Reppu
Trainee
heatraying the crap out of mankind?cooollllaaaa!
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Post by Reppu on Aug 24, 2007 13:06:08 GMT 1
Hey Nerf, don't give up, i'm waiting and hoping for it to get through and get my copy. Not having read the draft i didn't have much to say in this thread, but with all good critics you are receiving it certainly must be much more than just a decent work. Can you give us some cues on the plot?
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Post by krakatoa on Aug 25, 2007 21:33:11 GMT 1
Be patient, and persistent, If we liked this stuff they will to, who? you dont know yet, but there will be a who, that will like it, for sure.
Chantale. ;D
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Post by malfunkshun on Sept 12, 2007 8:28:41 GMT 1
so, is this posted online anywhere? or are we all forked unless it gets published? of course if its published i'll buy one, who here wouldn't?
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Post by Scifishocks on Oct 1, 2007 2:37:01 GMT 1
Malf, Sorry for the delay in replying. Broadband problems etc... The first draft (as it was written, off pat and in serial form, basically) is still here on Rob's old board.... robk.proboards13.com/index.cgi?board=fanfic&action=display&thread=1142187352&page=1I have prepared a second draft since, with quite a few amendments and also additional and expanded scenes (the finished novel weighs in at around 70,000 words) and this is the one I am hoping, at some point, to get published. |
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Post by Scifishocks on Oct 18, 2007 23:46:04 GMT 1
Well, I've come to a bit of an impasse with this now. Not sure what to do next.
I have had an offer of help getting in touch with the estate of H.G. in order to gain permission to publish in the UK. Trouble is it depends on getting publishers interested first. The agents I have approached so far have passed... so it makes me wonder if it is ready for publishing at all now. Gah!
I guess I need to revisit it again (it's been a couple of months since I last read it through) to see if I can see if there's anything glaringly wrong with it.
At least I can probably get it published in the States without too much trouble. There are plenty of places that will publish your work for you. But I really wanted to do it in this country so it could be sold in bookshops here... and with some degree of official permission. It's looking like that now may not be possible.
I need to think about how to proceed... if I think it's worth it.
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Post by steann on Oct 18, 2007 23:56:29 GMT 1
don't give up nerfy  i think it may a case of just finding the right publishers also if you got the break you so deserve be it in the states or england it may cause a snowball effect and ripple over to here and there |
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Post by Scifishocks on Oct 19, 2007 0:10:50 GMT 1
Bless ye!
I hope it will see book form, but I think persuading publishers here to take it on is going to be a trial. They don't seem interested in sequels and such these days. Have you seen some of the stuff in the booker lists? Or even worse, the bestseller charts.
If you aren't a celeb chef or a Beckham, you've got no chance of selling a book!
You're probably right. If it does get published and sells a few copies then it might get a bit of interest.
But still I'm unsure.
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Post by steann on Oct 19, 2007 0:22:53 GMT 1
just need to find the right niche in the market is all but i do think you'll crack it...just a question of when and i'm sure we are all behind you |
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Post by richardburton on Oct 19, 2007 10:06:36 GMT 1
Absolutely. I'm sure one publisher will have the balls to take it on. It's just a case of beavering away with it.
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Post by krakatoa on Oct 20, 2007 22:35:02 GMT 1
Keep trying, and i really hope for you that you will be able to publish it in UK, i am sure peoples would like to have the chance to read something like this in UK, to. Dont abandoned anything you want to do, one day all that will be in the past, and your book will be selling.
Chantale, Krakatoa.
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Post by Scifishocks on Oct 30, 2007 1:14:24 GMT 1
Well. I guess it's time (after a break for various personal reasons) to start whoring my shit out. I have a sort of a strategy... such as it is... so we'll see how it goes. |
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Post by poyks on Oct 30, 2007 1:46:07 GMT 1
Never give up dude, we all believe it's more than good enough. Make those narrow minded losers who have rejected so far choke on their own ignorance! Keep pushing! |
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Post by Scifishocks on Oct 30, 2007 2:42:32 GMT 1
You're too kind! |
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Post by krakatoa on Oct 31, 2007 1:47:57 GMT 1
Your story is good, everybody here knowz that, and you have to be patient never give up trying and be patient, i know it is hard, but it will pay in the futur.
take care my friend. Chantale.
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Post by Anim8tr on Nov 2, 2007 19:51:02 GMT 1
I'm all for getting your book published, no matter how you go about it, Nerf. It's a very well written and imaginative work. Either published by a house or your own hand, I'd gladly buy a copy.
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