Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:26 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281250#Comment_281250 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281250#Comment_281250 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:07:40 -0800 RenThing
Remember, the standard no-posting-of-fiction-here-lest-you-get-arse-eeled rule is in effect. We did a great job of not getting the thread shut down last month and had some really awesome discussion and encouragement of all of the writer types here on WC so let's keep it up. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281256#Comment_281256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281256#Comment_281256 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:38:41 -0800 Jared Axelrod
Fablesoftheflyingcity.com is still doing podcast prequel stories set in the world of my upcoming graphic novel, The Battle of Blood and Ink . Should finish up this storyline about mid-March, I think.

Still doing the rewrites of my middle-grade adventure novel. Will this be the month I reach the end? That'd be awesome, wouldn't it? Then I could write...more stuff for Fables of the Flying City. Aw, well.... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281258#Comment_281258 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281258#Comment_281258 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:49:48 -0800 texture
Anyone else have good or bad experiences with this type of group? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281263#Comment_281263 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281263#Comment_281263 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:23:04 -0800 RenThing
Yep, I've been in one since this time last year. My wife challenged me back in 2009 that if I really wanted to do the writing thing, then I'd need to put in the work to get better and she recommended I join a writing group.

My experience with my group has been pretty good. It's nice to get the feedback and they're not shy about saying what didn't work for them and offering suggestions on how to fix it. My group has a lot of novice writers in it, I think I'm the only one who has been paid for any published work, and the only other person with any kind of professional writing-related experience is my copy-editor friend who is also part of the group.

My three biggest challenges with the group was A) learning to accept the criticisms directed toward my work as valid for that person and then honestly parsing their criticism against my work to decide if I felt it should be acted on, B) dealing with other people's writing that, shall we say, is the writing of very new authors and thus sometimes painful to read, and C) being able to look someone in the face as you have their work in your hand and tell them what things you didn't like about their work. The last one was the hardest because I've had two friends ask me for opinions on their stuff and, once I gave it to them, one stopped writing entirely and the other hasn't sent me any of the things she's written since.

However, everyone in the group is mature and really into trying to help each other get better at their craft. We just had two new people join and they marked the hell out of one of my submissions and the new guy out of the two took all of our critiques with a smile and thanked us. I think that's the big thing that makes such groups successful, whether or not people are really in it for the experience of being positively and negatively reviewed or if they're just there to get their ego stroked. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281264#Comment_281264 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281264#Comment_281264 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:24:55 -0800 adrian r
Writing groups can be useful if you need external motivation. I got to a point where I don't, so stopped going to them. Classes and workshops can help, but ultimately you need feedback from whatever gatekeepers function in the industry you're targetting with your work. These days, with what's possible online, even those gatekeepers cease to matter...but a whole new arena of issues arises as you decide whether to be your own publisher and publicist.

As for me, I've had no time for my creative projects for a while as I'm out networking to find more commercial work. But the biggest creative project I'm part of, a collaboration with an artist friend that lends itself to realisation as animation, computer games and more, is getting support from a very successful entrepreneur whose interests include theme park attractions, which is a whole new world to toy with.

youdothatvoodoo -- invigorates, intoxicates, invertebrates ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281266#Comment_281266 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281266#Comment_281266 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:41:06 -0800 Fauxhammer
The Shame motivates me to do better. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281269#Comment_281269 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281269#Comment_281269 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:44:20 -0800 John Skylar
Plus, I really do think it's made me a better writer. I recommend workshops for everybody, really. Though I think you've got to keep a certain awareness about what the group is doing for you. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281276#Comment_281276 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281276#Comment_281276 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:52:19 -0800 RenThing Looks like Borders books, one of the two big bookstore chains in the US, is, as Eddie Izzard would say, slowly deflating like a flan in a cupboard.

