Archive for June, 2009

There  has been much to say on both sides regarding the inclusion or recognition of epubbed, or also known as, digitally published authors. I am working on two submissions right now. One for Samhain and one for The Wild Rose Press. I am unagented. Agents don’t do digital (yet) I do want to make it to print. (part of the allure of TWRP, some do go to print.) But either way, I would like equal representation.

I’m new to these rules and learning the ins and outs of the industry. I, for one, do not understand the rule on advances. It seems that the merits of the work should be what allows it entry for the contest. The nature of electronic publishing and the sheer volume it presents, making it inexpensive to buy, to use, prevents the advance. But if total sales were a value, it wuold surely go to show. I know of a survey asking in which pay range you fit. http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/904EFBDB8B8B97FD/ Please do excuse my lack of finesse, or of eloquence.

What I so sollemnly want and desire is to share my work. Being paid for it would certainly be nice, but actually, my sole motivation is to share my love of writing with others. I want to have people enjoy something that I provided. What an even greater delight if my peers also recognized my love in my work. (through a contest, of course.)

I AM for change. Only because I can see what is occurring to my friends and fellow authors. Writing is more than just something for fun. I do it because, I have to.

And hopefully, one day, that will included contracts.

write about writing? Ok. So, I’ll write on any minutia and encourage all to read the light extemporanea. Ok. Can I enthrall you as well as Franklin? As in Ben Franklin. In 1776 the character Ben Franklin has a line in song:

“Mr. Adams, but Mr. Adams, The things I write are only light extemporanea. I won’t put politics on paper, it’s a mania. So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvannia.”

As far as musicals go, this is one of my favorites. And that line stands out to me as brilliant lyric. Do you see how his emphatic denial of a task just rolls so easily? (By the way, he was avoiding writing the Declaration of Independence.) Oh, and Jefferson’s denial was just as good. “Once again you have kept me from my lovely bride. Oh, Mr. Adams you are driving me to Homicide.”

How pleasant life would be as a musical. (well, for some.)

In truth, I have often conteplated bursting into song and dance in the line at Wal-Mart. Wouldn’t that be fun? Have three or four different lines of song going on at the same time, yet sounding good together.

Lyric #1 in queue one. “Please ring me up, and hurry, have to avoid the crowds, the flurry, Gotta get home to my baby, yesiree, Pleeeeeeease.”

Lyric #2 queue 2. “I only come here for my cats. See all the cat food, think of that. The human contact here is scarey. Rather be among the felines and fleeeeas.”

Lyric # 3, etc. “Can you talk to me, cashier, I’ve thought about you for more than a year, Can you see the crush I have for you dear, notice me, hear my pleeeeeeas.”

Lyric 4   “Gonna make a great plate tonight, gonna eat some veggies alright, cooking up the dish and doin it right, mashed potatoes, applesauce, carrots and peeeeeas.”

Just an example. Would you be in my life musical. (Cuz if I envision it, I don’t have to write. But I should.)

I am saving up my money to join RWA, if only to join the specialty chapter of Hearts Through History . They have a contest and this years judge for the category I would have entered, If I’d realized it was held, is from The Wild Rose Press, which is where I just KNOW my work has a home. It’s exciting, even though I’ve missed this years contest. So why am I all aflutter? Because it confirms to me that colonial era romance has a home.

New York may not be calling, yet, but It is definitely a step in the right direction.