm
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Ditto here. In fourteen years I accumulated nearly 300 rejections of five novels before making my sale. Hang on! Kent...
Jim and Kent thanks for the encouraging words -- I'm coming close on this book (my third submitted, fourth if you count the one I had e and POD published two...
