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The proof is on its way.

I already know I'm going to make changes, because last night out of the blue I wrote three poems in a row -- one that needs work, one that's not bad and I could actually read without embarrassment, and one that needs to go into this book.

But, the proof was already okayed (and THAT took, like, three days... I hate to see what happens when we go from poetry to novels...)

So I was apparently too cryptic yesterday. I've been flip flopping back and forth on how to go about publishing. Does my original novel (you know, the one I keep just saying 'has dragons' in it... wait, no, that was amended to 'has dragons you would never, ever want to ride... cause they're friggin' DRAGONS, yo') have the potential of being published by some publishing company somewhere that accepts submitted non-solicited? The answer, I think, is yes, but my caution comes on who owns the rights for the movie adaptation.

Okay, laugh, fine, but if there are royalties to be had on the action figures, I will not be happy if some big publishing company gets all the benefits and I get stuck with just a complimentary set of plastic figures, y'know?

The more I've been revisiting plot (the discussion recently re: fanfiction plots across a certain fandom), the more I'm realizing this isn't a very unique plot (and that most plots aren't). So, I can totally reveal the plot of this novel --- Man vs. Self & Man vs. Society masked as Man vs. Man all wrapped up and packaged in reality as a character study masquerading as a novel

I'm finding more and more, it's the characters and the world that I want to protect, plot being only secondary to these first two because after a while plots start to seem similar. But I digress.

I'm 'trying out' a publish-on-demand site, namely, the one that Amazon runs, and essentially, because I had a 'free proof' voucher from the 2007 nanowrimo that needed to be used. But, I just felt weird on putting through a fanfic novel on it because they in fact check the books before they'll even proof copy them. And, I still need some bits and pieces to tie together the original novel.

But I have all this poetry jumbled about, and I thought, what the heck. The New Yorker rejected me (I was certain they would; my best pieces are really too long), and since this isn't my business type thing, I didn't see a need to send anything off elsewhere (The New Yorker was a suggestion made by two different people who apparently read The New Yorker; otherwise, I never would have done so). So, poetry book as a test run, and then we'll see after that which way I go on the novel.

I guess, when it comes to it, it's not that I particularly am looking to make a lot of money off of my writing, it's that I don't want anyone else to make a lot of money off of my writing.

The working title of the poetry book is 'Break My Calm'. Ten points to the first person who knows where that comes from!

Comments

[lalaith-raina.livejournal.com]

Does Erestor approve of you taking a line from his poetry?

I'm excited for you. :3 It sounds like it's all coming together nicely. I hope you keep us updated about the book with dragons I wouldn't want to ride. :D

I'm trying to work up the nerve and courage to submit to a bunch of journals and get my name out there. Got an issue of the Writer's Chronicle staring at me right now, taunting me. >< But I'm no practiced writer like, you know, some crazy lady who has written over 294 stories and over 1,366,494 words. Psh. Like that sort of person even exists, am I right?

*lots of hugs and some confetti, for the heck of it*

[beruthiels-cats.livejournal.com]

Erestor's pool...fork over them points, lol!!
As for publishing, you could ask Magic Rat...she's got a new work hot off the press...*hugs*