The thing that I find seriously annoying about this? Borders and B&N spent so long pushing out independent and small book-stores from local areas where there aren't any other book stores and if Borders goes tits up then those areas will have no access to books, which could negatively impact that markets looking for new material/authors. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281278#Comment_281278 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281278#Comment_281278 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:12:17 -0800 stephenbaxendale
This month I'm trying to bang a script together for a BBC competition, it's a 15-30 min sitcom pilot. If you win they produce the episode and put you on a writing master class if you're a runner up. Thought I'd give it a go. Anybody have any sitcom writing experience? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281282#Comment_281282 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281282#Comment_281282 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:21:54 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281285#Comment_281285 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281285#Comment_281285 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:38:57 -0800 HEY APATHY!
On the subject of writers groups: I'm very new to writing and haven't joined any groups yet but I find myself desperately trying to get anyone I can to read the stuff because, well, how else could I tell if the words worked. I think a group is a great idea and am going to look into it in the near future. I can see adrian r's point though, the group would certainly have to be made up of the right kinds of people. ( any depraved apocalyptic sadist political new wave hallucinogenic fairy tale writer's groups other than whitechapel out there?)

This year I am working on developing a kids cartoon (possibly 3d) series. I plan to design and write up all the background/origin info and at least one script before throwing it to the wolves, er, I mean the other writers,artists, and producer (just kidding, sort of).



I've already posted a lot of concept sketches for the characters and settings here The writings should be up in a week. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281320#Comment_281320 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281320#Comment_281320 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:51:11 -0800 texture these guys invited me along to the party, and I figured what the hey, it's a challenge. I'll report back! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281322#Comment_281322 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281322#Comment_281322 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:53:24 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281340#Comment_281340 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281340#Comment_281340 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:41:54 -0800 Vornaskotti
- At least two interactive fiction games, which I count more as writing than as game coding.
- My novel, which is about 30% together (but needs a rewrite from the beginning to correct some bad choices).
- Short stories, at least the two I have under construction right now.

So, phew, that's my plan for the 2011 laid out. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281356#Comment_281356 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281356#Comment_281356 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:50:23 -0800 Zeebo
On a more cheerful note, I thought I'd only have time for about 350 words per day, but it turns out I can muster closer to 600 in the time I have, so huzzah for that. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281373#Comment_281373 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281373#Comment_281373 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:59:15 -0800 stephenbaxendale
I joined a workshop run by this 'famous writer' and it was just awful. I mean really awful. It was embarrassing. Everyone was writing in the same style and using the same themes as the 'famous writer'. Then everyone would have an arse licking session, were they talked about how they sounded like the 'famous writer', while still using the 'famous writer' style. It made me question life. Shower of bastards. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281459#Comment_281459 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281459#Comment_281459 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:21:42 -0800 Corey Waits
Yeah, I've been in a writing group for a couple of years now. This group is mostly formed around the idea of performance and each performance usually has a specific theme, so it's a good challenge to have to write something fitting, and it's a good challenge to get up there and perform it (and perform it well - most writers when doing readings have about as much personality as a dead fish).
It also means I've been able to hook up with writers of various styles and topics and it's been amazing seeing them all in action. I'm also lucky because they are all amazing within their niches, and can still amaze when outside their comfort zones.

It also means I've got another avenue with which to find out about competitions, and to get editing help and feedback on stories. I can't recommend joining a group strongly enough, though obviously your mileage may vary depending on the group. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281478#Comment_281478 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281478#Comment_281478 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:17:26 -0800 joshdahl
You feel like you are being productive because you are completing whatever assignment or exercise.....but you don't end up really producing, or seriously critiquing your work. They are nice to keep you afloat of your floundering, but they tend to focus more on the aspiring than the writing.

That sounded really negative. Sorry about that... No, writers groups are good, you just need to choose carefully. And avoid writer's block support groups. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281506#Comment_281506 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281506#Comment_281506 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:46:29 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281512#Comment_281512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281512#Comment_281512 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:12:48 -0800 mercurialblonde
The writing workshops I did were for fiction writing--no poetry. I shudder to think what a poetry writing workshop is like. There was one at my school run by a really cantankerous teacher who enjoyed persecuting young poets. People either loved him or stopped sharing their poetry, ha. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281627#Comment_281627 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281627#Comment_281627 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:01:48 -0800 undulatingungulate http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281667#Comment_281667 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281667#Comment_281667 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:08:16 -0800 Brendan McGinley
Now if only I got home before 10 o'clock on any given night to tackle my freelance to-do list. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281684#Comment_281684 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281684#Comment_281684 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:51:07 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281706#Comment_281706 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281706#Comment_281706 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:25:24 -0800 texture over here.

