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Live Event with Marc Nash - Today at 7:30
Katy wrote: "Do you publish your poetry? (:"I haven't really written poetry since being a teenager, so now. Though I am writing one at the moment in response to the whole Pussy Riot trial in Russia. Some of my flash stories veer close to being poetry I've been told. I don't really mind what people call it, I don't write with labels for them in mind.
Do you start a piece with the title? Or start with an ending and work backwards? or start with an idea and branch out? (:
Rosemary wrote: "What do you enjoy reading the most, or do you not have time?"Oh I read all the time. Unless I'm in the first draft of my own writing, when I do consciously stop. I have a 40 minute commute to work which is perfect reading time so long as I get a seat on the Tube.
I don't really have a preference for reading. I suppose it's what might be called literary fiction, but I don't really like that label.
Kath wrote: "Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "Funnily Kath, I'm reading mine using the text-to-speech while I'm reading, and finding it much easier that way somehow... I just love the "F-10's" which comes..."It's a bit weird, Kath, the dialogues are just tagged one after the other, that's why I still need to keep my eyes on it :)
Marc wrote: "I don't write with labels for them in mind. "see i think that this is really what the whole indie publishing thing really embraces. people like you and stuart, who write things that mainstream publishers um... er... just don't understand or think that people will be interested in just cos they don't fit in their pre-prepared neat little boxes.
Do you use any particular writers as your inspiration, or do you just write as it comes out Marc Nash style?
Katy wrote: "Do you start a piece with the title? Or start with an ending and work backwards? or start with an idea and branch out? (:"Always from the central idea or theme or situation. Titles are funny. Sometimes they're there almost from the beginning, other times they're the last thing you find. Sometimes they come along apart way through the writing, almost apologetically. This one came along late and thanks to the Cindi Lauper song which I hit upon by accident on YouTube while searching for Olivia Newton John's song. A happy accident, I got the song and my book's title
Kath wrote: "Marc wrote: "I don't write with labels for them in mind. "see i think that this is really what the whole indie publishing thing really embraces. people like you and stuart, who write things that ..."
I always think literary fiction is just that label for things that don't fit in with any other genre categorisation! It doesn't really bother me. I know I'm unlikely to appeal to a mass mainstream audience and I'm happy with that
I think you couldn't find a better song as a title for your book Marc :)
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "Do you use any particular writers as your inspiration, or do you just write as it comes out Marc Nash style?"I started to write prose because the books I wanted to read were few and far between. So it's really a pursuit of my own ideas about fiction and narrative forms. I love Kafka, but his writing is the complete opposite of mine. he is so stylish with such economy!
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "I think you couldn't find a better song as a title for your book Marc :)"I know, it was perfect. Not a song I remember with any affection when it came out, but so right for this book here and now! Thus I'm very grateful to it
I must say I hate you for having it in my head all the time though !
Kath wrote: see i think that this is really what the whole indie publishing thing really embraces. people like you and stuart, who write things that ..."
Someone else said this to me recently - publishers are looking for the next big new thing - but won't take a risk on something new and different. They end up publisng carbon copies of the last big new thing....(if that makes any sense at all??)
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "I must say I hate you for having it in my head all the time though !"Listen to the rest of the playlist - might give you a better quality fo earworm! :-)
Denise wrote: "Kath wrote: see i think that this is really what the whole indie publishing thing really embraces. people like you and stuart, who write things that ..."
Someone else said this to me recently - p..."
Publishers are now lead by sales forces and marketers. They have to make money as the print market shrinks. They can't afford to grow an author over the course of three or four books. It is what it is.
Thanks Marc, I'll check out the playlist :) Got to get Spotify sorted :)
I don't lose any sleep over it. I submitted plays to agents for 10 years and now books for 10 years. Thank god for the indie route becoming available
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "Thanks Marc, I'll check out the playlist :) Got to get Spotify sorted :)"it's very diverse musically. I like maybe 65% of the songs!
Marc wrote: " Thank god for the indie route becoming available"*raising my glass*
I just got tired of waiting. Thought if I didn't back my own writing, why should I expect a publisher or agent to?
Do you prefer to write on paper or on the laptop? (:
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "I'm kinda out of questions :/"I'm out of cold chips! :-)
i still got beer and some more crumble and cream in the fridge :)but no more questions :(
Katy wrote: "Do you prefer to write on paper or on the laptop? (:"nearly always a laptop, though if I'm out and about, quite happy to write a flash story on paper. But not a novel, no way!
Marc wrote: "I just got tired of waiting. Thought if I didn't back my own writing, why should I expect a publisher or agent to?"Do you think being published and self-publishing are two separate routes, or do you think one day publishers will actively hunt the best self-pubbed books, nevermind whether they tick the boxes or not?
Kath wrote: "i still got beer and some more crumble and cream in the fridge :)but no more questions :("
more crumble & cream?? :-)
Do you have to have something specific nearby to snack on or drink when you're writing? (eg. I have doritos when I revise) (:
Marc wrote: "more crumble & cream?? :-)"
hell yeah :) but for tomorrow - ate too much tonight already!
Got to call it a night... Thanks Marc, and Lorraine!
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "Marc wrote: "I just got tired of waiting. Thought if I didn't back my own writing, why should I expect a publisher or agent to?"Do you think being published and self-publishing are two separate r..."
I honestly don't know. I think the whole publishing realm is in such a state of flux, it's yet to settle down. I keep one eye on it, but don't really get involved in the politics of it. Everyone fights their own corner & won't hear any other viewpoint, which is understandable
Thanks Rosemary for being with us tonight, have a lovely evening xxx
Rosemary wrote: "Got to call it a night... Thanks Marc, and Lorraine!"thank you Rosemary, enjoy the rest of your evening
Katy wrote: "Do you have to have something specific nearby to snack on or drink when you're writing? (eg. I have doritos when I revise) (:"the problem with that is that I like to put in long stints at the laptop, but a snack lasts no longer than 5 minutes... Still not solved this plot hitch :-)
you need one of those 1 meter long bars of chocolate or something :) They'd last longer !
Lorraine - Lover of Jellybeans wrote: "you need one of those 1 meter long bars of chocolate or something :) They'd last longer !"true, but imagine what a pounding the teeth would take over the course of a novel!
I do have an aero bar with my name on it when this chat is over. Chips & choccie, what a diet tonight!
Add coffee in with the chips and choccie and you have my ideal meal...! :-D
Denise wrote: "Add coffee in with the chips and choccie and you have my ideal meal...! :-D";-)
I don't drink coffee though
:) The best !Maybe it's time to release you and let you enjoy that Aero bar, you've done absolutely great Marc, hope you had a good time :)
Marc wrote: "Denise wrote: "Add coffee in with the chips and choccie and you have my ideal meal...! :-D";-)
I don't drink coffee though"
This is why it's my ideal meal not yours :-)
Brilliant time, thank you Lorraine for all your hard work and support in making this happen and flow so smoothly. Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a natter as well. marc XX
yayyy for lorraine and marc - fantastic chat tonight :)well enjoyed it !
and thanks to everyone else too for their fabby questions... bed and reading for me in a bit...
xx
I think i'm ready to call it a night, so we shall let Marc go enjoy his choccy! (:Night all! Hope you enjoyed the experience Marc (:
Very much thanks Katy.Choccie all round for everyone!
Enjoy the rest of your evening people...I have to feed the OH now, apparently!
Thanks everyone for attending :) It's off back to some more work for me, it was a lovely break, thanks Marc :)
ooooo i'll have to have a go at that - sounds like it could be fun too :)