Con questions
Ok, so I am going to WFC. Am I going to WFC? Gevalt! Gevalt! Questions:
1) Can you pitch an unfinished book? I *will* finish it. Just not in time for WFC. If the book were finished, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pitch it, as a chunk / first PoV / novelette is coming out from BCS on Oct. 20th in timely fashion for WFC. But the book is not finished. It will be very finished by the next year's WFC; I want to have a full draft in early 2012 and a revised draft by March or April, this taking into account unforeseen illnesses, etc.
2) If your answer to 1) is yes, how do you pitch a book? I don't know if I can do a good elevator pitch - this thing is very complex - multi-PoV, secondary world, new system of magic, multicultural, multiple conflicts, etc - in short, epic fantasy (YA) in all its gory glory. But I can try. If I do try for a pitch, should I mention secondary-world Jews even though Sureh is only one of six protagonists and her PoV is only one sixth of the book?
3) If I am to pitch the novel, or even talk about it, any advice on how to overcome the dreadful "Oh it's so queer and so weird it wouldn't possibly sell, I have no idea why Scott Andrews liked it... I'm a lousy writer" crap that will spill from my mouth with extreme conviction... YES, I can simultaneously love my novel and think it extremely cool and hate my novel and think I'm full of guano, which doesn't reflect on the actual quality of the piece, only on my convoluted brain.
4) Shall I make business cards? How many? What should be on them? Am I allowed to do crazy things like quotes from my poems and stories? How many people will actually care that I edit Stone Telling and MoC?
5) Is there any way to ask people not to take pictures of me at WFC or at least not post them online, kind of like they do at Wiscon?
6) Gevalt?
1) Can you pitch an unfinished book? I *will* finish it. Just not in time for WFC. If the book were finished, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pitch it, as a chunk / first PoV / novelette is coming out from BCS on Oct. 20th in timely fashion for WFC. But the book is not finished. It will be very finished by the next year's WFC; I want to have a full draft in early 2012 and a revised draft by March or April, this taking into account unforeseen illnesses, etc.
2) If your answer to 1) is yes, how do you pitch a book? I don't know if I can do a good elevator pitch - this thing is very complex - multi-PoV, secondary world, new system of magic, multicultural, multiple conflicts, etc - in short, epic fantasy (YA) in all its gory glory. But I can try. If I do try for a pitch, should I mention secondary-world Jews even though Sureh is only one of six protagonists and her PoV is only one sixth of the book?
3) If I am to pitch the novel, or even talk about it, any advice on how to overcome the dreadful "Oh it's so queer and so weird it wouldn't possibly sell, I have no idea why Scott Andrews liked it... I'm a lousy writer" crap that will spill from my mouth with extreme conviction... YES, I can simultaneously love my novel and think it extremely cool and hate my novel and think I'm full of guano, which doesn't reflect on the actual quality of the piece, only on my convoluted brain.
4) Shall I make business cards? How many? What should be on them? Am I allowed to do crazy things like quotes from my poems and stories? How many people will actually care that I edit Stone Telling and MoC?
5) Is there any way to ask people not to take pictures of me at WFC or at least not post them online, kind of like they do at Wiscon?
6) Gevalt?
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