Also, congrats Brendan! Will the columns go online too? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281998#Comment_281998 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=281998#Comment_281998 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:14:58 -0800 Mister Gunn
It's called "The Fear of Spiders." It's an interesting premise. Interdimensional cops vs. a giant spider god. great stuff. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282003#Comment_282003 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282003#Comment_282003 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:26:56 -0800 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282009#Comment_282009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282009#Comment_282009 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:04:31 -0800 Aurora Borealis
I've been on and off on this thing for roughly a decade (since the first writings were done in polish and I switched to english pretty much right after switching to pc) and it's about goddamn time to DO SOMETHING with this.

So what I'm trying to do is to write out a somewhat loose timeline of events, the beats that I need to hit to arrive at the planned conclusion, and flesh out the world a little, and then hit the ground running.

So far kinda failing at it cause the amount of notes is... well...huge, haha. But I know I need to do this. If I keep it sitting in this state for another year, I'll end up with another pile of notes to add and that will make it even harder. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282017#Comment_282017 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282017#Comment_282017 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:21:07 -0800 BasinBrat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282035#Comment_282035 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282035#Comment_282035 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:43:25 -0800 Brendan McGinley
Writing groups, good or bad, have this universal recommendation to them: they make you get the work done. All that other Life Stuff that loves to interfere gets stepped on when you have to complete the assignment by tomorrow evening. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282123#Comment_282123 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282123#Comment_282123 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:20:35 -0800 Agitpunkt


had its opening night on Saturday.

"In NEXT, a mobile whorehouse is brought to an American army encampment in Europe during WWII. Its presence brings to the surface issues of racism, sexuality, and the fear of impending death. "

Family fun and whatnot.

If any whitechapelers are in the NYC area and are interested in a night of theatre chocked full of obscenity, blasphemy, and various states of undress, I would be happy to buy a post show round at a local bar.

Website: http://www.abraxasstagecompany.org/

Tickets here: http://www.abraxasstagecompany.org/ ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282153#Comment_282153 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282153#Comment_282153 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:43:28 -0800 Colby http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282190#Comment_282190 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282190#Comment_282190 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:51:37 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282297#Comment_282297 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282297#Comment_282297 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:47:56 -0800 Vornaskotti
Why am I feeling massively enthusiastic and totally screwed at the same time? :P ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282303#Comment_282303 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282303#Comment_282303 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:13:16 -0800 RenThing
So far tonight I've done fifteen hundred words and I'm planning on staying up at least another two hours to keep working. Novel just crossed over the 50k mark tonight and is coming up on the half-way point of the plot, I should reach it somewhere around fifty-five to fifty-seven thousand words. After that it's all downhill, arms up in the air, screaming at the top of your lungs as you realize the breaks on the rollercoaster don't work. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282314#Comment_282314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282314#Comment_282314 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:15:10 -0800 Vornaskotti
The thing is, I've written for living for over a decade now - articles for magazines and newspapers, that is - and I work very well with deadlines. I've been complaining that writing long pieces of fiction has been hard because there's no clear deadline or incentive in the end, and now I lost both of those excuses :)

Not complaining, mind you. But, frankly, slightly terrified about having to put my money where my mouth is :) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282320#Comment_282320 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282320#Comment_282320 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:42:15 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282360#Comment_282360 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282360#Comment_282360 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:09:10 -0800 stephenbaxendale
I'm writing a sci-fi piece based around some of the drug abuse i've seen and experienced. Anybody aware of how they feel about stories of drug abuse? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282377#Comment_282377 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282377#Comment_282377 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:02:51 -0800 RenThing ghost-writer? I have knowledge of that aspect of writing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282434#Comment_282434 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282434#Comment_282434 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:49:33 -0800 texture http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282439#Comment_282439 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282439#Comment_282439 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:23:45 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282440#Comment_282440 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282440#Comment_282440 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:33:52 -0800 texture You mean like this charming little tale? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282457#Comment_282457 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282457#Comment_282457 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:58:48 -0800 stephenbaxendale Brilliant stuff, that's made my day.

