tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988507102530771858.post8520508126410503111..comments2022-04-07T00:32:22.507-07:00Comments on Marilyn Pappano: Waiting for InspirationMarilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04021516647141651616noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988507102530771858.post-4440852919723372662012-09-09T14:38:35.970-07:002012-09-09T14:38:35.970-07:00Thanks for visiting, Shirley!
I've met tons ...Thanks for visiting, Shirley! <br /><br />I've met tons of writers who say they're writers, but that's just what they want to BE, not what they want to DO. One woman I knew years ago told me that she'd cleaned her office and found 97 partial manuscripts -- each one three chapters and a synopsis -- but not one single finished book. Can't get sold that way, you know?<br /><br />Wonderful idea for the contest. And some great winners, too!Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021516647141651616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988507102530771858.post-70279564337569923382012-09-08T23:36:51.669-07:002012-09-08T23:36:51.669-07:00Yesterday at our branch meeting of RWNZ Coast to C...Yesterday at our branch meeting of RWNZ Coast to Coast Chapter, our guest speaker was Nalini Singh...and she talked about promotion and emphasised that to be successful first finish the book.<br /><br />Kind of obvious isn't it.<br /><br />RWNZ has The Clendon Award aka "Finish the damn book."<br />Barbara Clendon a longtime supporter of RWNZ and bookstore owner got tired of people talking about the books they were writing.<br /><br />Was it a success...past winners Kylie Short, Melissa James, Bronwyn Jamieson...other place getters Nalini Singh, the late Sandra Hyatt, Yvonne Lidsay to name but a few. <br /><br />So yes, finishing that book is so important if you ever want to have it published. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988507102530771858.post-9070837647475286982012-09-07T09:01:52.198-07:002012-09-07T09:01:52.198-07:00The first time I ever had to set a deadline, I was...The first time I ever had to set a deadline, I was clueless, so my editor, Leslie Wainger, suggested three months. If I needed more time, all I had to do was ask, and if I turned it early, that was fine, too.<br /><br />I'd never paid attention to how much I wrote before that, and I went into panic mode. I wrote six-eight hours every day, so afraid I wasn't going to meet the deadline. <br /><br />Three weeks later I put the book in the mail and learned one of my first valuable lessons: how to estimate how long a book will take.<br /><br />Heck, I don't have time in my schedule for writer's block. Maybe that's why I've never had it. :)Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021516647141651616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988507102530771858.post-5397371015280471152012-09-07T08:38:00.418-07:002012-09-07T08:38:00.418-07:00That's the one thing that would make me nervou...That's the one thing that would make me nervous. Writing for a deadline. I figure I would just freeze up and choke. :P <br /><br />I don't know how you do it. You inspire us all! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com