tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113602701420436584.post8068666870663260285..comments2016-04-14T19:29:10.244+01:00Comments on J A Brunning - Ribble Babel: conundrumReigh Belisamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175284479713852995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113602701420436584.post-85156692602110684662010-10-30T23:39:51.018+01:002010-10-30T23:39:51.018+01:00It was a great night - despite some supernatural t...It was a great night - despite some supernatural technical Gremlins. Hope the interview went well!<br />JaneJ A Brunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052740164415241583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113602701420436584.post-50691821367772086942010-10-22T12:32:16.995+01:002010-10-22T12:32:16.995+01:00I treated every rejection letter as a full stop an...I treated every rejection letter as a full stop and a signal to start a new sentence (ie send out another submission). I think I might have become donwnhearted if I'd run out of agents and publishers, but I still had a lot more to work through when I got the good news. <br /><br />Handily for me, there was a 6000(ish) word section in the middle of 'Scars Beneath The Skin' that was almost a self-contained short story. I liked that section, the publisher liked it a lot, but we both agreed it wasn't essential to move the story forward. If anything, it delayed the entrance of Lucia, the lead female character, and her appearance is way too delayed as it is. I've subsequently submitted that deleted section, with some slight edits, for the Guardian Short Story Prize and the BBC Short Story Prize. I'm quite keen on recycling where possible!<br /><br />Really wanted to go to the Halloween Word Soup, by the way, but had an interview for an IT job the following day. Bit too much on my mind for a night out, it's the first interview I've had after a few months of sending out my CV. Hope it went well, looked like a great line-up. <br /><br />Cheers,<br />AndyScars Beneath The Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866587497469760915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113602701420436584.post-54632787640881863672010-10-18T09:38:11.545+01:002010-10-18T09:38:11.545+01:00hi Andy,
thanks for this. I'm going with the ...hi Andy,<br /><br />thanks for this. I'm going with the cutting as I guess that's what we have to do. Interesting that you had to cut "Scars" by so much as you wouldn't think so when reading it, so that makes me more hopeful. <br />I seem to be taking your advice all over the place - I'm doing the lists of prospective publishers so I can note any feedback I get when the rejections come rolling in, as you said you do when we were chatting at Word Soup at The Continental a couple of months ago... you'll have to start an advice column! <br /><br />cheers Andy,<br /><br />JaneJ A Brunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052740164415241583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113602701420436584.post-65908930468114860402010-10-15T16:46:56.840+01:002010-10-15T16:46:56.840+01:00Hi,
I need a purpose to provide the motivation f...Hi, <br /><br />I need a purpose to provide the motivation for writing, the prospect of being published (or winning a competition) is that purpose. <br /><br />I do write short pieces for a monthly writers' circle. Even then, I'm always thinking about those pieces as potential competition entries. <br /><br />I do like being my own boss when writing. No-one's telling me what to, unlike the day job. I can be very pragmatic when there's a publishing opportunity, though. Flambard Press wanted 'Scars Beneath The Skin' cut from 76000 to 70000 words and I can't remember thinking about artistic integrity! <br /><br />I'd guess that many people run out of words before reaching novel length. Surely it's a better position to be in, to have too many rather than too few words?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />AndyScars Beneath The Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866587497469760915noreply@blogger.com