London!
wait. I'm supposed to have an ROW80 update, no? Does it count that I've read two more books from the Pile At Home That Never Seems To Diminish And Was Supposed To Be Done Before I Ordered More (and yet I caved and ordered some new releases)? Or that I have a new idea for a story (another one from a dream!)?New ideas are very exciting, but they don't count at all. There's one week to go in this round, and then when round three starts, I've got to edit something and get back on the query wagon. I always work better with deadlines; here's a good one: Carina Press is still open for submissions (last I heard they're closing for submissions in September) and I've got that paranormal romance Druid's Moon that just might fit...
I love living in Europe for how easy it is to travel from one place to the next. We were in London for a weekend last month!
Selfie!
As Big Ben says on Twitter, BONG BONG BONG...
Cenotaph for the Women of War
Cenotaph
Achilles statue erected for the Duke of Wellington
The Lion and the Unicorn
Little Boy in Hyde Park
Canada gates at Buckingham Palace
Saying hello to the Queen
Little Venice! I'd never visited this part of London before.
Obligatory fish and chips shot
Paddington Bear at Paddington station
Alexander Fleming's laboratory
300 year old pub, The Swan, and 21 month old baby
Swiss monument!
Standing before Canada House
Emily Carr paintings, exhibit at Canada House!
The first General Assembly of the United Nations was held at the Methodist Hall near Westminster Abbey!
St Margaret's Church and Westminster Abbey
Do you work better with a deadline or without?
Do you know of other small presses that are currently open for submissions?
Do you know of other small presses that are currently open for submissions?
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I got Ben Okri's The Mystery Feast - thoughts on Storytelling and he used Clairview books in Sussex - quite specialist ... and notes it was printed by Gutenberg Press in Malta ... it's a short book .. and notes Emerson College - also in Sussex ...
But whether these suit - probably worth know about though ... I think probably the deadline is looming and I'm moving my butt! I prefer to achieve - and need to get that motivation back ...
Cheers and see you next time you're in London ... I hope! Lovely memories - Paddington Bear et al .. did you hear the plaques quoting Shakespeare? or hear the Glockenspiel when it went off - Emily will love that in a couple of years ... and the Cantonal tree - fascinating ... reminders ...
The Emily Carr exhibition must have been eye opening to see - cheers again! - Hilary
I have to have a deadline or I don't get anything done. The only problem is that if I give myself a deadline, I know that I can keep pushing it back with no repercussions, and then I still don't get anything done.
As it turns out, I do know of a couple small presses open for submissions. Check out BookFish Books and Dancing Lemur Press.
In answer to your question: I work better with deadlines.
Good question. I prefer to write what I want to write without worrying about an artificially imposed time limit. However, without a deadline, sometimes projects linger far beyond reason. I have some very good old projects I'd really like to develop, however I also have new ideas and I kinda resent my past self for not finish the others already.
And I can relate on the whole unending pile of to-be-read books. I've done the same thing--caved and bought more. A bookworm's dilemma!
Those are some wonderful pictures. I got to visit London during for senior trip (high school). I loved going to plays, the Wax Museum, and the Tower of London.
I do work better with a deadline of SOME sort, even if it's self-imposed. Other small presses open for submissions? Sure, Clean Reads, my second publisher, is open for books that don't include profanity, graphic violence, or sex. They are especially looking for romance and young adult. http://cleanreads.com/
Thanks for the recommendations, Crystal and Carol, will check 'em out...
Hilary, I'm turning a blind eye to your Ben Okri reference...It sounds like a really intriguing book but I'm so afraid of adding more books to the To Read pile! My wishlist never stops growing. And guess what????? Storage items being delivered as we speak!!!!