Renthing, I shall check out that shit. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282522#Comment_282522 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282522#Comment_282522 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:11:57 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282535#Comment_282535 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282535#Comment_282535 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:28:12 -0800 Corey Waits
I'll also submit something one of these days... Actually, I've got an idea for a serialised story that I was going to do on my own blog, but once I've gotten enough work together maybe I should show it to Weaponizer instead. Could be a good match, though the project might also end up being sprawling enough to need its own site. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282576#Comment_282576 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282576#Comment_282576 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:19:21 -0800 Fauxhammer
What are some good horror/fantasy mags to submit to? I submitted a Weaponized joint to Weird Tales (with a very nice personalized rejection email), and I really need to get back up on that thang. Trouble is, I have no idea where to start. Is there a good list with the different publications, thumbnails of what they're looking for, et cetera? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282581#Comment_282581 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282581#Comment_282581 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:33:52 -0800 Will Ellwood Duotrope's Digest. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282585#Comment_282585 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282585#Comment_282585 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:11:11 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282586#Comment_282586 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282586#Comment_282586 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:12:24 -0800 texture please post 'em here or email me, so we don't clutter up this thread. Cheers. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282605#Comment_282605 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282605#Comment_282605 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:39:31 -0800 RenThing
Ralan.com is also pretty good. I think Ralan has more listings but Duotrope's got a less Geocities feel to it to me and the ability to customize a weekly mailing to yourself about what new markets are out there is nice. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282607#Comment_282607 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282607#Comment_282607 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:52:07 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282609#Comment_282609 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282609#Comment_282609 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:09:14 -0800 RenThing
*nod* I hear you. I don't know if there are any websites out there for non-genre work but if you find them will you share them here? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282611#Comment_282611 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282611#Comment_282611 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:20:23 -0800 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282639#Comment_282639 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282639#Comment_282639 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:43:02 -0800 Corey Waits http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282642#Comment_282642 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282642#Comment_282642 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:57:47 -0800 RenThing
There are a number of Australian publishers in there, definitely take a look. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282767#Comment_282767 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282767#Comment_282767 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:46:05 -0800 stephenbaxendale http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282774#Comment_282774 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282774#Comment_282774 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:18:49 -0800 Corey Waits
That's all going to change this year though, so I'll definitely put my hand up in the Writer's Thread when I've got something to show. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282798#Comment_282798 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=282798#Comment_282798 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:46:11 -0800 ruzkin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283510#Comment_283510 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283510#Comment_283510 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:46:46 -0800 KSullivanLingle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283517#Comment_283517 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283517#Comment_283517 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:34:23 -0800 Corey Waits When I've got no ideas, I drink and cry. When I have a hundred, I drink and write.

There are 4 projects I could be working on, but I think my brain can only work on one at a time. I'm not sure how Warren and indeed many other comic writers who have multiple books coming out every month do it. Maybe one day I'll get there, or maybe I'll just have to start and finish a project before getting distracted by the promise of the next. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283601#Comment_283601 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283601#Comment_283601 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:08:34 -0800 KSullivanLingle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283657#Comment_283657 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283657#Comment_283657 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:37:29 -0800 screaming meat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283925#Comment_283925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=283925#Comment_283925 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:51:04 -0800 KSullivanLingle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284883#Comment_284883 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284883#Comment_284883 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:24:52 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284889#Comment_284889 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284889#Comment_284889 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:36:48 -0800 Vornaskotti
So, I did something I've been wanting to do for some time now. I asked my boss if I could switch to a four work day week, meaning that from no on I'm going to be even more spectacularly broke than before, but I'll have one day per week reserved for just creative projects, and one evening when I can write as late as I want.

