Five Years On...
Hello all,
(I've been debating about writing this post, unsure if people will take it the wrong way, but here goes anyway.)
This weekend I celebrated an anniversary of a sort. It's 5 years since I sent my first story to Total-e-bound. It was the first story I ever had accepted. It's what set everything else in motion. I can still remember how excited I was.
Fast forward to today and, in some ways, nothing has changed. I still love writing. I still have more stories in mind than I have the time/e...
(I've been debating about writing this post, unsure if people will take it the wrong way, but here goes anyway.)
This weekend I celebrated an anniversary of a sort. It's 5 years since I sent my first story to Total-e-bound. It was the first story I ever had accepted. It's what set everything else in motion. I can still remember how excited I was.
Fast forward to today and, in some ways, nothing has changed. I still love writing. I still have more stories in mind than I have the time/e...
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Jun 17, 2013 09:37PM
That's very exciting news!
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Good for you! Good for me and your other readers! I think it is easy relate to your dilemma of multiple editing voices and keeping your personal writing style. For what it is worth, IMO you have one of the strongest and unique style that shines through in each story I have read no matter the publishing house.
Kick-ass. Trying to please so many different people would drive me insane. Best of luck on your new work :-)
Emma wrote: "That's very exciting news!"Thanks Emma! I'm really enjoying the way it's going so far :)
Lisa wrote: "Good luck, Kim!"Thank you! So far the luck seems to be with me :)
Manda wrote: "Good for you! Good for me and your other readers! I think it is easy relate to your dilemma of multiple editing voices and keeping your personal writing style. For what it is worth, IMO you have ..."
Thanks Manda, that's great to hear. Sometimes with all the different directions things get pulled in, you end up doubting everything.
Yes! I'm hoping it will work out to be a good thing for everyone :)
Thanks Julio-Alexi. It's certainly an interesting experience. So far the new story is going great. Well, I'm enjoying it anyway, not too sure about the characters at this point, lol.
The engine of every story, near-enough, innit. The characters. Takes me f o r e v e r to figure out who's got knives-out for whom and what-for and how long it'll take before that blows up in their faces.So to speak.
Julio-Alexi wrote: "The engine of every story, near-enough, innit. The characters. Takes me f o r e v e r to figure out who's got knives-out for whom and what-for and how long it'll take before that blows up in their ..."Well, *touch wood* the characters are doing what they should at the moment, they're just a bit frustrated... About to become a lot frustrated by the end of the scene :)
Con wrote: "Very interesting post, Kim. I too have found the editing process, and meeting different edit expectations, the hardest part of the whole 'writing for other people' experience, and I've only been 'a..."Thanks Con. If I can, I'll try to blog my way through the process. It should be interesting.
I think it can help a lot if you have a consistent editor / house style, but even then it can be a challenge.
I wish you many other anniversaries like this one.
Danny wrote: "I wish you many other anniversaries like this one."Thanks Danny :)
I'm very excited for you Kim! I never realized all of that was taking place in the background so I appreciate the insight. Have fun!
Kris (KindleRomance) wrote: "I'm very excited for you Kim! I never realized all of that was taking place in the background so I appreciate the insight. Have fun!"I am having fun, thank you :)
It's a bit like the duck analogy, you try to look serene, but paddle like hell beneath the surface, lol.
Kris (KindleRomance) wrote: "I'm very excited for you Kim! I never realized all of that was taking place in the background so I appreciate the insight. Have fun!"I am having fun, thank you :)
It's a bit like the duck analogy, you try to look serene, but paddle like hell beneath the surface, lol.
