tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post3448847499443409150..comments2024-01-09T17:48:45.910-06:00Comments on Travis Erwin: Write NowTravis Erwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-12525063749200866902008-12-17T06:35:00.000-06:002008-12-17T06:35:00.000-06:00I know you will find the right rep eventually. Bes...I know you will find the right rep eventually. Best of luck, I do enjoy reading your words!Bubblewenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138352865911195593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-58102063557229850692008-12-16T08:05:00.000-06:002008-12-16T08:05:00.000-06:00A River Without Water sounds like a great book!I w...A River Without Water sounds like a great book!<BR/><BR/>I wish you the best of luck in getting these published.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811460930343769653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-33726029644995797282008-12-15T23:08:00.000-06:002008-12-15T23:08:00.000-06:00To Mr. TRAVIS ERWINYou are heartily welcome to my ...To Mr. TRAVIS ERWIN<BR/><BR/>You are heartily welcome to my blogs. I thank you for keeping my blog HUMOUR ZONE on your reading list.<BR/><BR/>For the Google Ads, you can look at my blogs and take your decision accordingly.<BR/><BR/>Naval LangaNAVAL LANGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-41561408778510321832008-12-15T13:36:00.000-06:002008-12-15T13:36:00.000-06:00I think your game plan sounds pretty solid, and I'...I think your game plan sounds pretty solid, and I'm glad you took the temporary gig to see what happens. Why not? I have a book-length manuscript that seems to have hit a wall, but since I don't hate the quality, I'll let it hibernate while I'm working on other things.<BR/><BR/>I'm reading many varieties of applicable pulp crap, so I can learn how to write crap + 1: that bit of fluff that's just enough better to get its eyebrows above the heap.<BR/><BR/>Like others, I'm also attacking short markets (5 of them, 4 paying), and I'm experimenting in other genres, because it's a fun exercise for me. I want to be rejected by a new set of names! If I can find a place where people like my work, I'll keep doing that. But I think if you're trying to develop a career-- as we know you are-- it's only smart to look at the markets and see where opportunities might be that you'd be suited to try. If you have an interested editor encouraging you, H-to-the-double-hockey-sticks Yeah I'd be trying that out!<BR/><BR/>Let us know how you like it!Clare2ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105229820107294986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-72484696167901328492008-12-14T12:19:00.000-06:002008-12-14T12:19:00.000-06:00Nonfiction is definitely more in demand, and pays ...Nonfiction is definitely more in demand, and pays better than fiction. I do a lot of it, although I decided to cut back a bit on that because I'd been doing so much I couldn't get any fiction at all done. Good luck with the contest. I think that's a great idea.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-3531051945067966592008-12-14T09:50:00.000-06:002008-12-14T09:50:00.000-06:00Good plan, Travis! Hope the compilation gets publ...Good plan, Travis! Hope the compilation gets published! I'd buy it for sure.<BR/><BR/>Does writing the annual Christmas letter count? <BR/><BR/>I've been reading a ton, though. Recent goodies have been <I>Loving Frank</I> and <I>One Thousand White Woman</I>. I'm currently amazed with <I>Three Cups of Tea</I> and I'm going to see if the fuss about <I>Twilight</I> is well deserved next.<BR/><BR/>Can you see why I've not done any writing? All I do is read. :)Monnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998729112903749621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-53551224089594204402008-12-14T06:24:00.000-06:002008-12-14T06:24:00.000-06:00I have a New York editor who is pushing me to writ...<I>I have a New York editor who is pushing me to write these stories into a cohesive collection so I already have someone willing to look at them once I get a fair chunk written.</I><BR/><BR/>Travis, that's wonderful! :D Let us know how that goes! And good luck with the contest; I'll keep a set of virtual fingers crossed for you.<BR/><BR/>For myself, my novelette with Torquere just came to the end of its contract, but the publisher said they want to rerelease it some time next year as a "Classic" -- it'll be down for a while, then back up and available for two more years, with a much better royalty rate for me. :) I'm very happy to have it continue available; "A Spirit of Vengeance" is still one of my favorite stories.<BR/><BR/>And I have another short story coming out early next year; I'm waiting on edits for that one.<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-83654531326962965752008-12-13T23:03:00.000-06:002008-12-13T23:03:00.000-06:00I don't have the talent to write. I just wander a...I don't have the talent to write. I just wander around the net commenting on blogs that I like. Yours is among my favorites.DrillerAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064797234311725693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-11202504100666295472008-12-13T21:26:00.000-06:002008-12-13T21:26:00.000-06:00Both novels sound great. I hope you find an agent ...Both novels sound great. I hope you find an agent for them.<BR/><BR/>I'm hopefully going to get some writing done this evening since it's Saturday night and I have the place to myself. :-)Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-81210679378879695912008-12-13T19:40:00.000-06:002008-12-13T19:40:00.000-06:00Now I see the ads: whiter teeth, bait cheese, beef...<I>Now</I> I see the ads: whiter teeth, bait cheese, beef and venison, work from home. Hmmmmmmm<BR/> when you write from your heart you hit it right on. You will know what to do, my friend.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-89586392081890912422008-12-13T17:34:00.000-06:002008-12-13T17:34:00.000-06:00Oh wow, both those novels sound intriguing. Good l...Oh wow, both those novels sound intriguing. Good luck to you with the non-fiction, I'm thinking about doing the same thing.Melanie Hooyengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781235493983907234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-3020695562102437392008-12-13T17:24:00.000-06:002008-12-13T17:24:00.000-06:00Well, let's see.I started blogging Memorial day we...Well, let's see.