This starts next week. I'm really, really looking forward to this. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284896#Comment_284896 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284896#Comment_284896 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:59:44 -0800 Ed Jackson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284898#Comment_284898 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284898#Comment_284898 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:17:54 -0800 Vornaskotti

It feels great though that the lack of time is not an excuse, but a fact - nowadays when I have the time outside of the evening slump, I'm doing stuff like writing, coding games etc. Feels bloody good. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284937#Comment_284937 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284937#Comment_284937 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:09:08 -0800 CreativeImbalances http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284976#Comment_284976 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=284976#Comment_284976 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:41:05 -0800 Vornaskotti
Hmm? The easy answer is no, since I don't really have real experience in making games :) Well, I did a few on C64 and I have several interactive fiction projects waiting to be finished (right now they are waiting for me to finish this novel manuscript, 34 days and counting). In Iron Sky I'm the publicist and the making of producer, so at the moment I'm not that much involved in the creative side. The main dudes are the director Timo Vuorensola, the vfx producer Samuli Torssonen and the father of the idea of the film + the current community manager Jarmo Puskala. The script is written by an acclaimed Finnish scifi author Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.

When the guys were looking for an idea for the next project after Star Wreck, me and my fiance Susi did write a treatment of a scifi movie, and we did some polish on an early script version of Iron Sky, but that's it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285618#Comment_285618 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285618#Comment_285618 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:42:59 -0800 Labyrinthine
I've been using Duotrope's Digest to find markets, which is pretty great, but it doesn't give the best idea of how the different magazines rank in terms of respect within the industry etc etc. (At the moment I'm mostly sending out poetry since I have a bunch of that lying around, so by the industry I mean... uh... the poetry industry... which sounds a bit oxymoronic xD)

Basically what I've been doing is working my way down the payscale, with preference to stuff in my country, but I'm not sure if that's the best metric, so: how do you guys decide where to submit things? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285724#Comment_285724 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285724#Comment_285724 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:32:13 -0800 CinnamonAndSpite Early Adolescence : The Muddled Memories ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285742#Comment_285742 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=285742#Comment_285742 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:47:13 -0800 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286121#Comment_286121 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286121#Comment_286121 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:30:53 -0800 King Crabclaw
I have been wondering the same thing. In fact, this question alone confounded me enough to push me into starting work on a novel since I knew that would take several months as opposed to a week or so of writing and maybe another of editing that a short story typically takes me so that I could delay having to answer it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286130#Comment_286130 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286130#Comment_286130 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:06:26 -0800 alexwilson
I generally want to be published in the places I read, so I look for stuff I like (which is often the stuff I write like, but not always), and submit there. If there are poets you like, find out where their work first appears. If you tend to read collections or best-of anthologies, they often say where work first appeared. If your goal is to win awards, find out where the work of previous winners appeared. If you want to eventually publish a collection with a certain small press (who publishes books you like) or with a certain university or editor, see if they have any periodicals/literary magazines/anthologies with open submission policies. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286179#Comment_286179 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286179#Comment_286179 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:51:51 -0800 RenThing
Where I submit to is based off of several factors:
1. Are they well-known, in any way? There's a level of difference between getting published in Analog vs. Electric Velocipede vs. Weird Tales vs. Bob's Backyard Blog of Horror. The name/reputation of the market is important to me.

2. What is their compensation? Some people want to be published just to be published and that's good enough, knowing that their work is out there and that people may be reading and enjoying it. Me? I'd like to get paid in addition to all of that, so when I look for markets I look for how much they're compensating. What's the pay rate? Will I get my own copy of the work for free? What about discounts on future orders of said work? If there's a royalties set-up, how are they going to determine pay and the split between the authors.

It should be noted that there are other forms of compensation that should also be taken into account, other than cold, hard cash (pennies are often both cold and hard, right?). If a market doesn't pay but does have a very good name with a high amount of and traffic readership then the exposure could be good (although be wary of places that offer payment "by exposure").

3.What rights am I going to be giving up and for how long?

4. The timing of the submission. Is this market an anthology with a deadline? Can I make that deadline in regards to any other projects I've got going on?

5. Do I have a fugging idea that might work? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286642#Comment_286642 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9490&Focus=286642#Comment_286642 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:40:35 -0700 Vornaskotti