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[Mhairi]

Robert wrote: "Sounds like the best of both. There's a withered tree a few streets away from me, but I don't think that counts... :)"

Which part of London are you in? I went to university in Mile End, at Queen Mary :)

[Amy Eye]

Robert wrote: "Sounds like the best of both. There's a withered tree a few streets away from me, but I don't think that counts... :)"

HA! No, I don't think it does!! :)

[Csencsitz]

Hey everyone :) My name is Christine Csencsitz and I am a newly-published author from Florida. I would love it if you could check out my novel, "August, 1899" (http://www.tinyurl.com/August1899)! I'm hoping to publish more of my works in due time, but right now I'm focusing on school. Hope you're all having a nice day!

[A.F.]

Csencsitz wrote: "Hey everyone :) My name is Christine Csencsitz and I am a newly-published author from Florida. I would love it if you could check out my novel, "August, 1899" (http://www.tinyurl.com/August1899)! I..."

Hello, Christine and welcome to the group. Be sure to add your book to the bookshelf and the Books folder. It looks very interesting.

[Stacy]

Hi everyone! I'm Stacy, and I'm an unpublished author. I'm editing my second book. It's going to be my first attempt at getting published. Still deciding whether to query or self-publish. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[Lexi]

Hi Stacy! Why not hedge your bets and do both?

[Stacy]

Hi Lexi!
With the same book? How can I self-publish a book I'm querying? Or do you mean a second, lol? I don't have another one ready. I'm plotting it out, though.

[Lexi]

E-publish on Amazon for Kindle, and query at the same time. If you get good sales, you can mention them to the agent as proof there's a readership for your novel.

[A.F.]

Stacy wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Stacy, and I'm an unpublished author. I'm editing my second book. It's going to be my first attempt at getting published. Still deciding whether to query or self-publish. Looking f..."

Hi, Stacey and welcome.

[Amy Eye]

Welcome Christine and Stacy! Great to see you guys on here! This is such a fun group, and we have loads of fun, especially on our Author Q & A's! Go check them out!!

[Stacy]

Lexi
Wow, I didn't know you could do that with the same book. I'd figure they would say that it was already published.

Thanks, Amy. And Hi Paul!

[Mhairi]

Stacy wrote: "Lexi
Wow, I didn't know you could do that with the same book. I'd figure they would say that it was already published.

Thanks, Amy. And Hi Paul!"

For the record, St Martins Press picked up Amanda Hocking's entire backlist - if a book has good sales, they'll see that as showing its potential. If it has low sales they'll see that it could still be considered 'new'. It's not a dealbreaker, by any means...

[Laura]

Hello everyone, my name is Laura Johnson and I am author of the new novel Where Would I Be. I am a first time author and my book is set to come out in e-book this month and hardback in October. I am an avid reader of just about anything. But my favorite genre is mystery. My favorite writer by far is James Patterson. If any of you would be interested, please check out my author page under Author Laura T. Johnson. HAPPY READING!!

[A.F.]

Paul wrote: "Hello there, what a good thread to get introduced when you're new to Goodreads. Well, I was definitely a reader before I was a writer. I love reading espionage thrillers, historical fiction and stu..."

Welcome to the group Paul. I'm a fan of Jack Higgins myself.

[A.F.]

Laura wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Laura Johnson and I am author of the new novel Where Would I Be. I am a first time author and my book is set to come out in e-book this month and hardback in October. I..."

Hi, Laura, glad you could join the group.

[Annabell]

Hello hello everyone! I'm Annabell and I am a reviewer for an awesome site called Open Book Society(http://openbooksociety.com/). I review fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, and supernatural. I also have a blog where I post up book reviews, author interviews, guest blogs, and writing info for fellow writers: http://www.nerdalien.com/

Look forward to getting to know everyone!

[Laura]

Paul wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Laura Johnson and I am author of the new novel Where Would I Be. I am a first time author and my book is set to come out in e-book this month and hardback ..."

Thank you so much!!

