tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post379675147968770880..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: Doing it by the BookDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-22618315921560778632010-10-28T15:40:10.679+01:002010-10-28T15:40:10.679+01:00This is timely for me, Susie. I've been catchi...This is timely for me, Susie. I've been catching up on submissions still Missing In Action. I tend to chase agents and publishers politely at the 12 week stage, but my experience sis that many haven't even started reading it by then. So perhaps it pays to make a dynamic impression, although I'm of the no-knickers brigade. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong...DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-61490195617646822912010-10-23T13:01:47.150+01:002010-10-23T13:01:47.150+01:00I have to say that I see a lot of prologues in the...I have to say that I see a lot of prologues in the novels I read, and I see a lot of adjectives and adverbs. I think those two rules are relics anymore.<br /><br />As for the typeface, I agree that Times New Roman is easier on the eyes, and I use it.<br /><br />But as you note, many of the so-called "rules" are in flux anymore.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-29390998763028507312010-10-22T18:38:06.452+01:002010-10-22T18:38:06.452+01:00Thanks, all, for your comments, and for the consen...Thanks, all, for your comments, and for the consensus on black knickers! (And fair point, Andy, about sending them. T'would be OK for the straight female agent, as I would tell her they were a gift for her. The gay male - erm, will rethink.) Well done on your deal - shows Commandment No: 2 stands for nothing!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-45827353066411548062010-10-22T15:41:42.996+01:002010-10-22T15:41:42.996+01:00@Caroline - I can't say the 'benif..' ...@Caroline - I can't say the 'benif..' word either, you are not alone. <br /><br />Think I'll have to print these Commandments out and pin them up in my writing den.<br /><br />As for the cunning knickers strategy, that would come a cropper if the agent was a straight female or gay man wouldn't it?<br /><br />Thanks for brightening up an overcast Friday!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />AndyScars Beneath The Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866587497469760915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59274390408106187252010-10-22T13:18:12.987+01:002010-10-22T13:18:12.987+01:00Genius. Number 5 made me guffaw....
Yes, I think ...Genius. Number 5 made me guffaw....<br /><br />Yes, I think black too but not nasty, cheap scratchy ones, OK?<br /><br />Scars, I can't even say 'benifi...' oh forget itCaroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-23821700128747586862010-10-22T12:08:00.864+01:002010-10-22T12:08:00.864+01:00Shock horror - I used Courrier (or was it Courrier...Shock horror - I used Courrier (or was it Courrier New) font and I managed to get a novel published. Does that make me, or my publisher, some kind of heretic? Will a chanting, heckling mob armed with blazing torches be after me? <br /><br />Times New Roman is much easier on my eyes, so I must have had good reason to use Courrier New. Mind you, I did get rejected by 50+ agents, eventually getting a deal with a small indy publisher directly.<br /><br />Next time I'm sending to agents I shall abide by the commandments, and lo, the glory of the Great Agent's beneficence shall be my reward. Maybe. <br /><br />PS Confession - I had to check how to spell beneficence.Scars Beneath The Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866587497469760915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-39289179121518360262010-10-22T08:31:19.332+01:002010-10-22T08:31:19.332+01:00I say go for black every time ;) I'm still stu...I say go for black every time ;) I'm still stuck on the first commandement (having gone back through my first draft to make it conform with the sixth commandement). Look forward to hearing how you get on, whether you pester or not. Maybe then you can whittle the ten down to nine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840475795135915167noreply@blogger.com