We don't want to buy what you are selling

[bainsidhe]

Thanks, I was wondering about the library bit as well. I'm pretty sure my brain-to-mouth filter would have failed.

Me: You do know we're a library and not a bookstore?
SC: ....
Me: We don't sell books
SC: Okay....?
Me: So why would we buy one that hasn't been published?
SC: But it's good for kids! I wrote it!
Me: ...
SC: ....

And so on...

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Ha, no. Even writing a crappy book takes more of a time investment than many people are willing to commit to. Let's say you're the world's best writer, you never have writer's block, and you can write straight through from beginning to end.

The average novel is around 200 pages, depending on genre, but we'll go with that. About 300 words a page. That's 60,000 words. Typing 60 wpm is good for copying. We'll slow that down to 30 for generating new content. That's 2,000 minutes. That's over 33 hours of non-stop writing. Now, most people aren't going to be able to write without pausing for ideas, or slowing down, etc. You're stretching that out to weeks of an initial time investment just for typing. No planning, no thought, nothing. And that's for a relatively short book for most types of fiction. There's a reason "National Novel Writing Month" is such a grind for most people, and they consider it an achievement to hit 45,000 words.

Ah but you forget one important thing, BJ. It's easy to stick 20 pages of crap together and call it a "book". There's no official requirements on how long or short something must be to be considered a book. There are unofficial guidelines yes, but the truth is you can make almost anything into a "book" if you want to.

[Andara Bledin]

my piece, if anyone is interested, is part romance, part real life, part my wildest dreams, haha.

One year for NaNoWriMo I did a bit of a challenge theme. A book about a massive world-war with every scene taking place inside a brothel.

I got pretty far before getting distracted, that year.

I've never actually succeeded, though.

^-.-^

[dalesys]

... every scene taking place inside a brothel.

I got pretty far before getting distracted, that year.

Research?

[Andara Bledin]

Research?

LOL

Alas, no. I don't even know where I could find one, around here.

I do know how to find a local Dungeon, however, of which I've heard there are several in the nearby area...

^-.-^

[Jester]

The characters based on my parents were killed off in the first couple chapters.

And how did your parents take their demise? And, going further, how did the people the characters were based on react to their fictional characterizations? Just wondering.

A book about a massive world-war with every scene taking place inside a brothel.

I got pretty far before getting distracted, that year.

Brothels tend to have that effect.