tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post8342299952630288780..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: First Pages/Writing ContestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-71812934953279452882011-12-01T11:28:58.299-06:002011-12-01T11:28:58.299-06:00I agree, Melinda. Two friends over the years were ...I agree, Melinda. Two friends over the years were finalists in the Delacorte First Novel contest and it helped them get their first contracts. I thought I had heard they had discontinued it. I hope not.Claire Rudolf Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520445613916601377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-91999402706713410442011-11-29T15:01:19.176-06:002011-11-29T15:01:19.176-06:00Hey Claire --
Serendipity Lit is good -- Actually...Hey Claire --<br /><br />Serendipity Lit is good -- Actually, Regina Brooks is Marilyn Nelson's agent: http://www.serendipitylit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=119<br /><br />I have met Reginia -- got to pitch to her -- she said, "Girl, your synopsis is confusing as heck!" She's pretty awesome.<br /><br />Contests are one way to break in, for sure. Joan Bauer won the Delacorte First Novel contest and then went on to write all kinds of cool stuff. So I say go for it.Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-18841750395149674212011-11-29T11:21:56.021-06:002011-11-29T11:21:56.021-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-384075957936538832011-11-29T11:20:51.936-06:002011-11-29T11:20:51.936-06:00Why do you think submitting the work is so frighte...Why do you think submitting the work is so frightening for some of us? I know writers who don't think twice about sending their work into the world. I don't fear feedback (I've always had a pretty tough skin), but knowing that someone else is reading the work is daunting--maybe that's undermining it--it scares the bejeezus out of me. It's easy to find every reason in the world to keep the work to myself. Seems silly, but it's honest. How do y'all balance the private writing life with the public parts?Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-32305465723379708522011-11-29T10:25:31.369-06:002011-11-29T10:25:31.369-06:00When you have let it sit for a month and when you ...When you have let it sit for a month and when you return to it, you still think it is ready to go. You only get one chance with an editor and an agent usually. They are looking for reasons to put it down, as they read so many submissions. Hope this helps. It may also be time for you to get out in the world.Claire Rudolf Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520445613916601377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-2603614434844030582011-11-28T19:42:06.190-06:002011-11-28T19:42:06.190-06:00Thank you for the heads up, Claire! Just curious, ...Thank you for the heads up, Claire! Just curious, when should a writer enter a contest or send a manuscript to an agent or editor? Has anyone out there ever wished they hadn't entered a contest? I've heard some folks say that they "know when it's time." But how? What if you've written the hell out of a manuscript? When is it okay to let it go? Thoughts? :0)Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.com