tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post7144209403660877587..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: NIK PERRING ON WRITINGNicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-53381837723313349752010-06-24T18:34:08.121+01:002010-06-24T18:34:08.121+01:00Thanks The Virtual Victorian! That makes me happy!...Thanks The Virtual Victorian! That makes me happy!Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-48303267909146299572010-06-24T17:45:45.786+01:002010-06-24T17:45:45.786+01:00Great interview, Nik - coming a bit late to this, ...Great interview, Nik - coming a bit late to this, but very glad I found it. Loving your book!Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-59601032181645239802010-06-23T13:52:53.540+01:002010-06-23T13:52:53.540+01:00Nicola, thank you. Glad I could help. Wishing you ...Nicola, thank you. Glad I could help. Wishing you well with concentrating on the writing!<br /><br />Kate - thanks SO much! (I've got it in my diary to email you this week, actually...).<br /><br />Ha! Very true, Tanya. It's VERY easy to be distracted - I know I suffer from it terribly. But. As we've already said and agreed - it's the writing something wonderful that should be theNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-81109437295972463102010-06-23T13:16:52.394+01:002010-06-23T13:16:52.394+01:00I get two apples? *glee*
Thanks, Nicola and Nik. ...I get two apples? *glee*<br /><br />Thanks, Nicola and Nik. And I'm really trying not to be distracted by the wonder of Twitter. As I said in my original comment, some of the advice there is invaluable, but right now I need to focus on what I'm writing. It's so easy to be distracted! I read a piece about self-publishing this morning and then I realised that if I go on like this, I wonTanya Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683336389946542805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-35173069111622982602010-06-23T11:18:05.638+01:002010-06-23T11:18:05.638+01:00Just bought my copy, Nik.Just bought my copy, Nik.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-15654454915943048132010-06-23T10:49:23.196+01:002010-06-23T10:49:23.196+01:00Great advice from Nik and as usual your blog is ju...Great advice from Nik and as usual your blog is just fab, Nicola. This week I have read a few blogs encouraging writers to keep writing. For myself, having quite a hard time with my writing at the moment, I have decided to put publishing at the back of my mind and pleasure right in the front. For now I will write for pleasure first and hope that it will later lead me up the road to publishing.Nicola Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646981662772854646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-46367506129306185912010-06-23T00:45:32.058+01:002010-06-23T00:45:32.058+01:00You're welcome, Elizabeth - and DO!
Joanne - ...You're welcome, Elizabeth - and DO!<br /><br />Joanne - thank you too! And best of luck with the edits and synopsis. I do not envy ANYONE writing synopses. Ick!Nik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-61794637023647882542010-06-22T23:37:39.449+01:002010-06-22T23:37:39.449+01:00Nik, thanks for the advice and encouragement. I...Nik, thanks for the advice and encouragement. I'm in the midst of last edits and writing a synopsis...I'll try not to get too caught up in getting published and focus on the writing. <br /><br />Nicola, thanks for letting us hear from Nik.Joanne Young Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431836725661024756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-88175833567065350662010-06-22T21:53:44.526+01:002010-06-22T21:53:44.526+01:00Awesome. Thanks for sharing that with us, Nik and...Awesome. Thanks for sharing that with us, Nik and thanks Nicola also. <br /><br />I'm going to keep trying!Elizabeth Westhttp://aelizabethwest.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-34407116079439596832010-06-22T12:33:08.264+01:002010-06-22T12:33:08.264+01:00Thanks Emily. All true. And comparing your work to...Thanks Emily. All true. And comparing your work to what others have done must be really damaging (and tempting!) - but we didn't set out to that, did we? We set out to tell a particular story that we love.<br /><br />Thanks DJ - hope you like it once you finish Nicola's (which is near the top of my TBR pile!).<br /><br />NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-61865289556819517242010-06-22T09:56:52.084+01:002010-06-22T09:56:52.084+01:00Hi Nik
My copy of 'Not so Perfect' is on m...Hi Nik<br />My copy of 'Not so Perfect' is on my bedside table and I'm looking forward to indulging myself with it as I'm a big fan of short stories. First though I need to finish reading Nicola's latest - 'Wasted', and I'm not just saying that 'cos I'm leaving a comment on her blog :)DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-20489219368693398752010-06-22T09:25:56.248+01:002010-06-22T09:25:56.248+01:00Hi Nik (and host-with-the-most, Nicola!),
Agree w...Hi Nik (and host-with-the-most, Nicola!),<br /><br />Agree with a lot of your points here, particularly the one about the need to come back to the grass roots of why we write - the love of it. I found this especially true once the initial excitement of publication had died down - you have an amazing few weeks of basking and then someone else gets to be flavour of the month, and the temptation to Emily Galehttp://emilygale.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-21444278091332370932010-06-21T20:07:13.215+01:002010-06-21T20:07:13.215+01:00Nicola - thanks so much for having me over here an...Nicola - thanks so much for having me over here and fro allowing me to burble and mumble so freely!<br /><br />Thanks Dan! And yip, 3 :AM are cool.<br /><br />Kelly - no probs!<br /><br />Marisa - that's just delightful to hear. Thanks so much.<br /><br />Tanya - thrilled that struck a chord. Have an apple from me too! Thing is - there's little point in worrying about things you don'tNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-79359073497566541022010-06-21T15:46:13.172+01:002010-06-21T15:46:13.172+01:00Nik,
Absolutely loved your interview! Such wonder...Nik,<br /><br />Absolutely loved your interview! Such wonderful advice. I know it's all true. Sometimes it's easy to forget that it's just not about getting published. Thankfully, after few weeks of downer time, I remember it again. :-)Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144739453424963436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-6195110590566963582010-06-21T15:35:46.815+01:002010-06-21T15:35:46.815+01:00Tanya - please go straight to the top of the class...Tanya - please go straight to the top of the class and receive an apple from the teacher. You said:<br /><br />"But as an unpublished writer working on the first draft of her novel, right now I need to, as you say here, focus on writing the best book I can. Otherwise the other stuff will be for naught."<br /><br />Hooray! Will you come and do my Edinburgh Book festival talk for me?? <brNicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-5163655233155024322010-06-21T15:30:47.863+01:002010-06-21T15:30:47.863+01:00Really, really useful advice, Nik. I'm coming ...Really, really useful advice, Nik. I'm coming to realise that Twitter is a wonderful resource, but I think it's too easy to get caught up in all the things that come with Being Published - editing, pitching, querying, etc. Yes, all of that advice is invaluable. But as an unpublished writer working on the first draft of her novel, right now I need to, as you say here, focus on writing the Tanya Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683336389946542805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-71140980580646129922010-06-21T14:06:03.677+01:002010-06-21T14:06:03.677+01:00I was very greedy and read all the stories in NOT ...I was very greedy and read all the stories in NOT SO PERFECT in one sitting!<br /><br />But, I have gone back to read them slowly. :)<br /><br />Wonderful advice, Nik!Marisa Birnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945909737147497606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-1972249570574119642010-06-21T14:04:27.234+01:002010-06-21T14:04:27.234+01:00Very positive advice! Thanks Nik...Very positive advice! Thanks Nik...Kellyhttp://www.kellyrailton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-43875138108151974692010-06-21T12:15:54.497+01:002010-06-21T12:15:54.497+01:00What a marvellous piece, Nik. And 3A:M - super coo...What a marvellous piece, Nik. And 3A:M - super coolio!Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com