tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post4672507901242402393..comments2024-03-18T00:32:22.107-07:00Comments on THE ROAD TO PUBLICATION: In My Day...Kimberly Dertinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368511542359560174noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-8952195629627353662010-02-02T05:25:55.786-08:002010-02-02T05:25:55.786-08:00WOW! When you put it like that, they're big, b...WOW! When you put it like that, they're big, big changes. Although, it's not quite the same, there were a lot of networking features on the web that hadn't started when I first started my own blog! So, I can see where you are coming from! :)Sassy Brit @ Alternative-Read.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035224672516442455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-72463747206590014532010-01-31T05:45:19.827-08:002010-01-31T05:45:19.827-08:00Although I'm old enough that we had our first ...Although I'm old enough that we had our first home computer by the time I was in school, I was obsessed with the 1950's typewriter and 80's era word processor that my parents kept around, and commandeered those for my incipient writing career. I learned to type on those things! Ahhh.<br /><br />But by the time I was ready to start REALLY writing, I switched to our home computer. I can't imagine the pains of writing an entire novel on those monoliths, fun as they are.Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058786129073896210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-7192277406137035242010-01-29T17:07:08.212-08:002010-01-29T17:07:08.212-08:00hey did you steal my processor. I had one of those...hey did you steal my processor. I had one of those - yikes I am so hold.Shelli (srjohannes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17123227845032402600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-7097835996844256502010-01-29T16:43:32.032-08:002010-01-29T16:43:32.032-08:00I'm still stuck on the whole query letter thin...I'm still stuck on the whole query letter thing. It is like dating or showing up at a meeting with crap in your teeth. Why can't I just be honest and not have to worry what the popular kids (agents) think? I think I'm going to start with, "This shit is dope," and see if I get any bites.<br /><br />Oh, and thank goodness for the "interwebs" as LiLa refers to them. I'd be like, "You want me to look up what? Book sales, who?"<br /><br />I'm kinda lazy like that.Little Ms Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034349274576201531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-14824221614471572772010-01-29T15:59:04.806-08:002010-01-29T15:59:04.806-08:00What?? The Internet isn't a superhero that mak...What?? The Internet isn't a superhero that makes publishing easier? Gosh darn it, Kim--you're such a dreambuster!JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-9551546436838577552010-01-29T14:48:03.847-08:002010-01-29T14:48:03.847-08:00All I can say is...I STILL have a typewriter in my...All I can say is...I STILL have a typewriter in my room next to my computer...I'm 14, but the typewriter feels nice to write on...it creates sort of an oldish writing atmosphere that I love =)))ReggieWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475857811391920513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-17682534097221542242010-01-29T12:35:26.080-08:002010-01-29T12:35:26.080-08:00Great post, time and technology pass quickly. What...Great post, time and technology pass quickly. What will the next 10 years hold?Ellzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700569544018231914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-16968801115903707062010-01-29T11:31:47.216-08:002010-01-29T11:31:47.216-08:00*sigh* tell me about it...the waiting is agony!*sigh* tell me about it...the waiting is agony!Shelli (srjohannes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17123227845032402600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-30024255457562673212010-01-29T09:28:49.621-08:002010-01-29T09:28:49.621-08:00PJ- You and me both, sister, I could never go back...PJ- You and me both, sister, I could never go back to my typewritin' ways!<br /><br />Heidi - I forgot about all the hours I spent at the library looking up articles on *how* to write a query and just on the publishing process in general since I couldn't Google every little thing. I think I'm in LOVE with the internet!!!<br /><br />LiLa - A patience app...yes, please!<br /><br />Tam - OMG, yes! My office had an IBM Selectric and I loveloveloved it!!!! And then I got my word processor (the one that took up 1/2 of my dining room table) and I realized how "outdated" the IBM really was.Kimberly Dertinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368511542359560174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-58843805350134984742010-01-29T09:06:51.620-08:002010-01-29T09:06:51.620-08:00Oh, how I loved my IBM Selectric - it was so Space...Oh, how I loved my IBM Selectric - it was so Space Age I was sure life wouldn't get any better than that.Tam and Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321200560356498388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-30873861354586708042010-01-29T08:48:02.898-08:002010-01-29T08:48:02.898-08:00I think the next logical step here is for someone ...I think the next logical step here is for someone to develop either an app to speed up publishing or an app to give me the patience of a saint. Come on Steve Jobs! Figure this one out. Now.lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-60698827838858259142010-01-29T08:15:54.158-08:002010-01-29T08:15:54.158-08:00I identified with so much about the first half!! I...I identified with so much about the first half!! I remember getting a typewriter with a self-correcting ribbon. I had to take out the ink ribbon and put in the self-correcting one, backspace, and type the letter again, and it would white out just that letter. Ah! Amazing progress that was!!<br /><br />And the writer's market... don't get me started on the utter out-dated uselessness of that monstrous book!<br /><br />You're right... the publishing industry IS still hard, but I think we have a much better idea of how to be successful now, how to find what they are looking for and how to write good queries and where to send them that hasn't already been outdated. Maybe that makes it harder though, too. It evens out the playing field between the people only sort of wanting it and those who really, really want it.<br /><br />Very interesting post! (so sorry i rambled so much.... I don't have it in me to write just a little, unless I'm working on my WIP)Heidi Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807893309080538464.post-43051859565659570812010-01-29T08:09:24.373-08:002010-01-29T08:09:24.373-08:00it's funny to this how little has really chang...it's funny to this how little has really changed when it seems so much has. And yikes on the typewriter and white out. I'd be doomed.PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.com