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Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
When's your novel coming out?
wonderful light travel guidebook
  06/19/13
tcq
demanding preventive strike karate
  06/19/13
My next novel? I've written ten.
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
Yeah bro, of course your next novel. Gotta stay relevant.
wonderful light travel guidebook
  06/19/13
September.
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
lol
thirsty crackhouse
  06/20/13
how feasible to mkae living doing freelance writing while do...
bateful duck-like orchestra pit
  06/19/13
you'll get in everywhere you apply.
Heady salmon school fat ankles
  06/19/13
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Concupiscible dun private investor
  06/19/13
Freelance writing varies wildly. You shouldn't count on it ...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
i take it even most writers who have published with major ho...
bateful duck-like orchestra pit
  06/19/13
Assuming you're talking about fiction, no. I work as a lawy...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
"Fiction writing brings me an extra 10-20 K a year"...
Heady salmon school fat ankles
  06/19/13
TY
demanding preventive strike karate
  06/19/13
dude, every time i see a new comic book film i want to throw...
filthy mischievous stag film
  06/19/13
guys in my hs practiced law and wrote 10 novels and posted o...
Fear-inspiring frisky idiot
  06/19/13
have you written a novel? how long was it and how long did i...
filthy mischievous stag film
  06/19/13
Publishing my tenth this fall. By far, the longest one wa...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
do you know any writers besides shakespeare
Vigorous den queen of the night
  06/19/13
No.
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
underrated.
Adventurous trust fund stage
  06/19/13
cool. what did you do after you finished the writing part o...
filthy mischievous stag film
  06/19/13
Immediately after? I got drunk and fucked some bar skank. ...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
tyft. how did that publisher sell your book? bookstores? on...
filthy mischievous stag film
  06/19/13
For my first novel, newspaper profiles, regional book signin...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/20/13
you're a fiction writer just by virtue of the thread title. ...
Laughsome Elastic Band Pistol
  06/19/13
Well, I get paid.
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
lol at fiction writers
Vigorous den queen of the night
  06/19/13
how did you find an editor/publisher? who does you're cover ...
vivacious indigo kitchen
  06/19/13
I sent query letters to agents. Eventually one liked my boo...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/19/13
TY
demanding preventive strike karate
  06/19/13
i want to read one
Concupiscible dun private investor
  06/19/13
what was your first novel about?
Fear-inspiring frisky idiot
  06/19/13
Dude is seduced by a beautiful older woman, framed for her m...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/20/13
Who reps you? I have meetings w two preftigious as fuck agen...
Red razzmatazz parlour nibblets
  06/19/13
There's an honor code among writers that even though you're ...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/20/13
(Guy dodging the question with a BS response), no one asked ...
Red razzmatazz parlour nibblets
  06/20/13
I apologize for interpreting "Who reps you?" as &q...
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/20/13
...
Buff step-uncle's house puppy
  06/20/13
weak flame
Maize mind-boggling twinkling uncleanness
  06/20/13
Is this Denis Johnson?
carnelian arousing theater
  06/20/13
I wish.
Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian
  06/21/13


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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:01 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428619)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:02 AM
Author: wonderful light travel guidebook

When's your novel coming out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428622)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:02 AM
Author: demanding preventive strike karate

tcq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428623)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:04 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

My next novel? I've written ten.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428629)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:05 AM
Author: wonderful light travel guidebook

Yeah bro, of course your next novel. Gotta stay relevant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428635)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:08 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

September.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428642)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 2:03 AM
Author: thirsty crackhouse

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434911)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:03 AM
Author: bateful duck-like orchestra pit

how feasible to mkae living doing freelance writing while doing own fiction on the side?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428625)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:04 AM
Author: Heady salmon school fat ankles

you'll get in everywhere you apply.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428631)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:05 AM
Author: Concupiscible dun private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428634)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:05 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Freelance writing varies wildly. You shouldn't count on it for a living.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428632)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:06 AM
Author: bateful duck-like orchestra pit

i take it even most writers who have published with major houses can't make a living off of their writing alone?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428638)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:12 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Assuming you're talking about fiction, no. I work as a lawyer.

Fiction writing brings me an extra 10-20 K a year. Most writers teach writing classes and hope Hollywood stops making dumb comic book films sometime this century.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428652)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:13 AM
Author: Heady salmon school fat ankles

"Fiction writing brings me an extra 10-20 K a year"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428654)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:13 AM
Author: demanding preventive strike karate

TY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428655)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:16 AM
Author: filthy mischievous stag film

dude, every time i see a new comic book film i want to throw the tv screen against the wall. inevitably, a friend will ask me if i want to go see the "new" Superman or Iron Man movie. they aren't new. they're all the EXACT SAME SHIT! Batman's primary suspense technique? Some sort of time limitation. Everything is a fuckin race against time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428665)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 5:03 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring frisky idiot

guys in my hs practiced law and wrote 10 novels and posted on internet message boards all the time it was no big deal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428758)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:17 AM
Author: filthy mischievous stag film

have you written a novel? how long was it and how long did it take you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428667)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:25 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Publishing my tenth this fall.

