Forward progress...

[j_cheney]

No work on DD yesterday, but I did rewrite section 4 of IS.

Once again, I'm supposed to have a great day. Given how normal most of my recently-predicted 'great days' have been, I'll take this with a grain of salt.
As far as your work is concerned, today may well be the day where you get the green light for something you have been waiting for...an issue is being resolved, you are gaining acceptance. Who knows, there might even be a promotion on the cards. But most definitely, your situation will be more secure.

Talked last night with a friend about what gets a book sold (someone who's also getting no love from agents).

I think there are 5 contributing factors, and one need not have all five to break through:
1) Talent
2) Perseverance
3) Marketability (like being a sixteen-year-old, or recently dead, or having talked to a Presidential candidate)
4) Knowing the right people
5) Luck (the editor/agent doesn't spill coffee on their pants and use your query to mop it up.)

Any other thoughts that don't fit into that list of 5?

Comments

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think the Marketability came in with his age....oooh, look, a story written by a kid!

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. I only saw the movie - and if the movie is ANYTHING like the book, I saw ALL the other books/movies he ripped from - and not creatively. But he was 16...

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was somewhat....derivative....

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

Let's see, I saw it once, and this is what I remember:

Star Wars, Star Trek, Anne McCaffrey

I know there were others, but it's been a while. We've all done our derivative work - mostly when we were 16 - and there's a reason they were never published.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

The shuddery part is that he then went on to write what? Three more? And in the meantime, did he learn ANY craft?

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I haven't read them to know....can't bear the thought of parting with the money.

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me either. I didn't feel like spending the money on those *or* the Twilight series.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

;o)