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fleursdemontblanc
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Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia
'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction' Virginia Woolf
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mkrobinson12
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Sorry to hear that, Celia. It's a tough time right now. I've had the same: three rejections this year after agents requested the full ms and decided in the end the work wasn't strong enough as well, so I know how you feel. Your work is good, otherwise it wouldn't have attracted attention in the first place. Learn, grow, get better and show them you can. Onwards and upwards.
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dreamliner
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Quote: fleursdemontblanc, Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010 14:22Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia Never give up, never surrender and you know what my motto is Celia? F**K EM!!!!!
"Denny Crane!"
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awrigley
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Quote: fleursdemontblanc, Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010 14:22Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia Celia The "warm red" in your avatar looks more like a chilled rosé. The point being, keep your cool.
Memory... What was that?
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pam123writing
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Sorry, Celia. But the only way is up, and you know you are on the way.
Three Steps to Heaven 'Til I Kissed You Always On My Mind A rock'n'roll romance series by Pam Howes all available on Amazon in paperback and e-Books. Visit my website for details. Fast Movin' Train - A stand alone love story. Amazon links on: website"And, in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make." Lennon and McCartney 1969
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unclearthur
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'...not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers.' Eh? To me, that reads as if debut writers are expected to reach a higher standard than more established scribes. No madly surprising, I suppose, judging by the dross a fair few of the 'great published' seem to produce. In which case, console yourself with the fact that you are at least as good a writer as those currently in print. That's what I'd do, anyway. That, and have a large scotch. My Blog
www.cavalrytales.co.uk'The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief'
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NickP
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Quote: fleursdemontblanc, Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010 14:22Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia What they mean is, in that particular story, that after a good start it disappointed (him or her). The "standards set for debut writers" is a piece of patronising condescension which, when you think about it, means nothing. It's the story they are taking, or not taking. They have nothing else to judge. They do not set any standards whatsoever and there is no examining board.
This post was last edited by NickP, 07 Dec 2010, 22:21
"...the likes of NickP can rant on if they like"
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sarsen
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Quote: fleursdemontblanc, Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010 14:22Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia Standards? Whose standards? Fourteen of those wiseacres turned down Harry Potter. That debut author is now richer than the Queen.
blog: http://1513fusion.wordpress.com/
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willow55
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Quote: fleursdemontblanc, Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010 14:22Hello all, bad news, I'm afraid. My agent explained very kindly that I'm not making the grade yet. Ouch! After the promise of the early chapters, she feels the story is not strong enough to meet the standards set for debut writers. So, out came the warm red stuff and I sank quite a bit of it last week. Have we got an emoticon for 'bollocks!'? Ah well, back to the keyboard. Regards, Celia Aww, sorry to hear that Celia. Having the full ms requested is still a step in the right direction, don't forget - most don't get that far. Take a deep breath, sink some more of the red stuff and get it back out there.
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Turnip
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. The Road not Taken by Robert Frost Celia, you're on the right track.
Back to my roots.
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