NaNoWriMo Day 10
Nov. 10th, 2009 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuI'm at 30,000 words exactly on my NaNo project today. That wasn't by design. Oh, I wanted to reach 30,000 words today, but hitting that total exactly was pure coincidence. I hit what I thought was a good stopping point for the day's writing, checked the word count and there it was. Thirty thousand words precisely.
My next project today is to finish filling out the cover art request form for my latest sale to Cobblestone Press.
For those who don't know, the process goes like this:
You receive an email with a contract offer.
You have seven days to sign and return the electronic contract, which includes all your contact information, pen name you're using, if any, how you want to be paid (Paypal, electronic deposit, or a check--and whatever infor is needed for the option you choose), and so forth.
You also have to fill out and return a book information form. That includes your contact info (again), pen name (if any), title of the work (and series title, if applicable), word count, the author bio (again), two blurbs (one 50 words or less, the other 100 words or less), and 3 possible log-lines (10-15 word one sentence description that, ideally, will motivate people to want to read the book),
Finally, you fill out and send in a cover art request form. While CP has final say on cover art, they do ask for your input, and will send you a proof of the planned cover art to look over before it's finalized and banners, various size cover images, and other promo items based on the art are generated. The form asks for descriptions of the primary characters, any special symbols or themes you'd like to see in the cover art, and what kind of image you have in mind. The artist will try to meet your request, but as I say, ultimately the publisher gets final say on the art.
I've had two covers done so far and I like them both. Neither of them is quite what I envisioned, but they're both very much what someone else might imagine based on my descriptions.
That's what I need to finish up and send back to them in the next few days. So, I guess I'd better get to it.
Project: Strange Attractors
New Words Written: 3,504 (good)
Present Total Word Count: 30,000 words
Goal: 50,000 words by November 30
Stories in Circulation: 12
Rejections: 20
Stories Accepted: THREE!
My next project today is to finish filling out the cover art request form for my latest sale to Cobblestone Press.
For those who don't know, the process goes like this:
You receive an email with a contract offer.
You have seven days to sign and return the electronic contract, which includes all your contact information, pen name you're using, if any, how you want to be paid (Paypal, electronic deposit, or a check--and whatever infor is needed for the option you choose), and so forth.
You also have to fill out and return a book information form. That includes your contact info (again), pen name (if any), title of the work (and series title, if applicable), word count, the author bio (again), two blurbs (one 50 words or less, the other 100 words or less), and 3 possible log-lines (10-15 word one sentence description that, ideally, will motivate people to want to read the book),
Finally, you fill out and send in a cover art request form. While CP has final say on cover art, they do ask for your input, and will send you a proof of the planned cover art to look over before it's finalized and banners, various size cover images, and other promo items based on the art are generated. The form asks for descriptions of the primary characters, any special symbols or themes you'd like to see in the cover art, and what kind of image you have in mind. The artist will try to meet your request, but as I say, ultimately the publisher gets final say on the art.
I've had two covers done so far and I like them both. Neither of them is quite what I envisioned, but they're both very much what someone else might imagine based on my descriptions.
That's what I need to finish up and send back to them in the next few days. So, I guess I'd better get to it.
Project: Strange Attractors
New Words Written: 3,504 (good)
Present Total Word Count: 30,000 words
Goal: 50,000 words by November 30
Stories in Circulation: 12
Rejections: 20
Stories Accepted: THREE!