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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
louisev:
okay ... I got us into a bit of a dilemma with my epic-sized novels. As Leslie and I do research on publishing, we discover that outside the genre of science fiction and fantasy, it is extremely rare to get commercial publication of a novel if it exceeds 100,000 words. "Taking Chances" the Fan version I put on LJ, came to a whopping 156.000 words. So I took a deep breath and... took a slice out of the cake. Not permanently, you understand, but I did rework the section on Bill and the porn films and the lopped off section from chapter 75 I am putting into the next book. Ultimately we expect that "Taking Chances" will be whittled down some, but 120,000 is in the actual novel sized ballpark, and we would like it to be published in that form. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
However, that leaves us in a dilemma. Version 3 is now on my LJ, and now I need to consider whether to start another LJ for "Looking for Answers" in order to keep the books straight.
louisev:
and the solution!
tcreader.livejournal.com
Now has the complete "Taking Chances - New Sleek Shorter Edition"
http://tcreader.livejournal.com/664.html
With an easy index of the 74 chapters of the revised edition.
Soon I will have the first 30 chapters of the revised edition of "Looking for Answers" on tcreader.
mariez:
Excellent, Louise! The new journal is already marked in my favorites.
When they let go of each other, Colson gave him a wink and a smirk. “I like kissin ya better when yer wearin that uniform.”
“I’ll have it on when ya get back.”
“You better.”
Love that ending! :)
Marie
louisev:
and now... for the beginning of...
Looking for Answers
http://tcreader.livejournal.com/24162.html it starts where the 'old' Taking chances left off, which is now Looking for Answers Chapter 19
MaineWriter:
The "new" Looking for Answers begins here, with Chapter 1
http://tcreader.livejournal.com/2007/07/09/#item19653
Leslie
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