tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post3373239678572480970..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: WHEN AN IDEA IS NOT A BOOKNicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-66231261145398974432010-05-31T18:23:15.467+01:002010-05-31T18:23:15.467+01:00we all know that anyone writing fantasy is going t...we all know that anyone writing fantasy is going to come up with fantasy-equivalents of real-world things. It's not the idea, it's all in how it's done, and the law reflects that.<br /><a href="http://www.admaya.in" rel="nofollow"> PPC Advertising India </a>Nishanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461392896444120934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-31778656882240717432010-05-16T12:00:11.365+01:002010-05-16T12:00:11.365+01:00julia - I like your style!! I like the idea of bri...julia - I like your style!! I like the idea of brill-malil!<br /><br />diney and donna - I hope your butts are still there?<br /><br />catdownunder - good explanation.<br /><br />Ebony - I don't normally use the phrase LOL, but LOL!<br /><br />Nancy - you are not alone. I should probably blog about that, if I can't think of anything helpful to say... If I haven't done it in the next Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-66783568498078100552010-05-14T00:29:00.207+01:002010-05-14T00:29:00.207+01:00Your paragraph starting, 'That's an idea&#...Your paragraph starting, 'That's an idea' is brill-malill. I love the way you write - it makes a big lot of sense. Oh poo, I can't memember my poignant comment. Safe to say: you're an inspiration. There aint many of you about and that's for damn sure. Julia xJulia Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550905222945425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-21356045751210090142010-05-12T22:32:53.689+01:002010-05-12T22:32:53.689+01:00Having had 12 rejections from agents for my novel ...Having had 12 rejections from agents for my novel I am honest enough to put up my hands and say it wasn't a good enough idea, and nothing to do with luck. Now I need to stop spending so much time blogging as I'm procrastinating and should be getting my butt on the chair to start on my next workable idea.dineyhttp://oldermumsarefun.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-56626812371957311452010-05-12T00:46:54.322+01:002010-05-12T00:46:54.322+01:00Love this post! As so often happens, your posts a...Love this post! As so often happens, your posts are pertinent to my current situation. Just working now on ensuring a strong idea transforms into a workable story before I get started on the writing. Thanks NicolaMelinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-51111521104327343602010-05-11T19:22:58.747+01:002010-05-11T19:22:58.747+01:00I'm right at the stage where my idea is becomi...I'm right at the stage where my idea is becoming a book, and it's a little bit terrifying, because it's in a genre I've never done before, and I don't know if I can shape it properly. But it won't let me go! So I'm thinking and thinking and thinking and hope that something takes hold that will get me started. Butt In Chair!Donna Gambalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317767593205769881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-45179360093493341782010-05-11T18:39:22.468+01:002010-05-11T18:39:22.468+01:00Your post on Jane's blog gave me shivers. Than...Your post on Jane's blog gave me shivers. Thanks for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-35306473814468393802010-05-11T17:28:15.298+01:002010-05-11T17:28:15.298+01:00Interesting post. I have not got a clue where the ...Interesting post. I have not got a clue where the idea for my book came from. I am a poet and short story scribbler. I had no intentions of writing a novel. <br />I awoke one morning, jotted down some notes and away I went.<br /><br />PS: Wasted is on its way to Cyprus! I ordered it via Book Depository, they deliver fast and free. My library of books by blogging friends is growing. :))Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-29088638044975753902010-05-11T03:01:38.192+01:002010-05-11T03:01:38.192+01:00Thank you, Nicola. I have a TERRIFIC idea and hav...Thank you, Nicola. I have a TERRIFIC idea and have been struggling very hard with it. It's the kind of thing I know would be a breakout but I just can't seem to get it going. It doesn't want to come out and feels forced and like I'm not doing it justice.<br /><br />I'm thinking I might have to let it go for now, and write it later, kind of like Stephen King did with Under Elizabeth Westhttp://aelizabethwest.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-40216411623294403242010-05-11T02:10:14.415+01:002010-05-11T02:10:14.415+01:00I love this post. My problem, when someone asks me...I love this post. My problem, when someone asks me where I got the idea for a book is that sometimes by the end of a project - writing, then many rewrites, then many editor whipped, er, I mean DRIVEN revisions, my poor brain has no idea how I got into that particular mess. <br /><br />Am I alone in this?Nancy Coffelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713279271661289911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-70243960459616302162010-05-11T01:39:00.181+01:002010-05-11T01:39:00.181+01:00Speaking of ideas, I'm making more headway wit...Speaking of ideas, I'm making more headway with another WIP that I haven't been playing with for a while. Guess what? I've come to a section where the girl feels 'half this, half that and half something else, except that's three halves' and you had something almost the same in Wasted, except your book came out first.<br /><br />So bugger it, I'm keeping it. But I didn&Ebony McKenna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-41048383423764787052010-05-10T22:58:00.317+01:002010-05-10T22:58:00.317+01:00The late Colin Thiele when asked the same question...The late Colin Thiele when asked the same question by a child said,<br />"From you, from everyone else, by watching and, most importantly, by listening. It is a writer's job to see and to hear and then pass it on with feeling."