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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #98 on: November 14, 2021, 05:55:19 PM »
Just finished The End of October


https://smile.amazon.com/End-October-novel-Lawrence-Wright-ebook/dp/B07WKJSP4J/

Written before COVID and published in April 2020, the novel tells the story of a world battling a pandemic.

It's amazing how many parallels exist. Granted, there are differences, as the pandemic in the book is significantly more lethal than COVID and thus aspects aren't identical.

Very good read, though. I recommend it. 
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« Reply #99 on: November 14, 2021, 07:59:12 PM »
You know there have been a few rather prescient novels lately re: pandemics.   A friend of mine touted this one recently as well.  I've been ducking it as I'm not really interested in reading about a pandemic while living through one.

I'm about halfway into Amor Towles' latest, The Lincoln Highway, im fairly sure when I finish that I will find this to be wanting and completely inferior to his previous two novels, Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility.    

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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #100 on: November 15, 2021, 07:30:49 AM »
I just finished "They Called us Lucky" written by a US Congressman, Gallego.
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« Reply #101 on: November 18, 2021, 08:37:03 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on November 14, 2021, 07:59:12 PM
You know there have been a few rather prescient novels lately re: pandemics.  A friend of mine touted this one recently as well.  I've been ducking it as I'm not really interested in reading about a pandemic while living through one.

I'm about halfway into Amor Towles' latest, The Lincoln Highway, im fairly sure when I finish that I will find this to be wanting and completely inferior to his previous two novels, Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility.   




I gave “pandemic reads” a (regrettable) try as well. Last month I finished a labored reading through The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The Great Plague of London & The Great Fire of London, 1665-1666. A poorly printed edition, giving no source or permissions for the truly horrendous and off-era Renaissance painting used as its cover.

I had heard Samuel Pepys’ Diaries featured in very entertaining terms on the History of Literature Podcast. Though Pepys at times sounds like an insufferably hoity person, the era of his journaling promised an illuminating parallel to our past two years of weathering the Covid pandemic and to a lesser degree the political outrage and worsening environment, such as the increasingly harsher wildfire seasons across the West. Instead the writing is insufferably tedious, the sentences painfully constructed: “Up, and after a harsh word or two my wife and I good friends, and so up and to the office, where all the morning.” Clarity is lacking until the last 10 pages of a poorly formatted 200 pages of journaling when the London fire concludes the book: “…and there I did see the houses at that end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on the other side of the bridge.”


https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Samuel-Pepys-Plague-1665-1666/dp/1789430984/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=samuel+pepys&qid=1637092504&sr=8-3
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« Reply #102 on: November 18, 2021, 09:43:11 PM »
It's YA fantasy, so not in anyone's wheelhouse here, but my wife just got signed by an agent, who is pitching to publishers.  This is the fourth book she's written in the past 4 years.  All of which were better than anything I could ever write, but now that she is signed with an agent, one who has another client who signed a miniseries deal with Netflix, she may actually get hardback published.

I'll continue to write shitty predictions with zero editing.
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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #103 on: November 19, 2021, 07:51:11 AM »
Cool beans.  I sent my books to several agents and got nothing, standard rejects.  I also sent to some publishing houses and got one "offer", which was not a real offer in my view, they call it vanity publishing.

People who claim to have read my books claim they liked them, but I think they are just being kind, with the exception of BRAD here who provided helpful feedback.

I infer they are amateurish.  I think I can write reasonably well, but not as an author.
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« Reply #104 on: November 19, 2021, 10:32:40 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 19, 2021, 07:51:11 AM
Cool beans.  I sent my books to several agents and got nothing, standard rejects.  I also sent to some publishing houses and got one "offer", which was not a real offer in my view, they call it vanity publishing.

People who claim to have read my books claim they liked them, but I think they are just being kind, with the exception of BRAD here who provided helpful feedback.

I infer they are amateurish.  I think I can write reasonably well, but not as an author.
I still want to give them a read,CD.

I love to write, and I'm pretty good at it, but I've got a bunch of short stories, one screenplay, and half of a very long novel under my belt, and I can tell upon rereading it all, that it's decent but not great.  Maybe a good editor could help me out, I don't know.  I've never sent anything off to attempt to publish.

Of course I've read stuff that actually dig get published by major houses, that I feel isn't as good as what I've written.  Timing and persistence and whatnot, I suppose.
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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #105 on: November 19, 2021, 10:40:34 AM »
Quote from: ELA on November 18, 2021, 09:43:11 PM
It's YA fantasy, so not in anyone's wheelhouse here, but my wife just got signed by an agent, who is pitching to publishers.  This is the fourth book she's written in the past 4 years.  All of which were better than anything I could ever write, but now that she is signed with an agent, one who has another client who signed a miniseries deal with Netflix, she may actually get hardback published.

I'll continue to write shitty predictions with zero editing.
That's cool, AAA, best of luck to your wife on getting published! 