[Nettle]

Hello Everyone, I'm Kate Lyons from Melbourne, Australia. I'm mostly a reader, however over the past few years I haven't been able to stop thinking about and idea of a character that seems to have stepped into my mind from nowhere. Recently I have started to consider writing her story simply to get her to move out of my brain, however having never written anything of that length I have no idea where to start. I was hoping to gain some insight here. When I'm reading I love fantasy; especially urban fantasy, mysteries and thrillers.

[A.F.]

Paul wrote: "A. F. wrote: "Paul wrote: "Hello there, what a good thread to get introduced when you're new to Goodreads. Well, I was definitely a reader before I was a writer. I love reading espionage thrillers,..."

I'd say the movie adaptations of Jack Higgins didn't work because they probably didn't have the best scripts and at least in one case badly miscast.

[A.F.]

Hello and welcome, Annabell. We have a Review folder tucked away somewhere in the group, if you'd like to posts links to your reviews or check out some of our authors looking for reviews.

[A.F.]

Nettle wrote: "Hello Everyone, I'm Kate Lyons from Melbourne, Australia. I'm mostly a reader, however over the past few years I haven't been able to stop thinking about and idea of a character that seems to have ..."


Kate, welcome and feel free to ask questions of the writers. We have several topics in the Writers folder for people to pick our brains.

[Stacy]

Anne-Mhairi wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Lexi
Wow, I didn't know you could do that with the same book. I'd figure they would say that it was already published.

Thanks, Amy. And Hi Paul!"

For the record, St Martins Press pi..."

Good to know. I'd forgotten they picked up her back list. I've just had it ingrained in my head that once your book is available online in any form, a publisher won't touch it. Just another example of how the publishing world is changing.

I have to say ... I keep telling myself I need to go through the query process for at least the experience, but after reading some of the incomes for the self-publishing 'midlist' authors, it's hard to stick to that.

[Stacy]

Paul wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Lexi
Wow, I didn't know you could do that with the same book. I'd figure they would say that it was already published.

Thanks, Amy. And Hi Paul!"

Hi Lexi, I'm not sure what you mean..."

Hi, Paul. Thanks for all your information. I've not been published, and I'm in the editing stages of the novel I've been planning to query. But at this point I'm trying to decide which is the better option. I'm working on social media, being active on Twitter and my blog (http://stacygreenauthor.blogspot.com/) and sometimes it seems my efforts would be better spent going the self-publishing route.

[Mhairi]

Nettle wrote: "Hello Everyone, I'm Kate Lyons from Melbourne, Australia. I'm mostly a reader, however over the past few years I haven't been able to stop thinking about and idea of a character that seems to have ..."

I've been there!! Don't worry too much about the length. Just write the story and see how long it goes. Traditional publishing have fairly stern guidelines about length, but self-publishing not so much. Worry about the length later. For now, just write :)

[Stacy]

Paul wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Paul wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Lexi
Wow, I didn't know you could do that with the same book. I'd figure they would say that it was already published.

Thanks, Amy. And Hi Paul!"

Hi Lexi,..."

LOL, thanks Paul. Do you think it's too dark? I try to talk about different things, but I keep Thursdays for thrillers since that's my basic genre.

I'll definitely check out your web site!

[Michael]

Hello everyone,
As I'm going to be on the Q&A hotseat coming up I thought I would take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Michael and I've written a six-book fantasy series (The Riyria Revelations which consists of the following 5 released books):



The series was recently picked up by Orbit books and will be re-released as 3 books:



The only book that's not "out there" is the final Percepliquis which will be in Heir of Novron and also released as a stand alone.

I've been pubished in just about everyway you can be (small press, self, and now through a big-six) I also have a number of foreign sales (Germany, Russia, Spain, France, Czech Republic) so I can answer any questions on those types of things if you are interested. I'm looking forward to talking to you'all next week.

[Mhairi]

I look forward to seeing you there - congratulations on your success!

[Amy Eye]

Great to see all of the new members! Our group is growing by leaps and bounds, and we are happy to have such wonderful people join in! I look forward to talking to you all more in the future! :)

[[deleted user]]

My name is Libby Heily. I'm a writer of plays, screenplays and working on my first novel. I run a blog under my name where I publish flash fiction every Friday. Excited to see what's going on in the group. :)

[Mhairi]

Hi Libby, nice to meet you! I might want to pick your brain about screenplays at some point :)

[Amy Eye]

Welcome, Libby!!! Good luck with your novel! New authors are always so enthusiastic, I love it!

