Waiting For Rejection

[redthroatedloon]

So yesterday I shlepped to the post office, clutching in my sweaty little hands the Stargate novel proposal for Fandemonium books. Got it in just under the wire -- according to the instructions, it had to be postmarked by November 30th (luckily, they don't have to receive it by November 30th; the clerk told me that it would get there in 4-10 working days). Made me crazy trying to make the deadline -- it's been a busy month -- but at least that's one thing I've finished that doesn't have to do solely with generating income.

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You're clearly a lovely and evocative writer

Why, thank you! Right back atcha.

Might be scared to do it, too, since it would make what's always been a hobby ... work.

I can certainly understand that. That's one of the things that may separate fanfic writers from professional writers (and I use the latter strictly in the sense of somebody being paid for their work) -- the former write for themselves and their audience, while the latter often also have, in the back of their minds, "What can I sell?"

All that being said, I think you could probably do a wonderful job on a full-fledged tie-in novel. Maybe next time there's an open call, you might want to give it a shot...