tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7234236445046879583..comments2024-03-28T13:37:53.397-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Writing-Related Goals for 2019Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1575304221006344282018-12-27T20:21:20.179-05:002018-12-27T20:21:20.179-05:00I admire your stamina. I'm reading anthology s...I admire your stamina. I'm reading anthology submissions now, and I'm beginning to wish I could do two volumes as well. Alas ... hard decisions await. Good luck with all your projects.Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32314543360317008632018-12-27T12:38:30.509-05:002018-12-27T12:38:30.509-05:00Brian, you're a hard charger. I expect you'...Brian, you're a hard charger. I expect you'll cross the finish line in time. Maybe out of breath, but you'll get there.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15069442107040633782018-12-27T10:29:08.156-05:002018-12-27T10:29:08.156-05:00Adaptability is a wonderful thing. And you did a ...Adaptability is a wonderful thing. And you did a great job of it. <br />I hope you find fill-ins for the Steely Dan anthology, and look forward to reading it!<br />BTW - does Robyn freelance organization for other writers? Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61676426180755584672018-12-27T09:38:50.169-05:002018-12-27T09:38:50.169-05:00Great post, Brian, full of good advice for all of ...Great post, Brian, full of good advice for all of us. I'm looking forward to reading the final products of all these current projects!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-71480842693705072322018-12-27T08:46:46.486-05:002018-12-27T08:46:46.486-05:00Spending time on the editor's side of the desk...Spending time on the editor's side of the desk provides us with an appreciation of the need to act professionally when we're on the writer's side of the desk. But even when we're trying our best—keeping commitments, meeting deadlines, staying in contact, etc.—we don't always nail things with our first effort. Late last year/early this year an editor invited me to contribute to two anthologies. The first story was a slam dunk, requiring negligible editorial intervention (a couple of word choices and a discussion about whether a particular word should be capitalized or not), but the second story... The second story went through two substantial rewrites with so much editorial guidance I might not argue if the editor asked to share the byline!Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-45595641692805481862018-12-27T08:01:03.793-05:002018-12-27T08:01:03.793-05:00Great list of resolutions, Brian. Beyond the fact ...Great list of resolutions, Brian. Beyond the fact of both being in our fifties and with kids about the same age (my son turned 7 this past Sunday), I often feel like our paths and perspectives are very similar... even to the point that I was working myself on a collection of three connected novellas (but I'm having trouble with that last resoultion you mentioned here). Look forward to getting together and chatting someday soon. Take care in the meantime. Happy New Year, with best wishes for 2019! Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.com