Comments on: My first book: completed http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-90 Tim Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:54:29 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-90 Huzzah ariel! this makes me smile knowing that at least someone is on the right track to their dreams! congrats! Huzzah ariel! this makes me smile knowing that at least someone is on the right track to their dreams! congrats!

]]> By: tamara http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-89 tamara Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:13:05 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-89 Yay Yay Hooray!! Congratulations I can't wait to be the first in line here to buy your book, I just may wear it pinned to the front of my shirt for awhile pointing it out to everyone screaming 'I know her, she's my friend'!!! I am just that proud of you! (could even be a good marketing strategy) I am excited to read it, way to go girlfreeeeeend. love ya. Yay Yay Hooray!! Congratulations I can't wait to be the first in line here to buy your book, I just may wear it pinned to the front of my shirt for awhile pointing it out to everyone screaming 'I know her, she's my friend'!!! I am just that proud of you! (could even be a good marketing strategy) I am excited to read it, way to go girlfreeeeeend. love ya.

]]> By: amanda http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-88 amanda Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:10:22 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-88 wow, I haven't read in awhile and just wow, that's really effin awesome!! congrats! wow, I haven't read in awhile and just wow, that's really effin awesome!! congrats!

]]> By: amy.leblanc http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-87 amy.leblanc Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:54:39 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-87 CHEERS!! CHEERS!!

]]> By: Stephanie http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-86 Stephanie Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:33:23 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-86 Oh and I must say - I'm SUPREMELY bummed that your book won't be out until four months *after* my wedding in August! I could really use some help planning! Oh and I must say – I'm SUPREMELY bummed that your book won't be out until four months *after* my wedding in August! I could really use some help planning!

]]> By: Stephanie http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-85 Stephanie Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:29:52 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-85 Wow, I love your pragmatic approach to writing. How very virgo! Just out of curiosity, what is your astrological sign, anyways? It would be awesome if you'd post a larger photo of your spreadsheet, or a listing of the columns you found useful. I'm creating a similar spreadsheet, but I know I'm missing things that would make my life easier... And congrats on finishing your book. You must feel a HUGE sense of accomplishment. Wow, I love your pragmatic approach to writing. How very virgo! Just out of curiosity, what is your astrological sign, anyways?

It would be awesome if you'd post a larger photo of your spreadsheet, or a listing of the columns you found useful. I'm creating a similar spreadsheet, but I know I'm missing things that would make my life easier…

And congrats on finishing your book. You must feel a HUGE sense of accomplishment.

]]> By: Matt http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-84 Matt Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:17:16 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-84 Congratulations! I felt a horrible, indefinable sense of loss once I'd finished mine, strangely - as if the subject I was covering was really dead and gone (which it was). Thank God I've got a sequel out of it (to finish end Sep for Apr 07 publication. Same subject, but a prequel). I did Excel spreadsheets of wordage as well! I was grossly over quota, of course - my contract stated 10,000 words and 200 pics. First draft was 33,000 words; they let me get away with 15,000 and 201 pics. Shameless plug, buy it here - http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=46878 On the good side, the punters love it, I've had two absolutely dynamite reviews and one middling-to-good one (that comes from the editor of the mag I have a byline in, who never likes any of my stuff anyway, so f.him!), it's sold like hot cakes and there's the aforementioned sequel. I want to build on that with another one, and another and another, etc... and so will you! Congratulations again. It rocks, this writing lark. Matt Congratulations!

I felt a horrible, indefinable sense of loss once I'd finished mine, strangely – as if the subject I was covering was really dead and gone (which it was). Thank God I've got a sequel out of it (to finish end Sep for Apr 07 publication. Same subject, but a prequel).

I did Excel spreadsheets of wordage as well! I was grossly over quota, of course – my contract stated 10,000 words and 200 pics. First draft was 33,000 words; they let me get away with 15,000 and 201 pics. Shameless plug, buy it here – http://www.ianallanpublishing.…s_id=46878

On the good side, the punters love it, I've had two absolutely dynamite reviews and one middling-to-good one (that comes from the editor of the mag I have a byline in, who never likes any of my stuff anyway, so f.him!), it's sold like hot cakes and there's the aforementioned sequel. I want to build on that with another one, and another and another, etc… and so will you! Congratulations again.

It rocks, this writing lark.

Matt

]]> By: Brit http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-83 Brit Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:03:23 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-83 Congrats! Can't wait to see it!! Congrats! Can't wait to see it!!

]]> By: Ariel v. http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/my-first-book-completed/comment-page-1#comment-82 Ariel v. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:58:32 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/2006/06/15/my-first-book-completed#comment-82 Congratulations, rockstar of rockstardom! Reading about your process was really validating for me, especially the part about moving from the academic bulshitting of the undergrad years into writing milieux which required much more consice expression... and then back into having to write longer papers again in grad school. It was a ROUGH transition back. At first I was like, "I made my point already, why do I need an additional 500 words of fluff around it?" It turns out that extra writing isn't fluff, at least not the kind I used to write as an undergrad. It's careful explanation, justification, value-added stuff. Did you find the same thing with writing your book? I mean, I can see how points in your book could be made fairly concisely, but it's the details, the anecdotes, the Arielesque way you have of describing things that readers will enjoy, not a bulleted list on how to have an alternative wedding. I can't wait to see the finished product! *(See, I'm even more long-winded in my comments now...) Congratulations, rockstar of rockstardom! Reading about your process was really validating for me, especially the part about moving from the academic bulshitting of the undergrad years into writing milieux which required much more consice expression… and then back into having to write longer papers again in grad school. It was a ROUGH transition back. At first I was like, "I made my point already, why do I need an additional 500 words of fluff around it?" It turns out that extra writing isn't fluff, at least not the kind I used to write as an undergrad. It's careful explanation, justification, value-added stuff. Did you find the same thing with writing your book? I mean, I can see how points in your book could be made fairly concisely, but it's the details, the anecdotes, the Arielesque way you have of describing things that readers will enjoy, not a bulleted list on how to have an alternative wedding. I can't wait to see the finished product!

*(See, I'm even more long-winded in my comments now…)

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