http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Sylvia Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:07:22 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/#comment-1261 Saskia, No negotiating the deadlines. My editor asked me how long it would take to finish and I guesstimated. I just didn't realize that sometimes inspiration, motivation, and imagination don't want to cooperate. :cry: I'm not sure how I'll handle selling unwritten works in the future. Once I get out from under this, I'm really going to think about that. Saskia,
No negotiating the deadlines. My editor asked me how long it would take to finish and I guesstimated. I just didn’t realize that sometimes inspiration, motivation, and imagination don’t want to cooperate. I’m not sure how I’ll handle selling unwritten works in the future. Once I get out from under this, I’m really going to think about that.

]]> http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Saskia Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:52:52 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/#comment-1260 I like your thinking, Jordan, cushions sound comfy :)I’ve always set myself personal deadlines as an attempt at professionalism, but it's very different being on a real one. I like your thinking, Jordan, cushions sound comfy :)I’ve always set myself personal deadlines as an attempt at professionalism, but it’s very different being on a real one.

]]> http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Jordan Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:00:42 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/#comment-1259 That contract certainly changes the mindset whether we like it or not. It does get easier, says the person trying to get another contract. ;-) You do figure out how long it takes you to write something. I tend to pad the time in case all hell breaks loose and I can't figure the story out. Of course, my initial deadlines were far enough in advance I didn't have to worry about it. In fact, looking back I should have taken more time. I would've been less stressed. LOL!:smile: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda... That contract certainly changes the mindset whether we like it or not. It does get easier, says the person trying to get another contract. You do figure out how long it takes you to write something. I tend to pad the time in case all hell breaks loose and I can’t figure the story out. Of course, my initial deadlines were far enough in advance I didn’t have to worry about it. In fact, looking back I should have taken more time. I would’ve been less stressed. LOL!:smile: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…

]]> http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Saskia Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:34:36 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/02/05/336/#comment-1257 That's lovely - a dream come true!! With the deadlines, were you able to negotiate and (if so) did you find it hard to know how long things would take you under the new circumstances? That’s lovely - a dream come true!! With the deadlines, were you able to negotiate and (if so) did you find it hard to know how long things would take you under the new circumstances?

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