Welcome… I’m New Here! November rain

[Sarit]

Hi everyone, November is my favourite month because that's when all the tourists leave the South of France and I reclaim my sanity. So my vacation starts now until March when they return (you guessed it, I'm a tour guide). So when I'm not trampling in medieval villages or baroque churches, I am a tourist myself and a writer. I should say that my self taught journey started, oh back in 2018 as a screenwriter. So I've written several features, pilots etc. Participated in labs, residencies, won a few trophies. But -- felt quite constrained by all the 'rules'. Though screenwriting as a format was a great school in economy and efficiency on the page. So thank you!

A year ago I embarked on a frightening journey into the unknown world of prose. There was one project that kept pestering me, that would not fit into a screenplay. So I spent the last year writing it, it's called The Correction -- an epic syfy/fantasy novel. To date, I've written the first book (It will be a two parter). Still revising etc. I stumbled upon this group when I started experimenting with querying and landed on Pete's page who told me not to query him and to come here instead! ;-) I've only had one full ms request so I'm kind of stuck waiting for some feedback as I'm not really sure what to do now with this book or continue querying? Or just forget about for now and go traveling?

This is how I wasted today, in these thoughts. Eventually, I fell back to my old habits, reopened Gormenghast and sank in deep.

Thank you for reading thus far and looking forward to seeing you around here Sarit

 

[Jonny]

Hi Sarit

Welcome,. Hope you find it enjoyable and helpful here in Litopia.

Congrats. One full ms request is great for a first project. Hope you manage to hook the agent when they read the entire book.

In the meantime, there's plenty going on around here to keep your writing muscles active as you wait for that all important 'ping' in your inbox. And of course there's nothing to stop you querying elsewhere, too. Most of us do. And, after all, what could be better than a bidding war?

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Welcome Sarit,

Nice to have you here. Gormenghast is a great place to spend some time.
I look forward to seeing you interacting with us here at Litopia. I'm sure we'll all benefit from the experience you bring.
xxx

 

[Sedayne]

Hi Sarit,

Nice to meet you. Hope you are finding your way around and settling in well.

Rachel x

 

[Barbara]

Welcome to the Colony.

 

[wrightstuff]

Welcome.

I'm relatively new myself, and can assure you that this is a good place to be.

Growing up on England's south coast, I spent several wonderful holidays in the south of France - mostly Dordogne, Charente and Angouleme.

 

[mickleinapickle]

Welcome to Litopia. Very cold November rain here in the UK Midlands.

 

[Claire G]

Welcome

 

[RK Wallis]

Welcome aboard @Sarit What an interesting job; perfect for a writer to people-watch!

 

[Bloo]

Thank you for bringing November rain, Sarit. It has been an extremely dry autumn here in the northeastern US, so we really needed it

I write sci-fi, too. Yet not enough to finish a novel, so good on you. Interesting that yours is a duology, as most sequels are planned as trilogies. I was sorta thinking a two-parter, as well. I think I have to finish part one, though

Anyhoo...welcome to the madhouse

 

[Aethalope]

Hi Sarit, welcome to Litopia!

 

[Sarit]

Welcome to Litopia. Very cold November rain here in the UK Midlands.

Eeek... I'll be visiting Ireland soon so I suppose it will be worse? I kinda like these places in the off season they feel more authentic to me.

 

[Sarit]

Thank you for bringing November rain, Sarit. It has been an extremely dry autumn here in the northeastern US, so we really needed it

I write sci-fi, too. Yet not enough to finish a novel, so good on you. Interesting that yours is a duology, as most sequels are planned as trilogies. I was sorta thinking a two-parter, as well. I think I have to finish part one, though

Anyhoo...welcome to the madhouse

Haya! I think the SFF genre is like a wicked child. I started this project as a stand alone, but then it just had a mind of its own and ran ahead without me. So I planned it as a trilogy. But then once I finished the first book I had no closure on any of the threads and no way to close them. The second book did that so I had no choice but to slam these together into one book....

 

[Pamela Jo]

Eeek... I'll be visiting Ireland soon so I suppose it will be worse? I kinda like these places in the off season they feel more authentic to me.

Welcome. If you come by Rosslare, stop and say Hi. We are near Wexford. A friend has some BNB cottages to rent near the sea. And weirdly it doesnt rain there as much as elsewhere. It's near Sigginstown Castle on the Norman Way. Her property was the mill for the castle.

 

[Bloo]

Welcome to Litopia. Very cold November rain here in the UK Midlands.

We had a cold one yesterday in New England, but it was welcome. We haven't had significant rain since August. The grass was brown and streams dried up. We've had red flag warnings (extreme fire risk - no outdoor burning allowed) for weeks.

One good rain won't fill the streams, but at least the grass will green up.

 

[wrightstuff]

Rain seems to be the theme. After a number of unusually dry Novembers, Singapore seems determined to make up the average!

It has rained almost constantly for the last few weeks, and there's no sign of it stopping. It's the sort of rain that will soak you in a couple of seconds, but it's not that cold (rarely below 23C), so not too bad.

 

[Sarit]

I love rain. There are so many kinds. Fat rain, spitty rain, side rain, rain that comes down like a wall, or thin like the strings on a harp. Sometimes when it's raining I look up and think how strange that we just accept that water falls from the sky from seemingly nowhere!

 

[Aethalope]

The El Nino earlier this year was brutal, no rain from about Nov '23 to June '24. Not really right for a tropical rainforest. Now it's back to lovely, lovely La Nina conditions

 

[mickleinapickle]

Eeek... I'll be visiting Ireland soon so I suppose it will be worse? I kinda like these places in the off season they feel more authentic to me.

I think the UK and Ireland have a similar climate. The North Atlantic drift keeps us fairly mild and wet all year round, though we've had an icy Arctic blast with snow over the last week. Now we're promised a very wet weekend with the temperature into double figures (centigrade). I'm not a fan of November. Roll on the spring.

 

[Jonny]

I love rain. There are so many kinds. Fat rain, spitty rain, side rain, rain that comes down like a wall, or thin like the strings on a harp. Sometimes when it's raining I look up and think how strange that we just accept that water falls from the sky from seemingly nowhere!

You're gonna love Ireland, then.

I'm aloud to say that as it's where I'm from. The scenery is beautiful in many parts of the country.