<br />All I know is that it takes a long time for ideas to get that far!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-28218556955085068952010-05-10T22:01:28.470+01:002010-05-10T22:01:28.470+01:00hello, all - nothing much to say except that since...hello, all - nothing much to say except that since you agree with me, I agree with you, obvs. But saly, silly: you have a way with words that needs no self-effacement.<br /><br />nxNicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-8584965582825741742010-05-10T16:19:28.441+01:002010-05-10T16:19:28.441+01:00I kiss you square on the lips, Nicola. So many que...I kiss you square on the lips, Nicola. So many queries come to me that appear to be, for a lack of better words, a bad idea. The plot is still a seedling and needs to be nurtured along until it's ready to plant itself into the literary dirt and spread roots.<br /><br />Excellent post! The beagle salutes you. I just merely lust after your shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-8117236934863693522010-05-10T16:01:08.894+01:002010-05-10T16:01:08.894+01:00This really struck home with me. Thank you.This really struck home with me. Thank you.Carolyn Rosewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381979293473387988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-374708948599405812010-05-10T15:24:51.234+01:002010-05-10T15:24:51.234+01:00Excellent post, thank you for sharing. Nurturing ...Excellent post, thank you for sharing. Nurturing ideas takes talent and skill, and I hope I have them. We'll see.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-36139119523083736912010-05-10T12:08:20.010+01:002010-05-10T12:08:20.010+01:00Brilliant post, Nicola. I love what Brahms said - ...Brilliant post, Nicola. I love what Brahms said - it's, well, true!Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-72999644946787942312010-05-10T11:29:12.741+01:002010-05-10T11:29:12.741+01:00This point is relevant to plagiarism, too. I think...This point is relevant to plagiarism, too. I think it was Editorial Anonymous who made the point, a propos the latest people to sue J K Rowling, that the lay person has little idea how ten-a-penny ideas are, of themselves. Which is why non-writers assume that if one writer has - say - a wizarding school or a magical railway in their self-published novella, then anyone else who puts such a thing Emma Darwinhttp://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-31434287807082906332010-05-10T11:10:37.491+01:002010-05-10T11:10:37.491+01:00You make an excellent point. A seed is not enough...You make an excellent point. A seed is not enough. Nonwriters don't understand how much has to be considered to make it a novel.<br /><br />My Word Document folder is filled with abandoned beginnings. I wrote a good five or ten pages, but wasn't sure I wanted to commit to the rest of the story, the story hadn't come to me, or something made me stop. <br /><br />If I get past page Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-69325765479384194512010-05-10T10:49:05.784+01:002010-05-10T10:49:05.784+01:00Goddammit, Ms Morgan. Why do I always agree with a...Goddammit, Ms Morgan. Why do I always agree with absolutely everything you say? (And then turn green because you express it so much better than I could.)Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-6991006582888488082010-05-10T10:32:16.540+01:002010-05-10T10:32:16.540+01:00Great post. Yes, 'Where do you get your ideas ...Great post. Yes, 'Where do you get your ideas from?' is THE question that everyone asks, and I've never sorted out a coherent answer, so if I may I'll borrow Brahms.<br /><br />One of the under-sung writerly skills I think you develop - more by intuition and experience than practice, perhaps - is recognising what kind of potential any idea has. Will it power a short story? Is it Emma Darwinhttp://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-51118287868600363222010-05-10T10:14:00.957+01:002010-05-10T10:14:00.957+01:00I'm getting used to this question "where ...I'm getting used to this question "where do you get your ideas from", and my answer is usually something like 'oh, ideas are everywhere, they keep pouring into my head.<br /><br />And I also try and explain that everything has already been done, so ideas by themselves aren't any good, it's what you do with them.Ebony McKenna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-73079192128296095232010-05-10T09:02:39.194+01:002010-05-10T09:02:39.194+01:00Excellent post, Nicola. It's interesting what ...Excellent post, Nicola. It's interesting what you say about first having the idea for Wasted before you were equipped as a writer to grow it into a story. I am currently working on growing an idea I had three years ago, which I couldn't have written then. I wasn't conscious of it being in my mind all this time but it must have been because I'm finding character arcs and strands Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-41937599744863587832010-05-10T09:02:10.171+01:002010-05-10T09:02:10.171+01:00I've just been over to Jane's blog. A fasc...I've just been over to Jane's blog. A fascinated post! It sounds like you have a glimpse into the workings of the universe and just couldn't let it go. If I lived in an English-speaking country I would go out and buy Wasted today. As it is, I'll have to wait...Thomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-60184184196275664412010-05-10T09:01:27.804+01:002010-05-10T09:01:27.804+01:00Great post. Who was it who said 'don't go ...Great post. Who was it who said 'don't go with your first idea, or your second - wait until the third one comes along'? I think they were talking about 'mini-ideas', ie for solving problems in a story you're already working on, rather than a widesscreen idea for a novel as a whole. But when I get an idea I find it does no harm to take hold of it, give it a good shake, and Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.com