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SJAB · 17th July 2007, 09:05 AM

Lin, you could be right on all counts.

But, submitting my novel, Oracle, has taught me a lot about the industry and how to produce a professional query/synopsis. This I have applied to another novel, which is actually getting both requests for samples and feedback.

Also the re-vamped version of Oracle has recently been requested by a small, but respected publisher.

I am too old and cynical to believe I am the next best thing to sliced bread

I did not begin writing to make a living, or thinking I was going to be a best seller and make a fortune, I began writing, if I am honest, to prove to myself I could actually do it. The next logical step was to see if I could sell the work I had produced. And I have sold some short stories (Taken me nearly ten years of effort to do, though during that time I nearly died and am now semi handicapped, so I plead time out for part of the ten

) Selling short stories, does not mean I could sell a novel, but I enjoy trying.

Should I stop trying? Should I stop writing? Nope, not going to do that, the writing, research, and the submitting have become part of my life, something I do for me, for my own enjoyment. (when you have a family, job and all the trimmings finding a guility pleasure that costs nothing is very hard

) Yes, I moan about it, curse it, and swear I am never going to write another word, but I always come back to the machine and do it.

I have nearly finished my current effort. (The one that has caused a lot of heart ache and soul searching at times)Maybe this will be the story people want to read. Maybe this one is well-written enough to be considered pro-calibre. Who knows, I most certainly don't. I can't judge my work in that manner and don't try too. I will send it out and see what happens.

As to paying for an edit, yes in an ideal world I would love to be able to do that. But, I can't, and to be honest I won't put myself into debt to obtain it. (And I would have too, no doubt about that. ) £500 might not be a lot of money for others, but it is to me.

(There are a lot of buts in there

)

17th July 2007, 09:05 AM	#45 (permalink)
SJAB Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 467	Re: I've been wondering about editing lately. How much is too much? Lin, you could be right on all counts. But, submitting my novel, Oracle, has taught me a lot about the industry and how to produce a professional query/synopsis. This I have applied to another novel, which is actually getting both requests for samples and feedback. Also the re-vamped version of Oracle has recently been requested by a small, but respected publisher. I am too old and cynical to believe I am the next best thing to sliced bread I did not begin writing to make a living, or thinking I was going to be a best seller and make a fortune, I began writing, if I am honest, to prove to myself I could actually do it. The next logical step was to see if I could sell the work I had produced. And I have sold some short stories (Taken me nearly ten years of effort to do, though during that time I nearly died and am now semi handicapped, so I plead time out for part of the ten ) Selling short stories, does not mean I could sell a novel, but I enjoy trying. Should I stop trying? Should I stop writing? Nope, not going to do that, the writing, research, and the submitting have become part of my life, something I do for me, for my own enjoyment. (when you have a family, job and all the trimmings finding a guility pleasure that costs nothing is very hard ) Yes, I moan about it, curse it, and swear I am never going to write another word, but I always come back to the machine and do it. I have nearly finished my current effort. (The one that has caused a lot of heart ache and soul searching at times)Maybe this will be the story people want to read. Maybe this one is well-written enough to be considered pro-calibre. Who knows, I most certainly don't. I can't judge my work in that manner and don't try too. I will send it out and see what happens. As to paying for an edit, yes in an ideal world I would love to be able to do that. But, I can't, and to be honest I won't put myself into debt to obtain it. (And I would have too, no doubt about that. ) £500 might not be a lot of money for others, but it is to me. (There are a lot of buts in there )