[Robin]

Hello all,
I got an invite to this group because my husband is going to be on the Q&A in a few days. My name is Robin and I run a small press called Ridan Publishing. We specialize in speculative fiction and have some great authors with us including: Marshall Thomas (Soldier of the Legion Series), Nathan Lowell (Trader Tales of the Solar Clipper, Leslie Ann Moore (Griffin's Daughter Trilogy), and Todd Fonsecca (Time Cavern). We also recently signed sci-fi legend Joe Haldeman to produce his classic The Forever War. I'm glad to be part of the group.

[C.S. Splitter]

Hi Robin!

Love your blog. It is full of great information for writers trying to get a grasp on the industry and the changes taking place.

Splitter

[Robin]

Thanks C.S. I really enjoy it...things are changing so quickly in pubishing right now that authors really need to keep up to speed on what is happening.

[A.F.]

Robin wrote: "Hello all,
I got an invite to this group because my husband is going to be on the Q&A in a few days. My name is Robin and I run a small press called Ridan Publishing. We specialize in speculative..."

Welcome to the group, Robin. Lovely that you could join us.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Anne-Mhairi and Amy! Anne-Mhairi - pick my brain any time. :)

[Mhairi]

Libby wrote: "Thanks Anne-Mhairi and Amy! Anne-Mhairi - pick my brain any time. :)"

Yay - Thank you!! I love screenwriting - the medium really makes you focus on the story!

[[deleted user]]

Anne-Mhairi - I feel the same way. It's very focused and structured and so incredibly visual. Screenwriting makes me happy, and horribly frustrated!

[Mhairi]

Libby - YES! Exactly that. Every word really does count. Screenwriting has helped my prose writing, I think.

[[deleted user]]

I feel that it's like poetry in that regard, your word choices have to be so carefully picked. Everything has to create a mood.

[Mhairi]

Yes, I find myself considering dialogue so much more carefully than when I write prose. Which makes me wonder if my prose dialogue needs work... Edits...

[A.F.]

I've found writing drabbles (100 word stories) does they same thing to improve my prose. Maybe I should try screenwriting.

[[deleted user]]

AF - I've been doing flash fiction just recently. I find it allows me to experiment where I'd be timid in longer pieces. Are you finding the same?

[A.F.]

Libby, I can't say I've ever felt timid while writing in any length, but I do like flash ficton because I can write quick stories and get the ideas down. And later I can expand the characters and ideas into longer stories or a book if I want.

[Mhairi]

Libby wrote: "AF - I've been doing flash fiction just recently. I find it allows me to experiment where I'd be timid in longer pieces. Are you finding the same?"

I tend to write much tighter in flash than I do in longer works. And I am happy to explore ideas I might not want to write a whole book about. On the other hand, some of my flashes are really popular and people want to see the story continued. They're good for developing ideas I might not otherwise have had.

[[deleted user]]

Anne-Mhairi - just found your short fic on your blog, will check out!

[A.F.]

Anne-Mhairi wrote: "Libby wrote: "AF - I've been doing flash fiction just recently. I find it allows me to experiment where I'd be timid in longer pieces. Are you finding the same?"

I tend to write much tighter in..."

I had requests for continued stories, too.

[Pamela]

Hello, and welcome to all of the new members. To just jump right in the discussion, I haven't tried flash fiction yet, but I do find that trying to write enticing blurbs (the operative word being trying...lol) on twitter with its 140 character limit really makes you think.

[A.F.]

Pamela wrote: "Hello, and welcome to all of the new members. To just jump right in the discussion, I haven't tried flash fiction yet, but I do find that trying to write enticing blurbs (the operative word being ..."

Trying to fit evrything in for Twitter does take some imagination.

I used do Twitter Fiction, putting a whole story in one sentence.

[[deleted user]]

I've done a Twitter blurb before, it is very difficult. I haven't tried Twitfic yet but imagine it takes some concentration and focus.