http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15205 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:32:30 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15205 Melissa, you can avoid this to some degree by not signing contracts for books that aren't written yet. Twice now I've breezed through publication with the first book in a two-book deal only to run into revision problems with the second (the one that was unwritten at the time the contract was signed). It could still happen that a publisher might acquire your completed manuscript and then give you a very tight turnaround to get the edits done, but that hasn't happened to me. Melissa, you can avoid this to some degree by not signing contracts for books that aren’t written yet. Twice now I’ve breezed through publication with the first book in a two-book deal only to run into revision problems with the second (the one that was unwritten at the time the contract was signed). It could still happen that a publisher might acquire your completed manuscript and then give you a very tight turnaround to get the edits done, but that hasn’t happened to me.

]]> http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15141 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:29:58 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15141 I need to clarify (it's past midnight and I'm posting this, so brain isn't fully functional). When I say "write well", I mean that at this point in my life, there's a point where I like to really take the time to go through my manuscript, line by line. I wonder if I will have that kind of time when I have looming deadlines that I can't break. I need to clarify (it’s past midnight and I’m posting this, so brain isn’t fully functional). When I say “write well”, I mean that at this point in my life, there’s a point where I like to really take the time to go through my manuscript, line by line. I wonder if I will have that kind of time when I have looming deadlines that I can’t break.

]]> http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15140 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:28:31 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15140 This is one of my fears, that once I finally do get published, my deadlines won't allow me the time I need to write well. I guess time shall tell. This is one of my fears, that once I finally do get published, my deadlines won’t allow me the time I need to write well. I guess time shall tell.

]]> http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15072 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:38:39 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-15072 So glad the extended deadline works for you! From personal experience I know many writers are procrastinators and, if it wasn't for deadlines, nothing would ever get written! So glad the extended deadline works for you! From personal experience I know many writers are procrastinators and, if it wasn’t for deadlines, nothing would ever get written!

]]> http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-14801 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:15:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/11/breathing-room/#comment-14801 Congrats on both the extended deadline and the new perspective! I'm glad things are starting to loosen up for you, Marsha. Congrats on both the extended deadline and the new perspective! I’m glad things are starting to loosen up for you, Marsha.

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