[stylist] What comes first?...the story or the call for submission

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Hi, Amy.   I hope when you are submitting to a publisher, the first thing you 
do is have someone check your spelling.   The spell check won't pick it up, 
but summery -- s u m m e r y means like summer, and the word you want is 
summary -- s u m m a r y.

I write first, search for publishers later.   A well known science fiction 
writer, Piers Anthony, queries with his ideas before he writes, but the ideas 
are his.   He says before he did this, he was starving.   This way, he doesn't 
waste time writing something he can't sell.
Lori

In a message dated 1/28/09 10:32:12 AM, krouthorn at verizon.net writes:


> 
> Thanks James. I appreciate the summery of the last phone meeting, as well as 
> your sense of humor. Here's a question for the list or perhaps, the February 
> phone meeting, or both: As a rule, do you (everyone reading this) search out 
> calls for submission, then create a manuscript to fit what the publication 
> is looking for? On the flip side, do most of you spontaneously create, file 
> the finished product away, and wait for a niche to arrive? I tend to do the 
> latter, but am curious as to what others do and whether they feel their method 
> is successful. Let's dialogue about this.
> Amy K-H
> 




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