Hey guys! Anyone have anymore writing/craft/publishing related questions for us Scribble Chicks? Leave them in the comments.
In the meantime, may I direct you to two links (sorry to do this but I'm on deadline and this week has been HECTIC and I had to post on two other blogs as well. So...multi-tasking. Let's call that a helpful craft tip here, Time Management For the Busy Writer 101 lesson ::wink::)
http://www.girlsgodgoodlife.blogspot.com/ (Classic, or Old?) Chime in now! :)
http://nicoleodell.com/2012/07/on-good-girls-bad-boys-frogsinprogress/ On Good Girls (my monthly column for Nicole O'Dell's CHOOSE NOW teen ministry) "Bad Boys and Frogs-In-Progress" (this one also has a cool video from Carrie Underwood in the post)
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Love your links....both were great! :)
ReplyDeleteI have a writing-related question.
How do you save your book in your computer: as one massive document, by chapter, by beginning/middle/ending...some other way? Do you find one way easier to manage than another and why?
Thanks!
I save mine as one ongoing document, and I keep it renewed every time I write.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if I work on my laptop, I save the full manuscript as an ongoing document to my desktop AND to a portable thumb drive. Then if I want to work on my netbook the next day while traveling, I save the ongoing ms from my thumb drive to my netbook desktop, and then when I'm done, save it back to the portable thumb drive. Lots of saving but that also guarantees I never lose a ton of work if there was an accident. I have copies at any given time on my two diff computer desktops, the thumb drive, and every so often I email myself a copy of the latest document too :) You can NOT be too careful. And since it's the full, most recent document every time I open it, I can see where I left, go back and edit a few words if needed, add a thread, etc. And its always caught up when I'm done.
I have a writing/publishing question that I've been wondering about for a while now...I live in Australia and was wondering if anyone knows of any Australian Christian publishing houses? (I've searched for ages and starting to highly doubt it!) Or, are there any American or other Christian publishing houses that would potentially publish writers from Australia? For that matter, any agents...??
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Gracie :)
Thank you so much....I just merged mine into one document, so that sounds like I did the right thing. Then I also have a "scrap pile", research docs, a list of characters, a timeline, etc, etc. I try to save that whole file each time.
ReplyDeleteWhat I need is to be diligent to update the thumb drive every single time! (My biggest fear is losing months of work that could never be duplicated.)
Hey Gracie! The ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) is a great way to get connected with those types of things. We have members from the US, Canada, even England and Bermuda. I know the woman from Bermuda well and she's published with a US publisher with no problem. I don't think US agents have any problem representing foreign clients, esp now since everything is done via email anyway :) I say just start querying US agents/publishers as if you lived here. I don't know anything about Australian publisheres in the Christian market, I'm sorry to say. You could probably Google search easy enough. Just be careful who you trust. Lots of scams out there. Remember, no reputable agent EVER requests ANY money up front. They work for you - they get paid when they sell your book!
ReplyDeleteThanks Betsy! Exactly the answer I was hoping to hear. ;) At least that means I have a shot without moving out of the country! :)
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