Sunday, March 27, 2011

Update on writing

Editing.  And writing new stuff.  I received comments back for my youth sci-fi story and I am on the right track.  I had to read a page out loud in class and I found myself enjoying it, but also realizing how much detail I leave out in my first drafts.  In some ways that works pretty well, but in other ways it means editing becomes a full time job.  And, sadly, I have a full time job.

Attended a class this weekend on the legal aspects of publishing.  It was good and I learned quite a bit, but the slant was biased toward an agent and traditional publishing model.  When I asked questions about e-book publishing they responded as if I was mad.  So when they talked about submissions to agents being mostly through email and that the "slush piles" were becoming outdated, I was wondering if they were listening to themselves talk.  Electronic publishing is the future.  How soon?  Soon, in my opinion.

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