tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post8136449751629133584..comments2024-03-15T05:16:15.397-06:00Comments on Writing While the Rice Boils: Planning a Writing GetawayDebbie Maxwell Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-40021846125002709312012-03-29T09:00:36.003-06:002012-03-29T09:00:36.003-06:00Thank so much, Leah! I'll let you know what ha...Thank so much, Leah! I'll let you know what happens.<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-12300490446891167302012-03-29T06:10:29.603-06:002012-03-29T06:10:29.603-06:00Debbie, I paid a handsome sum of money for a list ...Debbie, I paid a handsome sum of money for a list of agents who accept works in my genres: Women's fiction, literary fiction, fiction. So, if I can be any help let me know. I'm willing to share;)Leah Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424758000036417506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-49421677213806624542012-03-28T09:03:49.321-06:002012-03-28T09:03:49.321-06:00I love the way you worded it: 'build the house...I love the way you worded it: 'build the house yourself' and 'make a key for myself'. This is the new world of publishing!<br /><br />My intent is to travel through the process of finding an agent, mainly because I know I'll learn so much through the process of rejections, and it will make me (and maybe my story) stronger. I haven't closed the door on doing it myself, so I'm trying to keep up with all the knowledge I need in that area, too.<br /><br />So excited to see your book soon!<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-57729991252418971362012-03-28T06:36:52.484-06:002012-03-28T06:36:52.484-06:00Debbie, you novel will find a home...even if you h...Debbie, you novel will find a home...even if you have to build the house yourself. I received over 80 rejections, none of which even bothered to read the manuscript. <br /><br />I paid for a professional to assist with synopsis, and query, and with edit. Still no bites. Sooo, I became a publisher, Nonpareil Press, and signed a contract with a printer, and my novel will be available in every book store in the country. All one needs to do is request my book and they will order it.<br /><br /> I have a lot of marketing work ahead of me, but as far as I can tell agents and publishers require authors to do this work anyway. I was tired of waiting for somebody else to unlock the gate for me, so I decided to make a key for myself.<br />Wishing you the absolute best!Leah Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424758000036417506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-78207846652038516622012-03-27T11:25:40.218-06:002012-03-27T11:25:40.218-06:00Leah, I hope you get to plan the perfect kind of g...Leah, I hope you get to plan the perfect kind of getaway for you. And I'm hoping that my novel will find a home eventually!<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-15923309220185565552012-03-27T08:38:08.273-06:002012-03-27T08:38:08.273-06:00Debbie, what an amazing cabin! I love that you too...Debbie, what an amazing cabin! I love that you took time away for writing. I've never done anything like that and I'm not sure I could handle it. I'm the hyperactive type, and being hold up in a cabin in the woods would either make me or break me. I'd like to think that I'd find my center and write non-stop for hours. Perhaps I'll give it a shot;)<br />I can't wait to read your novel!!Leah Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424758000036417506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-87640609377455815782012-03-27T08:16:25.397-06:002012-03-27T08:16:25.397-06:00Actually, Andrea, I was kind of desperate to get s...Actually, Andrea, I was kind of desperate to get some words in before the end of next month!<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-28470589499790620432012-03-27T04:08:47.880-06:002012-03-27T04:08:47.880-06:00This sounds wonderful! I admire you for making the...This sounds wonderful! I admire you for making the time to do it.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-77537103145945542622012-03-26T13:57:34.921-06:002012-03-26T13:57:34.921-06:00Except, I know that if you're "in bed doi...Except, I know that if you're "in bed doing nothing", you're really plotting, Sonia! <br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-38424662108729981672012-03-26T13:53:05.813-06:002012-03-26T13:53:05.813-06:00I think I've trained myself to do better out o...I think I've trained myself to do better out of the house than in. If I'm in the house, I'm in bed doing nothing. If ever fiction writing becomes my sole source of income, I would have to take my laptop out to a café or something in order to get anything done!<br /><br />I do like the idea of a retreat. Perhaps I should find a set-up like that for myself!S.M. Carrièrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08568011755497760300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-23412765805802795202012-03-26T12:46:53.988-06:002012-03-26T12:46:53.988-06:00Thanks, Les. I've got a big chunk done, which ...Thanks, Les. I've got a big chunk done, which is good since the whole family is home on spring break this week!<br /><br />Jarm, I do better when I'm away, too. Though I'm a homebody at heart.<br /><br />Mary--maybe we'll have to plan something like that sometime! It would be lots of fun. :)<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-10712121432518131592012-03-26T12:35:43.512-06:002012-03-26T12:35:43.512-06:00Okay, I want to come next time and sit in my own l...Okay, I want to come next time and sit in my own little corner. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-40640458478575793952012-03-26T12:20:31.762-06:002012-03-26T12:20:31.762-06:00What a gorgeous get-away! I need to be somewhere ...What a gorgeous get-away! I need to be somewhere other than home, where no-one knows me, to get a chunk of work done. Thanks for your post, Debbie!Jarm Del Bocciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734893974122730211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-78529139062986850572012-03-26T11:40:04.722-06:002012-03-26T11:40:04.722-06:00I'm jealous! That looks positively beautiful, ...I'm jealous! That looks positively beautiful, Debbie. Hope you get some productive writing done, but knowing you I know you will.Les Edgertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.com