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C J Keating - is querying
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C J Keating - is querying
@CJKeatingWriter
Writer. RevPit SL '24.Seeks representation for novel where Boudica's rebellion is told by her Druid daughter. (he/him)
Velikat Katılım Kasım 2022
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@BeckyLTuch No! I'd go back to them and say you're happy to give them first world serial rights, which is the norm for magazinge publication, can they send an updated contract please
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Portion of a contract from a literary magazine to a writer. 😮
Does this look reasonable to you? (Emphases mine.)
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Another chapter edited and only 4 more to go! The next two are rather big ones and will need to be mostly rewritten from scratch so will probably take me 2-3 days each, but I’m hoping to be done with this round of edits by the end of next week 🤞🏻
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@ZsaffrynTerra Oh a nice warming dog! Not sure my cat would pull that off
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The weather is going bonkers!
Stay safe and warm, everyone. 💜
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@joseph_strummer @jhendersonYT I think the issue is often the $100. How many places pay that for a short story?
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@CJKeatingWriter @jhendersonYT The issue isn't $100, but the purchasing power of $100.
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At a writers’ group, an older journalist mentioned that she used to write an article for $2,000 and live off of that (this was probably in the 70s-80s). She asked some freelancers what they make now, and she could not believe that the rates had stayed static or gone down.
traurigsten Muthes@mcmansionhell
I genuinely think writers over 40 don’t realize how bad things are for those younger than them. There’s a fundamental disconnect happening here in terms of not only rates but networking, practical knowledge, and things like housing costs and debt. Two ships passing in the night.
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@Louie_Dobson_ I think I've missed some context here but... yeah? At the heart author-agent relationships are commercial
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No I am not back, yes I am muting this post, yes replies will be limited because I don't fucking care, do not allow yourself to be exploited for free labour because an agent can't do their job, do not add 10 hours of unpaid labour to your life in the hopes of befriending an agent
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@JoshuaGoji well - yes the answer is shaping up to be - what are the other ancient undead wizards doing at the time and how do they get involved...
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@CJKeatingWriter How about an undead witch that’s just as powerful?
And she’s good?
(And she has a pet Xenosmilus, because why not.)
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challenge for the new WIP: the antagonist is immensely powerful (being an ancient undead wizard). what stops him just doing what he wants, and how can he be defeated? this is what I need to think through
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If you read only one book about fictional dinosaurs in your life make it this one
Darren Naish@TetZoo
Speculative Zoology’s 21st Century Redemption at the High Table: the 2025 Edition of Dougal Dixon’s The New Dinosaurs ... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/3/17…
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@AChillGhost ... what were they arguing about?
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I brought this up at dinner once and accidentally set off an enormous argument between a biologist and a geologist
Max@maxtmcc
one fact that I feel like has really not penetrated the public consciousness to the extent that it should is “birds are dinosaurs.” and not in like a “they are distant descendants” way, in a “dinosaurs did not go extinct” way
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@ZsaffrynTerra @d_pinot in most of the world, almost all cars are manual! (apart from EVs)
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@d_pinot Wow…. 🙄
I taught my hubby how to drive stick.
Some people are so closed minded it’s bonkers.
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Was telling someone (male) about my beloved Honda del Sol. He said, "My friend bought one. It was a stick. He didn't know how to drive it. Is yours a stick?"
"Yes, I replied. "A 5-speed. 'Been driving it for almost 33 years."
"Wow! But you're a woman!"
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so... right.... my undead wizards also need to be spherical wizards? hmmm that changes things
Joseph Nolla, SJ@josephnollasj
I gotta say, I’m pretty glad Origen was wrong about this
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@dissproportion fair enough :)
I think your theory works in the sense that where these haven't existed, people have invented them!
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@CJKeatingWriter Ummmmmm no, I like my theory better.
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🚨New theory alert! 🚨
English girl names where the first syllable ends in an L or an R can be turning into a. -issa name:
Caroline ➡️ Carissa
Melanie ➡️ Melissa
Alice ➡️ Alyssa
Mary ➡️ Marissa
Elizabeth ➡️ Elisa
Claire ➡️ Clarissa
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there's been a lot of 'editor' discourse in the last week but I remain very grateful to the editors who give their expertise for free to #revpit - thank you all!
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back to outlining from the perspective of the antagonist
why the antagonist?
because it's his mysterious actions that drive the plot forward so THOSE must make sense, and also being several hundred years old he knows a lot more than the protagonists
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The dead shall rise incorruptible, and also very round
Joseph Nolla, SJ@josephnollasj
I gotta say, I’m pretty glad Origen was wrong about this
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