Comments on: 10 steps to getting published http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-steps-to-getting-published A passion for writing, a passion for books Thu, 17 May 2012 07:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: george http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-7020 george Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:06:41 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=147#comment-7020 Hi Carrie, Well, first and foremost, Congrats. Sure feels special, don't it? I think that the most important first thing is to print out the entire document, then put the thing in a drawer for a month and try not to think of it at all. That way, when you go back to it you'll be fresh and things that may not have been apparent before will be easier to see. The cooling off period allows you to step back from the work a bit. From there give it an initial read through making notes on any of the big things that immediately stand out; typos, grammar, those kinds of things. If any plot holes become evident make margin notes. Same with any revision ideas such as adding a scene or deleting parts. Ultimately you will devise a system that works best for you. I'd say to keep plugging at it until you find the groove that's right for you. Let me know how it goes for you! George Hi Carrie,

Well, first and foremost, Congrats. Sure feels special, don’t it?

I think that the most important first thing is to print out the entire document, then put the thing in a drawer for a month and try not to think of it at all. That way, when you go back to it you’ll be fresh and things that may not have been apparent before will be easier to see. The cooling off period allows you to step back from the work a bit. From there give it an initial read through making notes on any of the big things that immediately stand out; typos, grammar, those kinds of things. If any plot holes become evident make margin notes. Same with any revision ideas such as adding a scene or deleting parts.

Ultimately you will devise a system that works best for you. I’d say to keep plugging at it until you find the groove that’s right for you.

Let me know how it goes for you!

George

]]> By: Carrie http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-7015 Carrie Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:45:25 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=147#comment-7015 Great tips! I'm working on my first manuscript right now (MA/YA book) and hope to have the first draft completed in the next month. I'm trying to figure out what would be the best approach/way when I get to the editing/revision process (never done this for a novel-length work). Any suggestions? Carrie :) Great tips! I’m working on my first manuscript right now (MA/YA book) and hope to have the first draft completed in the next month. I’m trying to figure out what would be the best approach/way when I get to the editing/revision process (never done this for a novel-length work). Any suggestions?

Carrie :)
Carrie´s last [type] ..NaNoWriMo Week Two Update

]]> By: george http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-7013 george Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:07:44 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=147#comment-7013 Okay readers. Let me plug the plug. Wayne is about the coolest short story writer around. I'm serious. Go check out his stuff. Wildly creative and guaranteed fun each time. Go sharpen your writing chops with a few entries over at Long Short Stories - it could be the best thing you ever did for yourself. George Okay readers. Let me plug the plug. Wayne is about the coolest short story writer around. I’m serious. Go check out his stuff. Wildly creative and guaranteed fun each time. Go sharpen your writing chops with a few entries over at Long Short Stories – it could be the best thing you ever did for yourself.

George

]]> By: John Soares http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-7012 John Soares Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:08:05 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=147#comment-7012 George, I was also fortunate that two of the writers were English teachers, one at the local high school and the other at the local community college. And thanks for the retweet yesterday! George, I was also fortunate that two of the writers were English teachers, one at the local high school and the other at the local community college.

And thanks for the retweet yesterday!

]]> By: Wayne C. Long http://tumblemoose.com/10-steps-to-getting-published/comment-page-1/#comment-7010 Wayne C. Long Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:35:17 +0000 http://tumblemoose.com/?p=147#comment-7010 Hello George! Thanks for coming up for air from Nano. I just know you have a humdinger up your sleeve! Let me extend a big LongShortStories outreach to all your readers regarding your #5, enter writing contests. My Web site runs TWO short fiction contests each year and we offer some VERY nice prizes for sensational work. AND worldwide Internet exposure if you win. There is NO entry fee and there is one heck of a nice guy (me) who will personally read your submittal with all the care and respect a budding writer deserves. I have been there myself. Go to www.LongShortStories.com and click on Contests for all the rules and prize offerings. And then send me your best work. NOT your mediocre work, filled with typos, grammatical gaffes, or timid story lines. We want your genre-busting, atomic-powered, mind-bending best from that imagination of yours that you have thus far been afraid to release upon the bored and jaded reading public. NOW IS YOUR MOMENT! Do you have what it takes? Let's find out, once and for all. I dare you! Wayne C. Long Writer/Editor/Digital Publisher www.LongShortStories.com Where the short story LIVES! Hello George!

Thanks for coming up for air from Nano. I just know you have a humdinger up your sleeve!

Let me extend a big LongShortStories outreach to all your readers regarding your #5, enter writing contests. My Web site runs TWO short fiction contests each year and we offer some VERY nice prizes for sensational work. AND worldwide Internet exposure if you win.

There is NO entry fee and there is one heck of a nice guy (me) who will personally read your submittal with all the care and respect a budding writer deserves. I have been there myself.

Go to http://www.LongShortStories.com and click on Contests for all the rules and prize offerings. And then send me your best work. NOT your mediocre work, filled with typos, grammatical gaffes, or timid story lines.
We want your genre-busting, atomic-powered, mind-bending best from that imagination of yours that you have thus far been afraid to release upon the bored and jaded reading public. NOW IS YOUR MOMENT!

Do you have what it takes? Let’s find out, once and for all.

I dare you!

Wayne C. Long
Writer/Editor/Digital Publisher
http://www.LongShortStories.com
Where the short story LIVES!

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