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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 6, 2013 16:09:19 GMT 1
-submitted proposal for the story collection to another publisher as the other has closed it's doors
-still trying to get time to work the novella/novel up
-got two weird western shorts on the go
-trying to get my sub for darkest minds into shape
-got a couple of stories that need a few hundred words to finish and then can polish them before sending.
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Post by karswell on Sept 23, 2013 10:01:02 GMT 1
Cue fanfare...
Just finished the first draft of the novel. 65667 words. Editing to follow which if past experience is anything to go by will add a few more. (It'd be great, given the subject matter, to get up to 66666 - who knows, may even be possible...)
Been on a long time with this (but then fairly massive life changes happened in the middle of it) and now begins the hard work of finding a home for it.
For some light relief, I'm going to knock out my short story idea for Morpheus Tales while I'm editing.
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 23, 2013 11:55:14 GMT 1
brilliant news! do you still want comments on the bits i have or have you already editted through them?
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Post by karswell on Sept 23, 2013 12:05:32 GMT 1
Cheers!
Any comments gratefully received. I have edited Part One and have made a few changes already (including plot changes) but I'd still like to hear any general comments.
I'm going to proof and edit the whole thing again but then I would be looking for readers before I start subbing...
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 23, 2013 12:41:31 GMT 1
coolio i shall finish up the last part and send over general thoughts comments etc
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Post by Ross Warren on Sept 23, 2013 20:23:07 GMT 1
Well done Sir! Dark Fuse should definitely be top of the sub list.
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 23, 2013 21:50:42 GMT 1
bloodbound books are also open till the end of October
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Post by karswell on Oct 18, 2013 11:03:15 GMT 1
OK, here we go. First draft of novel edited and proofed. Comes in at 65,722 words - 157 pages.
I now need some beta readers as I'm too close to it to tell if it works, makes sense, is readable etc. etc.
If anyone would like to volunteer, I have it in Word, PDF and kindle-friendly formats.
Ta.
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Post by benedictjjones on Oct 18, 2013 13:26:59 GMT 1
^you may as well send me the whole thing and i can then put the thoughts i've already had into a more coherent pattern in reference to the 'whole'. And i promise it wont be months for a response..
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Post by karswell on Oct 18, 2013 14:00:45 GMT 1
Cheers Ben - will do.
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Post by karswell on Oct 18, 2013 14:03:13 GMT 1
Is it your live.co email address still?
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Post by karswell on Dec 2, 2013 12:19:48 GMT 1
Given that there's a 6 month turnaround on novels, I've subbed mine to DarkFuse already.
Sent off a 4,500 word story to Morpheus Tales for their Rural Horror anthology and have begun writing stuff down for Spectral's Industrial Horror anthology in the hope that a plot might rear up from it. (Massively disappointed the ghost story annual's not being published his year as I had a shout at being in it).
Have started a new story with my character from The Filter House (which I'm still trying to find a publisher for...)
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Post by benedictjjones on Dec 2, 2013 14:03:13 GMT 1
^should have my notes all done re the novel by the end of the week - been rather unwell of late :-(
great news re another one with the filter house character, loved that story
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Post by karswell on Dec 2, 2013 15:13:03 GMT 1
No probs Ben, hope you're feeling better.
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Post by benedictjjones on Dec 2, 2013 16:27:16 GMT 1
much better thanks, mate. Been one thing after another since i went on holiday but feel properly 'human' again today!
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