tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722388181450585313.post3581462511449604873..comments2023-04-06T06:43:48.913-04:00Comments on Mittens Writes: Happy V-D!Laura Hughes, MittensMorgulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934132671168843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722388181450585313.post-71760632907280622202012-02-14T16:41:12.183-05:002012-02-14T16:41:12.183-05:00I think the "memory stick draft" is the ...I think the "memory stick draft" is the modern equivalent to the unfinished "book in the bottom drawer." I have one, too. I hope to have another go at it at some point...but chances are that if I ever touch it I will overhaul it so completely that even I won't recognize its origins.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722388181450585313.post-84914316730607580362012-02-14T15:56:52.855-05:002012-02-14T15:56:52.855-05:00I've already started the third book (I wrote a...I've already started the third book (I wrote a thousand words this afternoon before I had to stop to fetch the kid). I'm at a point where I can't stop now. I suppose that's a good thing. Luckily the first novel in this series is actually the third novel I ever wrote (the first two will languish on a memory stick until such time as I have an actual agent, and a following of readers who would forgive me for writing something so cheesy). I do fully intend to go back someday and do something more with that original series, but until then, I'm pushing ahead on the new one.Laura Hughes, MittensMorgulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934132671168843593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722388181450585313.post-72529287956765929452012-02-14T14:25:41.585-05:002012-02-14T14:25:41.585-05:00I love your honesty. I know you are a writer, bec...I love your honesty. I know you are a writer, because you write. The thing is, sometimes it takes those who are able to appreciate you a while to find you. There are books that sit around waiting to be found and, when they FINALLY are "discovered" (after having been out 10 years), the writer is hailed as an overnight sensation. There are TV series that take several seasons to find their audience, but once they do...watch out! <br /><br />From one virtual stranger of a writer to another: write the third book. Finish the story. Don't leave the characters in limbo. <br /><br />Perhaps once the third book is completed you can go and clean up the things in the first book that scream "this is my first novel ever!" Perhaps you can breathe some new life into it. <br /><br />And maybe...just maybe...even if you cannot find an agent who drools over it...maybe you could offer it on Amazon. Writers write. Readers read. Readers often drool over things that agents and publishers do not immediately recognize as "worthy." (Hm, the name J. K. Rowlings suddenly popped into my head!) <br /><br />My humble suggestion is this...finish it. Clean it up and get it in the hands of your future fans. When someone reads your words, they become real. And, you can make some money while your work finds its audience.<br /><br />(stepping down of soapbox, giving an encouraging wave...and leaving you to consider this further...)<br /><br />FOOTNOTEL Geez, if I am this bossy with a complete stranger, can you *imagine* how bossy I am with people I actually know?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.com