And I have to admit that YA fantasy is a guilty pleasure of mine.  My 14yo daughter is into it, and so I read a lot of it either with her, or before she does, just to know and understand what she's reading and seeing in her world.  And I've found that a lot of it is actually pretty entertaining.  
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« Reply #106 on: November 19, 2021, 10:57:14 AM »
Quote from: ELA on November 18, 2021, 09:43:11 PM
It's YA fantasy, so not in anyone's wheelhouse here, but my wife just got signed by an agent, who is pitching to publishers.  This is the fourth book she's written in the past 4 years.  All of which were better than anything I could ever write, but now that she is signed with an agent, one who has another client who signed a miniseries deal with Netflix, she may actually get hardback published.

I'll continue to write shitty predictions with zero editing.
Quote from: utee94 on November 19, 2021, 10:40:34 AM
That's cool, AAA, best of luck to your wife on getting published!

And I have to admit that YA fantasy is a guilty pleasure of mine.  My 14yo daughter is into it, and so I read a lot of it either with her, or before she does, just to know and understand what she's reading and seeing in her world.  And I've found that a lot of it is actually pretty entertaining. 
Yeah, I second that. 

YA fantasy isn't exactly my wheelhouse, but I have a 14 yo son who has gotten into all that stuff. Started with JK Rowling, has read basically everything Rick Riordan has ever published, was big into the "Scythe" series as well as the "UnXXXXX" series, a bunch of books with titles all starting with "Un"... All sorts of stuff in that wheelhouse. He did the whole Hunger Games series (which my wife and I also read at the same time), and now he's reading Divergent. 

My daughter is only 9, so she's not quite up to that reading level yet, but absolutely LOVES to read and is progressing quickly. So even if it's not the right genre for my son, my daughter will be there in a few years.

Keep us informed. If you have a link to where the first three books are available, let us know. My son has a Kindle, so self-published works are fine if they're available in that format. 
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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #107 on: November 19, 2021, 11:12:08 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on November 19, 2021, 10:57:14 AM
Yeah, I second that.

YA fantasy isn't exactly my wheelhouse, but I have a 14 yo son who has gotten into all that stuff. Started with JK Rowling, has read basically everything Rick Riordan has ever published, was big into the "Scythe" series as well as the "UnXXXXX" series, a bunch of books with titles all starting with "Un"... All sorts of stuff in that wheelhouse. He did the whole Hunger Games series (which my wife and I also read at the same time), and now he's reading Divergent.

My daughter is only 9, so she's not quite up to that reading level yet, but absolutely LOVES to read and is progressing quickly. So even if it's not the right genre for my son, my daughter will be there in a few years.

Keep us informed. If you have a link to where the first three books are available, let us know. My son has a Kindle, so self-published works are fine if they're available in that format.
Yeah same here, my daughter has a Kindle that she loves, and it's great for that type of thing.
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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #108 on: November 19, 2021, 01:58:11 PM »
My books are available in paperback on Amazon, self published, they do a nice job of it I think.  I still need a good editor, at minimum.

The book "Marine Dad" is a tough read for three chapters and then gets uplifting.
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« Reply #109 on: November 19, 2021, 02:18:02 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 19, 2021, 10:40:34 AM
That's cool, AAA, best of luck to your wife on getting published!

And I have to admit that YA fantasy is a guilty pleasure of mine.  My 14yo daughter is into it, and so I read a lot of it either with her, or before she does, just to know and understand what she's reading and seeing in her world.  And I've found that a lot of it is actually pretty entertaining. 
My wife has always enjoyed it, but I've gone the opposite direction as my kids have gotten older.  I used to read some of her recommendations, now I don't need my escape from actual whiny children to be made up whiny children.
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« Reply #110 on: November 24, 2021, 10:45:44 AM »
Quote from: ELA on November 18, 2021, 09:43:11 PM
It's YA fantasy, so not in anyone's wheelhouse here, but my wife just got signed by an agent, who is pitching to publishers.  This is the fourth book she's written in the past 4 years.  All of which were better than anything I could ever write, but now that she is signed with an agent, one who has another client who signed a miniseries deal with Netflix, she may actually get hardback published.


Congrats @ELA! As someone who for the past two years is familiarized with the publishing industry, it’s very difficult to land a Literary Agent. When it comes to Fiction, only about 1 in 200 novels solicited to agents are picked up for representation. There are a few ways for the writer to raise their odds. In the case of your wife’s YA series she’s already hitting two bench marks for what an agent is looking for. For the sake of marketability and sales potential, agents seek out fiction with clearly defined audiences. And YA/fantasy is currently riding a high. Agents also seek out multi-book authors (especially authors building series) in order to capitalize on potentially growing readerships – one sale turning into four.

For any writers discouraged by the difficulty of breaking into traditional publishing, remember two things: 1) Books are another wing of the entertainment industry where it takes not only talent but plenty of luck in terms of timing and striking unperceivable cords to break in. And more importantly, 2) the last 10 – 15 years has seen enormous growth to what is a very effective self-publishing industry, complete with services like editing, marketing, cover/interior design, and paperback/ebook distribution. Amazon KDP and SparkPress are the two most robust self-publishing platforms.


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Re: OT - Books
« Reply #111 on: November 24, 2021, 11:15:48 AM »
Amazon KDP has delivered for me personally better than expected.  I haven't sold many books,  about 60 total, but it's way better than the fake publishing some offer, vanity publishing.  Don't do that.
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