tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post6476947101701597488..comments2023-10-15T11:23:35.339+01:00Comments on Hawkins Bizarre: The Paper-trailAlishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-32350933978017718672010-10-21T02:47:47.477+01:002010-10-21T02:47:47.477+01:00I like reading.
There's a special sizzle when...I like reading.<br /><br />There's a special sizzle when you're reading something before anyone else has seen it.<br /><br />Or maybe that's just me?David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-21595148239804104342010-10-17T17:28:53.186+01:002010-10-17T17:28:53.186+01:00With that many irons in the fire, David, you shoul...With that many irons in the fire, David, you should be running a critique-ing service!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-6887853017859806422010-10-16T18:49:27.911+01:002010-10-16T18:49:27.911+01:00Hi Catherine - thanks for reminding me! I need to ...Hi Catherine - thanks for reminding me! I need to take that link down as I've shut the website down for now. My host was quite expensive and I want to put a new site together with a new host, which I will do once I have some firm movement on the next book. Meanwhile, it's an expense I can do without.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-7171174678735299722010-10-15T20:00:12.344+01:002010-10-15T20:00:12.344+01:00Sure, I know famous or potentially famous people. ...Sure, I know famous or potentially famous people. Many of those don't send me manuscripts, of course. Usually only the writers do that.<br /><br />I have two ms from other MNW writers (works that are so-far unpublished); presubmission drafts from two different writers whose first novels just came out; some manuscripts that now have agents out peddling them; and big chunks of works-in-progress by various folks, one of which I am certain will be published (if she ever stops tweaking and finishes the damned thing).<br /><br />With that many to choose form, I'm sure somebody will hit the jackpot.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-71190450340629500572010-10-15T19:21:52.362+01:002010-10-15T19:21:52.362+01:00Alis - I can't get the link to your website (t...Alis - I can't get the link to your website (top left) to open from your blog home page.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-79233076512020569212010-10-14T19:10:00.241+01:002010-10-14T19:10:00.241+01:00Hi Nevets - I find it interesting that people are ...Hi Nevets - I find it interesting that people are using Lulu to produce book-like drafts. Who said technology would be the death of the book?!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-3496049902904005992010-10-13T20:30:21.599+01:002010-10-13T20:30:21.599+01:00I always print and mark, and then once I'm don...I always print and mark, and then once I'm done I throw the heap into recycling bin and cart it away ASAP. I love revising, but it's great to have it behind me, too.<br /><br />That said, I've recently gotten my hands' on a couple of authors' Lulu early drafts and proofs and it's kind of a cool collectible for me, so I might do something like that in the future.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-72297120349891093372010-10-13T19:35:50.908+01:002010-10-13T19:35:50.908+01:00Hi Frances - yes, the scrap paper scenario. How mu...Hi Frances - yes, the scrap paper scenario. How much scrap paper can any one household use up? Certainly not a draft's worth every few months, that's for sure...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-3324395194342772042010-10-13T19:25:04.547+01:002010-10-13T19:25:04.547+01:00HI David - yes, having something typeset as a book...HI David - yes, having something typeset as a book does make it read differently. Sometimes I print mine out in Word's reading mode for that reason.<br /><br />As for posterity - do you know really famous (or potentially famous) people?Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-50778626370135001492010-10-13T19:15:40.890+01:002010-10-13T19:15:40.890+01:00I don't print stuff out for mymself, but I sti...I don't print stuff out for mymself, but I still have the printed version of Birds and Bees sent to me by Macmillan for editing. I use the reverse side to print off odd things from the internet, and also for scrap paper. But it will keep me in scrap paper for a very long time, and if there's ever another one, I think I'll recycle it straight away. the pile never seems to get any smaller.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-28281032874439454912010-10-13T18:43:41.263+01:002010-10-13T18:43:41.263+01:00PS I also need to see it on paper because it reads...PS I also need to see it on paper because it reads in a different fashion.<br /><br />On occasion, I've used Lulu's free software to print a chapter as if typeset. Now that <i>really</i> changes how one reads it!David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-13054205246951229192010-10-13T18:41:27.243+01:002010-10-13T18:41:27.243+01:00Stack them for a while. Recycle them when I realiz...Stack them for a while. Recycle them when I realize that I no longer know which draft is which.<br /><br />I have a rather large collection of manuscripts of other people's drafts of their books, though, and I can't bear to part with most of those. If nothing else, they may be useful to future scholars. <br /><br />Or for blackmail.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-73765679734252893602010-10-13T18:32:50.426+01:002010-10-13T18:32:50.426+01:00So moving house does have its advantages then...So moving house does have its advantages then...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-46607954415067742052010-10-13T17:32:47.836+01:002010-10-13T17:32:47.836+01:00Yeah, recycling bin. Although before I moved house...Yeah, recycling bin. Although before I moved house this time around I always kept them all. It was a very pile of paper when it finally went to the wheelie bin in the sky.nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398443646324855212noreply@blogger.com