tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2603273424808674908..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Adventures With Book ClubsLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89436438309947853382020-03-06T02:21:12.188-05:002020-03-06T02:21:12.188-05:00My organizational skills have needed work, but may...My organizational skills have needed work, but may major lack of self-discipline prevented me from being published a lot earlier; of course, I wasn't finishing my stories! I went back and pulled the salvageable manuscripts out of my first word processor, finished the ones that weren't crap, and I think one of them got published. (I'm still working on the lack of self-discipline!) Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78944783185091009742020-03-05T22:15:15.689-05:002020-03-05T22:15:15.689-05:00Damn, Brian. You have a pact with the devil? Nicel...Damn, Brian. You have a pact with the devil? Nicely done!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91300314110715438132020-03-05T18:54:24.614-05:002020-03-05T18:54:24.614-05:00Only one mistake novel? Well, I have... let's...Only one mistake novel? Well, I have... let's not go there. Good piece.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-6886155381505939112020-03-05T16:01:47.616-05:002020-03-05T16:01:47.616-05:00Your sales percentage floors me. Congratulations. ...Your sales percentage floors me. Congratulations. <br /><br />I just went back and found 16 unsold short stories, most of which I know now aren't worth submitting anywhere else. I've actually cannibalized bits and pieces from a few of them. Six more are still floating around submission purgatory.<br /><br />A few weeks ago, I sold a story that I first submitted in 2009. Someone finally thought of a theme that matched the story, so I sent it out again. ;-)<br /><br />I'm not sure how many unpublished novels I have because several went through so many revisions and title changes that I can't keep track any more. They go back to the 1970s, though, and my best guess is eight or nine. I do know that I had 350 rejections before I made my first sale. If you want to borrow some of them...Steve Liskowhttp://sss.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51501823435883884262020-03-05T10:20:48.116-05:002020-03-05T10:20:48.116-05:00Wow - you have had a very successful career. I st...Wow - you have had a very successful career. I still have a stack of unpublished (YET!) stories, plus a fairly bad sci-fi novel tucked away in a box in the basement. I never expect the latter to be published. Keep on writing!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com