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May 12th, 2005
Tidbits

1.) Anna Genoese:

I hate the synopsis, and never read it if I don’t have to. I find them boring, and indicitive of nothing except a writer’s ability to write a synopsis.

2.) Want to write for Spice?

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8 comments to “Tidbits”

  1. I was in that Anna Genoese chat, and let me tell you, seeing that comment was a huge relief. And yet, I’ll still continue to struggle with my synopses.

    Am I just a sucker for punishment? :mrgreen:


  2. The fabulous Kate Duffy is also not a big synopsis fan. Much to my relief. :grin:


  3. When I received a request from my agent, she didn’t even want a synopsis. Her reasoning was she wanted the story to enfold as she read it. And now I’m on submission for my book and I never gave a synopsis. I literally wrote all my syns for contests, and never finaled in one. Ugh. :roll:

    But, now I do have to write proposals. :lol:


  4. I totally need Anna and/or Late as my editors…


  5. um yeah - that would be Kate.

    *walks away muttering about needing coffee*


  6. I almost flew to NY and kissed Kate’s feet when she told me she only wanted a two-paragraph synopsis. :cool:

    Yay for Anna Genoese, too! Wish I had something to submit with a crappy synopsis. *g*


  7. One of my editors stressed that synopses for her must be ’succinct’… which I read to mean not the rambling 6 page nightmares I’ve sent in the past!

    Boy, I *hate* writing synopses!!!!!!!

    But on the other hand, I *do* need to write some kind of an outline or I panic and think that I can’t possibly work out how to finish the book! Or worse, it goes insanely off the rails in a way that’s beyond fixing…


  8. I hate them. I hate them. I hate them.

    I did like the fact Kate only wanted one so they could grab a blurb from it. When I found that out, I wrote her blurbs instead. ;-) I find them much easier to put together.:grin:

    As for Anna, gotta love her. I hope to send her something really soon.




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