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kittydesadeAll right. Horns of a dilemma time. Since I missed the sign-up deadline for the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ginnybigbang... well, the first question is, if I write this Ginny-Blaise story ... should I write the story anyway is the first question. The second is, this leaves me with a fair amount of time for other stuff. Namely, my original novels. I have three at the moment.
Black Stone Rising (Which I need to write a better synopsis for.) Astrid Kessler is a counselor nestled quite happily in the Appalachias; she also happens to be a dragon. When a series of murders connected only in the draconic community comes to the attention of local police, Astrid must race to solve the crimes before her friends in the police get caught in the crossfire.
Double Negative Penelope "Pen" Bryton, skip tracer and private investigator, hot on the trail of a murderer who killed her bounty. This murder will bring back memories of her past she would just as soon stay buried, and draw into question exactly who murdered her father, and why.
The Long Road He was born with nothing, not a home nor a parent nor even a name of his own. In three quarters of a millennium he made one friend, a werewolf left packless by brutal massacre. He clawed his way through wars and plagues and lawmen on three different continents, living for nearly a thousand years before he learned what he was. Now he has a choice to make: to stay as a nigh-immortal man with his companion of so many centuries or to take his place as the half-Sluagh prince of the Wild Hunt and the Unseelie Court.
Now, I could do any of several things here. The first thing that I want to do, that I'm looking into and already have half planned out, is to publish Long Road through Create Space. It's a one-off, it's almost complete except for filling in pieces and giving it a good polishing, and I might even be able to market it. If nothing else, it stands well enough on its own.
I've already shopped Double Negative around to enough agents that I don't know if I'd run into the same ones again. Chances are they wouldn't even remember me, but I'm not sure I want to take that chance. Next up would be small press publishers, but I'm debating whether I have the strength and/or energy to survive another slew of rejection letters. Or shopping it around to agents. Or, hell, publishing THAT on CreateSpace too and seeing if I can market my own damn detective series. I have no idea if that would even work. Plus it would involve a whole other marketing plan and god, that would be exhausting. On the other hand, it may also be the best way to do it.
I'd also like to give it another going over. The last time I looked at it for any editing purposes was a couple of years ago, and I like to think I've learned some stuff since then.
BSR was the one I meant to shop around in January. Before Long Road turned into something I was actually proud of almost right on the first draft, before that idea started percolating. I haven't edited it yet (or rather, typed in the edits) but I have finished it. I have two people's edits on that, if the rest of you remember what it was/what was going on/have edits you keep meaning to send me and never have, god knows I have a couple of those lying around. I could continue along that path, just finish the edits and try and shop it around in January to various and sundry agents. I don't know how well it would work in today's market, not being vampires and all.
I just... bleh. I have myapocabigbangs to do, and my yuletide fics are first-draft done and just need to be polished, and I want to do a second and maybe a third Yuletide fic, but othe than that it's just prompts when the secular New Year comes around, and I really want to get back to submitting crap. Short stories, maybe, but novels too. But I'm not sure which of my various options to choose. Ideas? Commentary? Smart remarks? Encouragement? Telling me I'm a loser and should give up on this? Although I warn you, that last may result in scathing vitriol flung in your direction. You have been warned.
And now I've got Maroon 5's Secret stuck in my head. Dammit. Not helping.
ginnybigbang... well, the first question is, if I write this Ginny-Blaise story ... should I write the story anyway is the first question. The second is, this leaves me with a fair amount of time for other stuff. Namely, my original novels. I have three at the moment.Black Stone Rising (Which I need to write a better synopsis for.) Astrid Kessler is a counselor nestled quite happily in the Appalachias; she also happens to be a dragon. When a series of murders connected only in the draconic community comes to the attention of local police, Astrid must race to solve the crimes before her friends in the police get caught in the crossfire.
Double Negative Penelope "Pen" Bryton, skip tracer and private investigator, hot on the trail of a murderer who killed her bounty. This murder will bring back memories of her past she would just as soon stay buried, and draw into question exactly who murdered her father, and why.
The Long Road He was born with nothing, not a home nor a parent nor even a name of his own. In three quarters of a millennium he made one friend, a werewolf left packless by brutal massacre. He clawed his way through wars and plagues and lawmen on three different continents, living for nearly a thousand years before he learned what he was. Now he has a choice to make: to stay as a nigh-immortal man with his companion of so many centuries or to take his place as the half-Sluagh prince of the Wild Hunt and the Unseelie Court.
Now, I could do any of several things here. The first thing that I want to do, that I'm looking into and already have half planned out, is to publish Long Road through Create Space. It's a one-off, it's almost complete except for filling in pieces and giving it a good polishing, and I might even be able to market it. If nothing else, it stands well enough on its own.
I've already shopped Double Negative around to enough agents that I don't know if I'd run into the same ones again. Chances are they wouldn't even remember me, but I'm not sure I want to take that chance. Next up would be small press publishers, but I'm debating whether I have the strength and/or energy to survive another slew of rejection letters. Or shopping it around to agents. Or, hell, publishing THAT on CreateSpace too and seeing if I can market my own damn detective series. I have no idea if that would even work. Plus it would involve a whole other marketing plan and god, that would be exhausting. On the other hand, it may also be the best way to do it.
I'd also like to give it another going over. The last time I looked at it for any editing purposes was a couple of years ago, and I like to think I've learned some stuff since then.
BSR was the one I meant to shop around in January. Before Long Road turned into something I was actually proud of almost right on the first draft, before that idea started percolating. I haven't edited it yet (or rather, typed in the edits) but I have finished it. I have two people's edits on that, if the rest of you remember what it was/what was going on/have edits you keep meaning to send me and never have, god knows I have a couple of those lying around. I could continue along that path, just finish the edits and try and shop it around in January to various and sundry agents. I don't know how well it would work in today's market, not being vampires and all.
I just... bleh. I have my
apocabigbangs to do, and my yuletide fics are first-draft done and just need to be polished, and I want to do a second and maybe a third Yuletide fic, but othe than that it's just prompts when the secular New Year comes around, and I really want to get back to submitting crap. Short stories, maybe, but novels too. But I'm not sure which of my various options to choose. Ideas? Commentary? Smart remarks? Encouragement? Telling me I'm a loser and should give up on this? Although I warn you, that last may result in scathing vitriol flung in your direction. You have been warned.And now I've got Maroon 5's Secret stuck in my head. Dammit. Not helping.