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Fanfare! Submission Gong
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Well done. Just spotted this.
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Karen Gray
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Thanks folks... Hopefully they like it 
So now I'm twiddling my thumbs with you @Jason Byrne shall we reconvene in say... 9-12 months? lol
So now I'm twiddling my thumbs with you @Jason Byrne shall we reconvene in say... 9-12 months? lol- Thread starter
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Thanks folks... Hopefully they like it
Hope it's less than that. I think we should hear, or not so as the case maybe, from David Fickling Books within 2 months right?
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Jason Byrne
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Thanks folks... Hopefully they like it
Baen is 9-12 months, unfortunately. My expiration date is October 20th, 2015.
Hope it's less than that. I think we should hear, or not so as the case maybe, from David Fickling Books within 2 months right?
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Karen Gray
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AH! Ok so for me it's the full 9 to 12 months... hell it's like being pregnant and not knowing what's coming... Actually it's not but hey it sounded good in my head lol
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Jason Byrne
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Or like being pregnant and waiting to find out at the end of the full term whether it was just gas.
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Karen Gray
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OMG YEAH that's exactly it!!Or like being pregnant and waiting to find out at the end of the full term whether it was just gas.
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Alistair Roberts
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9-12 months! Meanwhile trying elsewhere.....?
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Meerkat
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Good going everybody! Hopefully I can ring the gong soon, too. Just short stories for me right now, but I'm in the process of editing/fixing the last ten stories I wrote. (Sort of didn't take breathers in between them . . .)
Nicole Wilson
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- Jun 14, 2015
Whoo! My first query submission is out! (Technically....)
I signed up for Writer's Digest's Thriller Online Writing Conference and, with it, came a query critique from an actual agent in our field. And, if they want to see more, they might ask! So I'm going to count this as submission Numero Uno.
(For those interested in the conference, it's 6/19 and 6/20 and 100% online. No having to get out of your jammies! You can sign up here: https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/courses/thriller-writing-online-conference)
I signed up for Writer's Digest's Thriller Online Writing Conference and, with it, came a query critique from an actual agent in our field. And, if they want to see more, they might ask! So I'm going to count this as submission Numero Uno.
(For those interested in the conference, it's 6/19 and 6/20 and 100% online. No having to get out of your jammies!
You can sign up here: https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/courses/thriller-writing-online-conference)
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Karen Gray
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Hmmm, sounds interesting, though, I'm not sure I would have the time when it was needed... I'll take a look though
Congrats and I wish you every luck with your submission
EDIT - DUH! I don't write Thriller!!! It's waaaay tooo early for my noggin lol
Congrats and I wish you every luck with your submission
EDIT - DUH! I don't write Thriller!!! It's waaaay tooo early for my noggin lol
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Jason Byrne
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GONG! I like doing that way too much. Someone keep this mallet away from me.Whoo! My first query submission is out! (Technically....)
I signed up for Writer's Digest's Thriller Online Writing Conference and, with it, came a query critique from an actual agent in our field. And, if they want to see more, they might ask! So I'm going to count this as submission Numero Uno.
(For those interested in the conference, it's 6/19 and 6/20 and 100% online. No having to get out of your jammies!
Nicole Wilson
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- Jun 14, 2015
Just don't hurt yourself with it....
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Jason Byrne
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How did you know...
Anyone else manage to injure themselves every day or nearly every day?
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Jason Byrne
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Gong for the first submission following the advice of the very-helpful @Katie-Ellen Hazeldine.
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Karen Gray
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Yay! Good luck with it!
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Alistair Roberts
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Take heart that this is probably true of every Author. I cringe at my first one, although it has some great ideas in it. But a rework is fairly normal, and practice makes perfect they say.Good luck! Fab friday for you.
Whilst I am booked in a hotel crying over my first printed MS which can only be described as disjointed. Needs so much rewriting, reworking and some much needed love.
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Take heart that this is probably true of every Author. I cringe at my first one, although it has some great ideas in it. But a rework is fairly normal, and practice makes perfect they say.
Thank you. My first rung on the literary ladder is precariously squeaky. Need reinforcements. Feel a blog coming along - to remedy the situation.
Robinne Weiss
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- May 19, 2015
My blog has been quite helpful, for the sole reason that it gives me a concrete writing task that I can tick off every day. "Yep, I've blogged. I've accomplished something."
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Robinne Weiss
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- May 19, 2015
I blog, therefore I am. Send me the link to your blog!
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Just finished editing the full MS. Am nearing the point of submission. Just need to type it up and final reading left.
The learning curve in writing my first novel has been so steep, I feel like one of my characters who parkour up a vertical wall! the knowledge gaps are being filled as a result my confidence has increased greatly. Just enjoying the moment here.
The learning curve in writing my first novel has been so steep, I feel like one of my characters who parkour up a vertical wall!
the knowledge gaps are being filled as a result my confidence has increased greatly. Just enjoying the moment here.
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Karen Gray
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Yay! That's great news @EmureldaJust finished editing the full MS. Am nearing the point of submission. Just need to type it up and final reading left.
The learning curve in writing my first novel has been so steep, I feel like one of my characters who parkour up a vertical wall!
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Karen Gray
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Ah yes... Nothing like the smell of horse manure on a Monday afternoon pmsl!
You know when I met Gordon I was dressed in a shredded strappy top with triple wide legged jack skeleton jeans on, chains hanging off the belt and a full length leather trench coat, and I and STANK to the heavens of horses because I'd had to come straight from work to puppy classes with rocket dog. He still asked me to to the pictures 8 months later we were married. It seems 'eau de cheval' just does it for some pmsl!
You know when I met Gordon I was dressed in a shredded strappy top with triple wide legged jack skeleton jeans on, chains hanging off the belt and a full length leather trench coat, and I and STANK to the heavens of horses because I'd had to come straight from work to puppy classes with rocket dog. He still asked me to to the pictures
8 months later we were married. It seems 'eau de cheval' just does it for some pmsl!
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Alistair Roberts
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Beautiful, if smelly story Karen
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