[stylist] Catching up

[helene ryles]

Kerry: Sorry I mean squibs are now called Dumans. I typed not instead.
That was a typo.

Helene

On 07/05/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Kerry: Thanks for the advice.
>
> Squibs are not Dumans.
> German shepards are now Growlin shepards.
>
> Yes, we use the word Alsation to describe a german shepard. That's
> another place in germany. since most of my readers seem to be american
> I'm tending to avoid British only words since it confuses the reader.
>
> Helene
>
> On 07/05/2009, Kerry Thompson <uinen at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi friends,
>>
>> Tami, unfortunately queeries, like submissions, need to be taylored to
>> each
>> market. Some publishers specifically say to include sample chapters,
>> typically the first three chapters of the novel. Sometimes though the
>> publisher wants to see more than this, typically a complete outline
>> and/or
>> table of contents; sometimes the queery and only the queery. More tedium,
>> I'm afraid, but you need to consult an up-to-date edition of _Writer's
>> Market_ or an up-to-date online reference. I  presume such references
>> exist?
>> Perhaps Writers Digest online? Ideally, consult the submission guidelines
>> on
>> the web sites of each individual publisher. Yes, it's a major drag! But,
>> publishers don't like getting queeries or submissions that don't adhere
>> exactly to their own particular guidelines. *shrug* What can you do?
>> They're
>> fusspots. *grin*
>>
>> I'm glad my explanation of blogs was helpful.
>>
>> Helene, I cannot urge you strongly enough to avoid tangling with J.K.
>> Rowling! She and her legal team have no compunction about destroying
>> people
>> who infringe her copyright or even look like they might be thinking about
>> infringing her copyright. Make up or reapply your own word for a
>> nonmagical
>> person born to a magical family.
>>
>> By the way, Rowling did not invent the word squib. It already existed,
>> meaning a type of firework. She applied it to the particular usage she
>> needed. You might do something similar; that is, find a word that is not
>> much used in ordinary current day speech and apply it to this usage.
>> Alternatively, make up a word and define it clearly.
>>
>> As to the dogs: you could call them Shepherds or police dogs, or give
>> them
>> another place-derived name from your fictional world. Actually, I thought
>> Brits called German Shepards Alsatians. The more I think of it, the
>> better
>> it seems to me for you to use a name analegous to German Shepherd
>> substituting a nationality from your world for German. That would be the
>> easiest for you and the clearest for the reader I think.
>>
>> Robert, excellent Provoker!
>>
>> One fell swoop is from MacBeth.
>>
>> The Crowd, er, Addy? That piece you posted was nothing more nor less than
>> an
>> infomercial, long on hype, very short indeed on substance. There are
>> reputable print on demand (selfpublishing) companies, and I suppose
>> Outskirts Press may be one. But, others are unscrupulous, nothing more
>> than
>> vanity presses that demand the author pay them some outrageous amount for
>> the privilige of seeing his book in print. I rather suspect Outskirts
>> Press
>> to be one of this latter type. In any case, it behoves a writer to check
>> very carefully into any such company in order to protect his reputation,
>> his
>> selfrespect and, most importantly, his wallet.
>>
>> Having given that strong caveat, I've heard of Lulu (sp?), a print on
>> demand
>> outfit that produces good quality books. Recently, they have instituted a
>> program whereby, for a fee, they will place your book on amazon.com.
>> Cafepress also allows for selfpublishing. The chief problem I see with
>> selfpublishing is that of marketing. Let's face it. Marketing genre and
>> niche books is hard enough when they have a known house or imprint name
>> on
>> the title page. When you have to be your own marketing department, things
>> must get even hairier. I doubt that in real life very many selfpublished
>> authors make a lot of money. Not so many authors published with
>> established
>> houses make a lot of money. But, that doesn't generally deter writers
>> from
>> writing or would-be authors from seeking to get published. It can be
>> done,
>> and done successfully, with a large, mainstream house, a speciality
>> publisher or a print-on-demand company. Just make absolutely **sure** you
>> know what you're signing up for!
>>
>> Solidarity and Peace,
>> Kerry
>>
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