Comments on: progress report, take a number, get in line http://lauraraeamos.com/2009/12/07/progress-report-take-a-number-get-in-line/ this is not a mommy blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:29:52 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Laura http://lauraraeamos.com/2009/12/07/progress-report-take-a-number-get-in-line/comment-page-1/#comment-18108 Laura Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:11:22 +0000 http://lauraraeamos.com/?p=3217#comment-18108 Vildea, you're very right! Those new ideas always look so easy and tempting, but once you get into them, they're just as much work as any other! I've totally fallen into that trap before! I also find that just jotting down notes for the idea tends to keep it quiet for a while. I've started a sort of "dump file" for this second book idea, and once I got a few lines of notes down, it did leave me alone :) I *have* seen people talking about the "new adult" genre! And I'm very excited about it too. I think it would hold a special place in the market, because it could draw from both the older teenagers, as well as twenty and thirty-somethings who still feel connected to that age. I'm very happy to see there's a demand for the kind of stuff I'm writing - that can never be bad! Ha, I enjoy your huge rambles of doom! :) Vildea, you’re very right! Those new ideas always look so easy and tempting, but once you get into them, they’re just as much work as any other! I’ve totally fallen into that trap before!

I also find that just jotting down notes for the idea tends to keep it quiet for a while. I’ve started a sort of “dump file” for this second book idea, and once I got a few lines of notes down, it did leave me alone :)

I *have* seen people talking about the “new adult” genre! And I’m very excited about it too. I think it would hold a special place in the market, because it could draw from both the older teenagers, as well as twenty and thirty-somethings who still feel connected to that age.

I’m very happy to see there’s a demand for the kind of stuff I’m writing – that can never be bad!

Ha, I enjoy your huge rambles of doom! :)

]]> By: Vildea/Valneanne http://lauraraeamos.com/2009/12/07/progress-report-take-a-number-get-in-line/comment-page-1/#comment-18107 Vildea/Valneanne Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:16:58 +0000 http://lauraraeamos.com/?p=3217#comment-18107 You're not the only one with ideas knocking on the door! It's like they know I'm seriously sitting down to write and plan something and BAM! "Hi, I'm an AWESOME idea! You have to write me! Or else I will annoy, pester and poke you until you do! :D Don't I sound just great?!" Part of it happened as I was trying to figure out plot, which is pretty usual ("Hey, you having difficulties? Guess who's all nice and slick and did I mention -easy- to write? ME! Write me and your troubles will be over! (Until you actually being structuring me, then I'm just as bad, but, whatever!) Write me!") and very annoying. Mostly I stuff them in the closet (i.e. note them down) and ignore them, especially now when the outline for present project is starting to look interesting. (There's bombs! And singing sheep (er, no, but there's talking sheep :P) and hissing werecats (er, cougars and lynx, but... Whatever)) I don't know if you've heard (you probably have) about SMP's drive for a new genre? Which is directed towards the guys in their twenties and such? Tentatively known as "New Adult"? Perhaps that's what your book is? I don't know much about it, but I do know that Diana Peterfreund have some thoughts on it (she has a series of books set at college, which from what I remember from the blog article was marketed as Adult some places and YA other places), which you might find interesting; http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/on-new-adult/ and http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/more-on-new-adult/ I can sort of relate to the want of knowing what genre you're in, I have project on the back burner which could be anything from SF, Fantasy or Young Adult depending on what people feel about it. Quite confusing at times, but oh well, I figure I'll write it first (or rather, finish present project then begin poking -that- project) and see what other people feel about it. Okay, I'm going back to try and re-name two characters (too many names with "D", I'm not even that big a fan of names beginning with "D") and actually name and profile my villain(s). And look up more Native American legends ('cause researching Seattle demographics and geography isn't very interesting :P). I really like showers, perfect place to think and sort out plot problems! /end huge ramble of doom. Best wishes! You’re not the only one with ideas knocking on the door! It’s like they know I’m seriously sitting down to write and plan something and BAM! “Hi, I’m an AWESOME idea! You have to write me! Or else I will annoy, pester and poke you until you do! :D Don’t I sound just great?!”

Part of it happened as I was trying to figure out plot, which is pretty usual (“Hey, you having difficulties? Guess who’s all nice and slick and did I mention -easy- to write? ME! Write me and your troubles will be over! (Until you actually being structuring me, then I’m just as bad, but, whatever!) Write me!”) and very annoying.

Mostly I stuff them in the closet (i.e. note them down) and ignore them, especially now when the outline for present project is starting to look interesting. (There’s bombs! And singing sheep (er, no, but there’s talking sheep :P ) and hissing werecats (er, cougars and lynx, but… Whatever))

I don’t know if you’ve heard (you probably have) about SMP’s drive for a new genre? Which is directed towards the guys in their twenties and such? Tentatively known as “New Adult”? Perhaps that’s what your book is? I don’t know much about it, but I do know that Diana Peterfreund have some thoughts on it (she has a series of books set at college, which from what I remember from the blog article was marketed as Adult some places and YA other places), which you might find interesting;
http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/on-new-adult/ and
http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/more-on-new-adult/

I can sort of relate to the want of knowing what genre you’re in, I have project on the back burner which could be anything from SF, Fantasy or Young Adult depending on what people feel about it. Quite confusing at times, but oh well, I figure I’ll write it first (or rather, finish present project then begin poking -that- project) and see what other people feel about it.

Okay, I’m going back to try and re-name two characters (too many names with “D”, I’m not even that big a fan of names beginning with “D”) and actually name and profile my villain(s). And look up more Native American legends (’cause researching Seattle demographics and geography isn’t very interesting :P ). I really like showers, perfect place to think and sort out plot problems!

/end huge ramble of doom.

Best wishes!

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