tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post2548156750008647478..comments2024-03-15T09:26:02.796-05:00Comments on PROJECT MAYHEM: Death Comes to the ManuscriptProject Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154342399869089664noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-72469304317502392632012-07-24T21:27:01.683-05:002012-07-24T21:27:01.683-05:00Yes, a manuscript death doesn't mean we can...Yes, a manuscript death doesn't mean we can't revisit and enjoy those stories and characters...and allow them to become new, stronger things..Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-28333857964852979092012-07-24T21:25:45.203-05:002012-07-24T21:25:45.203-05:00Still not sure, but I plan to read it, now with di...Still not sure, but I plan to read it, now with distance, and see if it lives or if I'm seeing ghosts.<br /><br />Love this line. Keep us posted!Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-78850877752383148692012-07-24T21:22:38.698-05:002012-07-24T21:22:38.698-05:00Recently, an editor asked about a novel I had not ...Recently, an editor asked about a novel I had not finished before we moved to Egypt. I had FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT! Why hadn't I sent it??? Then i reread the first chapter and it all came back to me. The first chapter was YUCK. But it had been so long, I just started over. Still not sure, but I plan to read it, now with distance, and see if it lives or if I'm seeing ghosts.Eden Unger Bowditchhttp://www.younginventorsguild.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-42135847931029971222012-07-24T18:56:21.584-05:002012-07-24T18:56:21.584-05:00I have a few mss like this, and a few unfinished o...I have a few mss like this, and a few unfinished ones that are sort of on life support, like Dianne mentions. I don't feel bad about it--I tell myself there are more stories where those came from, and I think fondly of the characters sometimes.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636585111057799728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-54935075806195206652012-07-23T16:06:41.610-05:002012-07-23T16:06:41.610-05:00I adore We Hear the Dead. So glad it made its way ...I adore We Hear the Dead. So glad it made its way into the world!Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-26190939396654343152012-07-23T16:06:04.044-05:002012-07-23T16:06:04.044-05:00That means you're getting closer!That means you're getting closer!Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-14598707945787224642012-07-23T16:05:29.346-05:002012-07-23T16:05:29.346-05:00No one has the same writing journey. Maybe all of ...No one has the same writing journey. Maybe all of yours will be winners, who knows?Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-72759444088587249602012-07-23T16:04:12.309-05:002012-07-23T16:04:12.309-05:00It's amazing the encouragement you can milk fr...It's amazing the encouragement you can milk from a rejection, isn't it?Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-37923915630393025902012-07-23T13:34:34.416-05:002012-07-23T13:34:34.416-05:00I have closed the coffin on a couple of incomplete...I have closed the coffin on a couple of incomplete manuscripts, but all the finished ones are still out there, fighting to live.<br /><br />I'm not counting, of course, anything I wrote before 2000. There are two completed MG manuscripts moldering away in their vaults, but I don't usually give them a passing thought. As far as I'm concerned, my writing began afresh in 2005 when I started working on what would become We Hear the Dead. I refuse to acknowledge any novels I wrote before then! :DDianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-43489767503442215332012-07-23T10:05:09.370-05:002012-07-23T10:05:09.370-05:00Oh, I've had the champagniest of champagne rej...Oh, I've had the champagniest of champagne rejections. The kind that throw every possible compliment around, before saying... "Ah, but no."Lily Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732112345439595471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-61251798807877802652012-07-23T09:37:40.980-05:002012-07-23T09:37:40.980-05:00I have no idea. I've never fully given up on a...I have no idea. I've never fully given up on a MS yet, but I've only completed two, so I'm probably still growing.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-50254030421129182202012-07-23T09:07:37.253-05:002012-07-23T09:07:37.253-05:00I've had champagne rejections, too! So bitter...I've had champagne rejections, too! So bittersweet, but they let you know you are on the right track, at least.<br /><br />I've reread some of my mss that I've given up on, and I think I made a good call. They certainly show my growth as a writer, but....<br /><br />Shelleystoryqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039684494823420722noreply@blogger.com