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by Michelle Sagara (ASK THE SF/FANTASY AUTHOR).
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From The Editor's Desk
Fresh Ink and Market Information
Ask The SF/Fantasy Author
Clues To Getting That First Horror Novel Published
Writers' Classifieds
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ASK THE SF/FANTASY AUTHOR
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by Michelle Sagara <Michelle.Sagara@sff.net>
Overcoming writer's block
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I have been writing for a while, but some days I find I just
can't write...my mind is blank, there's nothing there. Any
suggestions?
A: Every writer comes up with different techniques for overcoming
this -- and this initial inability is probably -the- difficulty
that keeps people from becoming consistent enough in their
writing habits that they eventually do become published.
Unfortunately, there's no short cut.
I used to have the same difficulty with "writing on demand" as
you did; it didn't feel particularly artistic; it didn't feel
like a particularly passionate or intense way to approach work.
I wanted, and wanted for, obsessive inspiration -- and to be
honest, it's still the only thing in the world that will fuel
poetry for me -- and if it wasn't there, I'd find almost anything
else to do.
Then one day I went to Harbourfront for an SF series, and Fred
Pohl was reading. In his after-reading question and answer,
someone with a similar problem asked him how he wrote, and he
replied, in a voice that implied that he'd heard this question
more times than I obviously have, "I write four pages a day. No
more. No less."
Four pages a day didn't seem impossible to me, a novel seemed
insurmountable, so I wrote four pages a day, choosing a
particular time of day in which to do it. If I didn't get at
least four pages done, I promised myself I wouldn't go out, have
fun, have a life. And yes, I wrote garbage on days that I just
didn't feel inspired. The day after I wrote garbage, I'd
-delete- the garbage, and I'd start again. This is a function of
the way I write, though. I don't outline. I don't write out of
sequence.
After about three months of this, my subconscious rolled over and
exposed its throat, and I found writing much, much easier; I'd
slide right into the emotional state the novel demanded, and I'd
struggle with the book itself, not with the mechanics of sitting
down in front of the empty screen.
If you can write from an outline, you might want to think about
what you're writing or where it's going in advance, and outline
it. If you don't write in an organic fashion -- and there are
several award winning authors who don't -- write out of sequence,
choosing those scenes which most closely resonate with your
current state of mind first.
As I've said before, every writer discovers how -they- write
-their- books, and while I can commiserate, what worked for me is
guaranteed not to work for at least half the aspiring writers out
there and vice versa.
==-----------------------------------------------------==
Michelle Sagara is the author of The Sundered novel series (Del
Rey) the Hunter Series (DAW, under her married name Michelle
West), as well as many short stories. Her fourth West novel, _The
Uncrowned King_ was recently released from DAW books.
Copyright (c) 1998 Michelle Sagara.
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CLUES TO GETTING THAT FIRST HORROR NOVEL PUBLISHED
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by Paula Guran <DarkEcho@aol.com>
Getting that first novel published is a challenge for any writer,
but it has been particularly hard for a first-time horror
novelist these last few years. A decade or so ago, horror was a
hot marketing category and many writers were encouraged to try
the dark road to publication. That's not been the case lately,
but there's a possibility the situation is getting better.
For the last two years, members of the Horror Writers Association
were hard pressed to find four or five qualifying first novels of
merit for their annual Bram Stoker awards. This year, however,
first novels seem to be more abundant. I just received what is at
least the eighth book so far for 1998 that can reasonably be
called horror and is also a debut effort.
Of course you have to realize that many of these are "stealth
horror" -- dark fiction published without "horror" printed on the
spine. That's clue number one: Horror is no longer always
considered to be salable in the publishing world, so much of it
appears as science fiction, just "fiction," or disguised as
thrillers, mysteries, suspense, even as erotica. Agents have told
me that to pitch a book these days, they often need alternatives
to calling it horror or a book that is cross-genre with strong
elements of another genre or two. Miguel Conner's first novel,
QUEEN OF DARKNESS, for instance, was published this year as
science fiction -- but it has to do with vampires, too. The
premier winner this year of the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest
was Nalo Hopkinson's BROWN GIRL IN THE RING. Set in the near
future, the book is being marketed as sf, but it is a
genre-blender with ritual magic and considerable dark fantasy to
it.
And, although most specialty presses go for writers with more
"name" appeal, there's even a first novel this year -- Charlee
Jacob's THE SYMBIOTIC FASCINATION -- from a small press, Necro
Publications. Jacobs, although noted for her extreme hard-core
horror short fiction, is not well known outside that fairly small
readership. There was a debut novel published last year by an
electronic press, as well. One mass market publisher, Leisure,
has a newly revitalized horror line; and although they do not pay
as well as others, they have given first timers a chance.
(Leisure published one of last year's first novelists, Mary Ann
Mitchell, who was nominated for a Stoker and recently won an
International Horror Guild Award for her DRAWN TO THE GRAVE.)
Another publisher, Design Image Group, has started publishing
horror and two of its initial offerings were first novels -- one
from P. D. Cacek and the other from Kyle Marfin. DIG is not
exactly small press, but they aren't mass market either. They are
something new. That's clue number two -- whatever the old rules
were, some may no longer apply.
Timing always counts, of course, for any writer. Trends come and
go and if you are slightly ahead of the game you can get a break
that may not present itself later. Right now _may_ be a good time
to be marketing horror. If publishers are paying attention (not
that there is ANY assurance of that) they can't help but notice
that horror series books for children and young adults are a
phenomenon and that popular horror films and television are
appealing to teens and young adults in a highly profitable way.
Clue number three -- timing isn't everything, but it helps. How
do you _know_ the time is right? Maybe no one does, but staying
informed of what is going on within the field is, at least, a
good idea.
And, of course, you have to have talent. As Michael Marano,
author of DAWN SONG, one of the most highly acclaimed debut
horror novels of 1998 (which was, by the way, published as
"horror"), says, "You have to offer something the editor and the
reader have never seen before. I don't care how good you are, if
you write an Anne Rice knock-off, no one's gonna want it. Look at
some of the first horror novels that have come out the past few
years; they are, for the most part, unique creations. Only Greg
Kihn could have written HORROR SHOW. Only Stephen Dedman could
have written THE ART OF ARROW CUTTING. Only Caitlin Kiernan could
have written SILK. Only Caleb Carr could have written THE
ALIENIST. DAWN SONG is unique; I can honestly say I'm the only
person who could have written it. Be true to your unique vision
and your unique way of expressing that vision, and only then will
timing and talent count." Clue number four: Write something only
you can write -- and write it extremely well.
There's one more clue I can offer -- number five -- every first
novel, every first novelist seems to find a different path. No
advice is going to be applicable in all situations. Every author
I have heard of, talked or listened to in the last four years has
had a unique story as to how they found first novel success. Your
success story -- just like your novel -- is sure to be just as
unique.
==------------------------------------==
Paula Guran produces a free weekly email newsletter for horror
writers and others, "DarkEcho." (Email darkecho@aol.com with
SUBSCRIBE as the subject to receive it.) She also edits fiction
for Gothic.Net webzine (www.gothic.net) and recently edited an
anthology, NEW BLOOD: DARK EROTICA, that will be published next
year by Rhinoceros/Masquerade.
Copyright (c) 1998 Paula Guran.
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