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This Week in Rejection!: Bellingham Review

I don’t know why, but the little partial-slip rejections tickle me. Especially when they’re a color other than white.

This one stung because I have a good friend who lives in Bellingham!

(BTW, the handwritten bit — “Here Comes The” — was the title of my submitted/rejected story.)

Today’s Tumblr – August 21, 2013

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Barry Lyga Official Facebook Page

Microsoft offers classrooms free Surface RT tablets

"Drop the “-ly” words! Keep your typing fingers where I can see them. Make no sudden moves. Step away…"

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Barry Lyga

"You’ve got all of this nonsense woven in through your dialogue and it’s choking the dialogue like…"

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Most awesome animated Wonder Woman ever. And that’s…

This has become my latest obsession: The version of “All…

Intervista a Barry Lyga (autore di Mio padre serial killer) – Thriller Cafe

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The Official Barry Lyga Facebook Page is Up!

Hey, gang! I’ve put up an official Barry Lyga Facebook page. And to welcome everyone to it, I’ve posted “Neutral Mask,” the special Connie prequel story to I Hunt Killers!

In “Neutral Mask,” we zoom in on a time one year before the opening of I Hunt Killers. Jazz and Connie have just started dating. And Connie wants her new boyfriend to try acting. Of course, she doesn’t realize he’s always acting…

Yes, there is plenty of Howie, too.

To read the story, just visit the Facebook page and “Like” it. Then you can click on the “Prequel” tab and start reading!

Interview: Kelly Smith Reviews

Another day, another interview! Today, discussing a range of issues, from why I interlinked the Brookdale Books to crossing over into adult.

Check it out!

Interview: Italy’s Thriller Cafe

I Hunt Killers was recently published in Italy, where it goes under the title Mio Padre Serial Killer, a nice little intralinguistic bit of literalism there.

Thriller Cafe, an Italian site devoted to (take a guess) thrillers interviewed me. If you can read Italian, check it out!

 

Today’s Tumblr – August 19, 2013

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Memory Monday: Robin Repudiates Batman

"That’s the point of the million bad words, really. To internalize all of these rules and ideas so…"

On Rejection

Ted Dziuba: Mastering the Craft

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Kyra

from Fanboy and Gothgirl

by Barry…

Cool!

How Marvel Unified Its Movie Universe

"This is, after all, a man who once said the quality he most wanted in a wife was the ability to…"

For writing teen protagonists, do you have any advice for creating the character's parents? It seems to have become usual to make the parents absent or neglectful somehow. It may not be a realistic portrayal but it gives the teen protagonist a better chance at getting the freedom to get stuff done. What do you think?

The Bunnies from Another Place

Daily Bunny,…

When will the title for the 3rd Jasper Dent book be released? I just finished #2 today, such an evil cliff hanger.

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Memory Monday: Robin Repudiates Batman

So… Batman’s way of thinking is “crud,” eh? Man oh man, it’s gonna be awkward around the Batcave for a while…

(From New Teen Titans Annual #2, 1983. Written by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez. Art by Pérez and Pablo Marcos.)

This Week in Rejection! Addendum

Those of you who enjoy This Week in Rejection! should check out this piece about rejection from the inestimable Kirk Douglas…

Today’s Tumblr – August 16, 2013

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This Week in Rejection!: Priest Literary

"There are exceptions to EVERY rule, and I’m not even claiming these are rules to begin with!"

"You either care, or you don’t."

"The funniest stuff is usually in dialogue."

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This Week in Rejection!: Priest Literary

A good lesson here…

When aspiring authors hear something like, “I’m sorry, but I’m just not passionate enough about this project to take it on,” they tend to take that very personally. But it’s not a judgment on your work. It’s a sober-minded distinction, a reminder that ultimately this is a business of perspectives and subjectivity. “Not passionate enough” does not equal “you suck.” It equals, “It’s not my cup of tea.” Period. Full stop.

A lot of folks also get bent out of shape by the “not passionate enough” argument because they feel that the commercial potential of their work is so obvious and so enormous that passion shouldn’t matter. “I don’t care if you’re passionate, you Philistine! Don’t you want to make gobs and gobs of money? Aren’t you passionate about that?”

Again: This business is subjective. You need and want an agent (or, indeed, an editor) who is as in love with your book as you are, someone who will take care of it, look out for it, shepherd it safely through the dangerous valleys and gullies of the publishing world.

Look at it this way: Would you rather have a babysitter who cares deeply for your child…or just someone willing to take your money?