tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post2461775188894850366..comments2024-03-22T00:21:30.759-07:00Comments on Louise Penny: Oh, yes, I found my publisher at Canadian Tire.Louise Penny Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10316557270587688970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-78496972800609785502007-12-27T13:37:00.000-08:002007-12-27T13:37:00.000-08:00Hi Louise,Thanks for your response. The idea of s...Hi Louise,<BR/>Thanks for your response. The idea of submitting without having completed the work is a bit daunting, which is why I wanted to pick your brain on it. I appreciate your "contradictory" perspectives, and will give it all some thought. In the meantime, the prospect of submitting the first 3000 words certainly sharpened them up! A synopsis of the remainder in 1000 words may not hurt either -- in terms of a feel for overall structure.<BR/>Thanks for the advice. Wishing you a wonderful New Year.<BR/><BR/>HilaryHilary MacLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629125776311841963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-66663739172524038712007-12-27T10:28:00.000-08:002007-12-27T10:28:00.000-08:00Hi Hilary,You're right - novel's don't need to be ...Hi Hilary,<BR/><BR/>You're right - novel's don't need to be finished to enter to CWA competition - but they do for the CWC.<BR/>Mine was finished - and it changed very little - though I'd already done many edits and polishings. <BR/><BR/>My advice to people is to finish - party because if somethings going to be disappointing in a first novel it's likely to be how it starts (since this was the very first thing written it generally in a first novel gets changed in the re-writes). But also because it puts huge pressure on a writer to finish if you already have a publisher and an advance. I don't know - frankly - how good STILL LIFE would have been had it been written with that sort of scrutiny and expectation. Having said that, Alan Bradley doesn't seem to have had any difficulty. So it clearly depends upon your temperment. <BR/>The other great thing is that if you enter this year and for some reason the judges don't recognize the utter brilliance of your ms (jealousy, I'm sure) - you can always re-submit next year. You really have nothing to lose except the entry fee - especially since you've already finished the first draft. <BR/>I know this is contradictory - but you know yourself best and I know you'll make the right decision for yourself.<BR/><BR/>What an exciting 2008 you have ahead! <BR/>Congratulations -<BR/><BR/>LouiseLouise Penny Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316557270587688970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885582611314646448.post-39305644440617011592007-12-27T03:11:00.000-08:002007-12-27T03:11:00.000-08:00Season's Greetings, Louise and Michael, and all th...Season's Greetings, Louise and Michael, and all the best in 2008 (if it hasn't happened already in 2007!) Thanks for keeping up the blog over the holidays. It's a bright spot in my writing day -- a reward at the end of my labours.<BR/>I was interested to hear about Alan Bradley. Went to his site -- the book sounds intriguing. Also interested that the novel wasn't finished when he entered Deadly Dagger and found out most aren't. Didn't know this. Yours was complete, was it not? How much did it change after you were shortlisted? <BR/>I'm tempted. I have a first draft nearly complete.Hilary MacLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629125776311841963noreply@blogger.com