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The Goonies look on in amazement as Randy reads from his novel
Sasquan 2015
Archive for July 29, 2015
Write-a-Thon and Sammy Story Excerpt
All, I have been shamefully neglectful in asking for donation to the Clarion West write-a-thon. Please, go to the website and donate a little something. It supports the creation of a wonderful diversity of amazing future authors. And I’m offering a prize. And now, a snippet from a Finn Fancy-related short story I’ve been writing during the write-a-thon, featuring Finn’s sister Sammy and set in 2003:
Sammy paced the small waiting room between the small sofa and the wall-mounted television, less than eager to confront Bishop Freedom. A unicorn posing as a televangelist. What a frakked up world she lived in.
Of course they had the TV going full volume, the power cord inaccessible and the control panel apparently super-glued shut. Sammy watched Freedom strutting about on stage with his white hair helmet and perfectly even smile.
“… again, what is the greater sin?” Bishop Freedom demanded. “To allow a condom, or to allow easily preventable disease and death? What is the greater sin, to …”
It annoyed Sammy to the point of pissed-offedness that Bishop Freedom used arguments she actually agreed with, given that his true motives were hardly noble.
Sammy pulled out her Palm Pilot, slid an infrared beamer into the SD slot, programmed the PDA as a remote and shut the damn TV off.
It wasn’t that she disagreed with his message, but rather his motives. Unicorns, witches and several other feybloods were well known for feeding somehow on virgins, but less known was that women who’d simply never gotten preggers served them nearly as well. Something about conception, not to mention STDs, changed whatever energy in a woman such creatures fed upon. And two things that had been proven to cause a hell of a lot of pregnancy and disease were bans on contraception, and telling a bunch of horny teenagers to “just say no”. So of course Bishop Freedom condemned the religions and politics that promoted such frakked up policies, but he didn’t do so because they were morally wrong or bass-ackwards in their thinking, and certainly not out of concern for the women; he did so because they screwed with his food source.
How to Become a Novelist (part 2): Publish a Novel
You’ve written a novel? CONGRATULATIONS! So … now what? Did you make it as gooder as you can get it? Well then, it’s time to consider sharing it with the world!
But which path should you take to fame and riches? Let’s start with another fun flow diagram, then I’ll get into the nitty-gritty details. I think I’ve practically compiled a small book here, so, enjoy!
DIGGING INTO TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING
How Do Traditional Publishers Pay Me?
You’ve Gotta Fight for your Rights to Party
How Many Books Do I Have to Sell to be “Successful” Traditional Style?
How Do Used Books and Libraries Affect Me?
What’s a “Big 5” vs Small /Indie Press vs Vanity /Subsidy Press?
The Traditional Publishing Process
WHAT IF I TRY THE TRADITIONAL ROUTE AND EVERYONE REJECTS ME?
Some Food for Thought Before We Proceed
How Does Self-Publishing Pay Me?
How Many Books do I Have to Sell if Self-Published?
OKAY, SO CAN I MAKE A LIVING AT THIS WRITING THING EITHER WAY?
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