By far, the longest one was my first. That took five years. Most of the time was lost procrastinating. You want to match the writers who've inspired you, and you end up setting your lousy drafts against their finest work, and it paralyzes you. That was my experience at least.

Then I just got over being Shakespeare and wrote three pages a day, rain or shine. Sometimes they sucked. Sometimes you hit something pretty neat. After three months, you have a manuscript.

This last book took me about six months. But look, if you're Shakespeare, take your time and get it right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428684)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:27 AM
Author: Vigorous den queen of the night

do you know any writers besides shakespeare

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428685)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:27 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

No.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428687)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 7:41 PM
Author: Adventurous trust fund stage

underrated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23432414)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:33 AM
Author: filthy mischievous stag film

cool. what did you do after you finished the writing part of your first novel? did you publish it? how?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428701)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:44 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Immediately after? I got drunk and fucked some bar skank.

I took about a month to edit it, then spent another three months agonizing over a query letter (it's not that hard). You send the letter with maybe the first ten pages to an agent.

After a few tries, I found someone. That turned into a six month hunt for a publisher, an almost book deal that fell through, and then a last-minute reprieve from another publisher. Nine months later, they printed it. It sold decently, but not spectacularly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428729)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 5:16 PM
Author: filthy mischievous stag film

tyft. how did that publisher sell your book? bookstores? online?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23431541)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 1:58 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

For my first novel, newspaper profiles, regional book signings and one TV interview (thankfully before the days of YouTube...I was pretty stiff and awkward). I drove to Barnes, Waldens, etc. with maybe 100 books in the trunk, talk for a bit, get discreetly sozzled, and sign. Amazon was still pretty new: I don't think anyone bought my first book online.

As a share of my writing income, online sales are an increasing part, but you can't beat shelf space. I'm guessing most of these are people who bought a previous book. Nobody's going to find me on Amazon by accident, and promoting online is tough. My agent will sometimes pitch ideas for a website or a blog, but I need a certain level of privacy and remove from readers to write.

I do a good trade at writing conferences.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434892)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:20 AM
Author: Laughsome Elastic Band Pistol

you're a fiction writer just by virtue of the thread title. no requirement that you have to get paid. i myself have written and published fiction to the internet through XOXO since 2007.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428676)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:29 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Well, I get paid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428690)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:20 AM
Author: Vigorous den queen of the night

lol at fiction writers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428677)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:32 AM
Author: vivacious indigo kitchen

how did you find an editor/publisher? who does you're cover art?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428698)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:41 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

I sent query letters to agents. Eventually one liked my book and found a publisher.

The publishing company does that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428718)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:54 AM
Author: demanding preventive strike karate

TY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428744)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 4:57 AM
Author: Concupiscible dun private investor

i want to read one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428750)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 5:05 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring frisky idiot

what was your first novel about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23428762)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 2:02 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

Dude is seduced by a beautiful older woman, framed for her murder, and pursued across the Montana plains by cops, drug dealers, survivalists, and a mysterious peg-legged insurance salesman. It's sort of autobiographical because I've been to Montana before.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434910)



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Date: June 19th, 2013 5:17 PM
Author: Red razzmatazz parlour nibblets

Who reps you? I have meetings w two preftigious as fuck agencies when I get back to NY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23431550)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 2:05 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

There's an honor code among writers that even though you're supposed to promote your agent and shit, you don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434919)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 2:09 AM
Author: Red razzmatazz parlour nibblets

(Guy dodging the question with a BS response), no one asked you to plug your agent, wanted to know if you're with a big agency or some hack working out of a motel. Now that i've spelled it out for you i'm sure your response will be big agency. Continue on with your flame, i'm done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434938)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 2:17 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

I apologize for interpreting "Who reps you?" as "Who reps you?" and not some infinitely subtle literary pecking order game. Learn to ask good questions, and you'll get better answers.

I'm not with a big agency, but she doesn't work out of a motel either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23434963)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 8:44 AM
Author: Buff step-uncle's house puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23435443)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 8:46 AM
Author: Maize mind-boggling twinkling uncleanness

weak flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23435447)



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Date: June 20th, 2013 10:37 AM
Author: carnelian arousing theater

Is this Denis Johnson?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23435779)



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Date: June 21st, 2013 1:26 AM
Author: Galvanic Yellow Mood Persian

I wish.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2286362&forum_id=2#23442131)