when the going gets tough, the tough crumple like origami ~

[lookingland]

i typed an exceedingly long whine about looking for agents, my failure to come up with a single commercial/marketable idea in 20 years, and basically the meaninglessness of it all ~ but the hell with that.

who wants to send a book query to the William Morris Agency?

c'mon ~ ! if we're gonna get rejected, why not by the best!

: D

(this sad attempt at denial of an otherwise horrific crashing and burning writer's crisis is sponsored by caffeine-free Diet Coke).

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[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been rejected by ICM and Writers House, so I might as well add William Morris to the list (I'm still holding out hope for Curtis Brown!)

Big hugs to accompany your Diet Coke. And lots of sympathy for the writer's crisis. Are you actively looking for an agent?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i really oughta if i mean to get serious.

lately events have conspired to discourage me ~ lisa's death, this harvard student plagiarism business, other random conjunctions of planets ~

~ i've never wanted to be anything other than a writer all my life. for the first time, i actually think i've been deluding myself all these years.

so unless i get serious and get an agent for the work i'm doing or try to start writing something else that will actually sell, i oughta hang up my ink and start thinking of other more useful things to do with my time.

: o p

thanks for the commiseration. i'm gonna keep positive thoughts for you and curtis brown.

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[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Well, if I can be of any help, please let me know!

And, big hugs for you...I'm sorry that you're feeling dejected about your writing. It's so hard to forge onwards sometimes, isn't it?

so unless i get serious and get an agent for the work i'm doing or try to start writing something else that will actually sell, i oughta hang up my ink and start thinking of other more useful things to do with my time.

Please tell me that you're joking. Please? I don't think you are though...honestly, your writing is some of the coolest I've read in a long while! Are you sure that it won't sell? I think it would - good writing is always a hot commodity, despite the general concensus that's it's difficult to get published.

(((((you)))))

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thank you for your support ~ truly! i tend to whine a lot, but i'm usually just blowing off frustration. in this case, however, i really am thinking more deeply about my intentions as a writer. "get busy living or get busy dying" as red says (or king writes).

i'm gonna finish this book and give it a shot. and if i can't get it off the ground i know it'll be time to make some changes in my tactics.

i'm gonna give myself to the end of summer to get this rolling. if you ever wanna trade betas or anything, lemme know (books, not fish ~ am i the only one who thinks "beta" is a weird term for a novel? it's not software. and what exactly makes it a "beta" as opposed to, say, an "episilon"?)

my brain is clocking about 875 mph this afternoon, dunna mind me.

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[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

My LJ replies are arriving all out of order...sorry I missed this earlier!

And, sure! I'd love to trade betas, but...you haven't seen what I write yet! You might be getting the short end of the stick (I'm hoping to have something up on Quill this week, but you know what they say about best intentions....)

And, yah, beta is a weird term...I'll be your epsilon reader anytime! :)

[scarlite.livejournal.com]

I'm in!!

But seriously, I read the other comments and I completely sympathize with your crisis. I feel the exact same way some times. All I've ever wanted to do was write. It's been the one dream I've never given up on. My problem is, I get too many ideas and not enough actual novels. Nanowrimo was the first time I've ever completed a rough draft of a novel. 10 years of story ideas and one half baked novel.

Like you, I feel I really need to get on the ball or just hang it up. I'm going to edit the story I wrote this summer and organize all my other ideas and start looking for a publisher.

I wish you the best of luck, you are incredibly smart and very talented. I have faith in you. I'm always here to lend a comiserating ear. :)

*HUGS*

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

awww, thanks ~ !

sorry about the late response (got lost in the shuffle). yesterday i was looking at the advertisments for An American Haunting. it's getting feh reviews, but i look at that and think: hey, someone made that, believed in it, got some star-power behind it, and it's just a rehash of the tired ol' Bell Witch mystery.

i think there's hope for us yet!

good luck with your edit and thank you again for your support!

: D