<BR/><BR/>I started blogging Memorial day weekend, and after through dilligence and hard work, I have a decent subscriber base and quite a few regular readers, for which I'm ever greatful.<BR/><BR/>I just self-published my novel, and am just starting to generate a little interest with it in both the online and real world.<BR/><BR/>Come the beginning of the year I plan on taking a more active approach in trying to sell it.<BR/><BR/>I just started writing a new short story for the first time since the summer of '07.<BR/><BR/>And I'm editing one of my longer short stories with the express goal of creating a trilogy of interconneted chapbooks.<BR/><BR/>And overall, I'm having a blast in doing it.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-76657624572030436022008-12-13T15:57:00.000-06:002008-12-13T15:57:00.000-06:00Travis: You, my friend, are a writer. You inspir...Travis:<BR/> You, my friend, are a writer. You inspire and please a lot of folks or we wouldn't come by here to be schooled and entertained.<BR/> I read mostly non-fiction. right now: "Healing with Form, Energy & Light" by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. It's a text about traditional Tibetan shamanism. Where do you think my Woo-Woo "take" on mundane existance comes from? ;-)<BR/> A GREAT book about writing (and life) is Naomi Wolf's "The Tree House." I heartily recomend it! <BR/>One reader is a gift. Charles Gramlich informs me that he has purchased a copy of my little Hawaii novel: "Aloha Where You Like Go?" That made my day.<BR/>Keep plugging away, Travis, but also realize what you accompish here every day! Complete strangers who know only your WORDS consider you a friend and writing exampler.<BR/>Nice job! aloha-<BR/>I'd like to be the "pen of Hawaii" someday ;-)Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-61140150159268502242008-12-13T15:29:00.000-06:002008-12-13T15:29:00.000-06:00Good attitude to have! I haven't done much writing...Good attitude to have! I haven't done much writing latley...only blogging really...<BR/>As for reading...well shame on me... I have a storage unit filled with classics that my grandpa left me and I haven't touched them in years...but do go out to make sure they are still in tip top shape!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002494232948282574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-34970429811411478942008-12-13T15:17:00.000-06:002008-12-13T15:17:00.000-06:00I just started writing, which is why I come to you...I just started writing, which is why I come to your blog for a veteran's perspective.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801303722883088371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-4547277133523524322008-12-13T15:00:00.000-06:002008-12-13T15:00:00.000-06:00A River and Plundered Booty are my fourth and fift...A River and Plundered Booty are my fourth and fifth novels. The other three are buried deep on my hard drive.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-54910741589225323192008-12-13T14:51:00.000-06:002008-12-13T14:51:00.000-06:00I really enjoyed reading your blurbs! Lots of conf...I really enjoyed reading your blurbs! Lots of conflict and action! I bet someone some day will want your work!!<BR/><BR/>I submit a ton of short stories to keep my resume up besides working on books. Trying really hard to free myself and write like I want to!Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-55155121473123076092008-12-13T14:44:00.001-06:002008-12-13T14:44:00.001-06:00Hang in there, Travis! Nobody ever knows what coul...Hang in there, Travis! Nobody ever knows what could happen that could open up the market for either book.Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-34888140718097634652008-12-13T14:44:00.000-06:002008-12-13T14:44:00.000-06:00I'm writing short fiction as well, as I let agents...I'm writing short fiction as well, as I let agents "absorb" SENITINEL. The latest is an angel noir peice in which a Fallen Angel regains a little standing among the higher-ups.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-90362266843390230152008-12-13T14:31:00.000-06:002008-12-13T14:31:00.000-06:00Good attitude there, Travis, keep plugging away.I ...Good attitude there, Travis, keep plugging away.<BR/><BR/>I have been working on my second manuscript, and despite what Josephine commented, a writer either has a gift to write or not. For some writers it may take longer to get into the swing of writing, others publish their first novel right off the bat. If one writes regularly whether day job related, blogging or manuscripts (non-fiction and fiction), their style and plotting improves.<BR/><BR/>Travis, you can write either non-fiction or fiction as you've proved it here time and again. Listen not to naysayers.<BR/><BR/>Plundered Booty sounds like my kind of book. <BR/><BR/>As to reading, I'm well into a non-fiction book "Quantum Shift in the Global Brain" by Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is research for my ongoing manuscripts.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-55310256351054091842008-12-13T13:59:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:59:00.000-06:00Hi Travis, I finally saw the google ads. They come...Hi Travis, <BR/><BR/>I finally saw the google ads. They come up between your blog posts.<BR/><BR/>I think both novels sound as though they have great merit, but I am more a Plundered Booty kind of girl. This is probably not a bad time to halt query efforts until after the holidays.<BR/><BR/>As to my writing, I am presently writing short stories. I just sent a submission to a contest and am working on two submissions for two different venues. I hope to get the first draft of one done by New Years Day, and the other by the end of January. I tend to work back and forth when I have multiple projects in the fire.<BR/><BR/>Josie,<BR/><BR/>I will miss you around the blogosphere. Please stop in to say hello once in a while and may you have great luck with your writing.<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-71822087482380475202008-12-13T13:45:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:45:00.000-06:00A writer friend was told you have to write 4-5 nov...A writer friend was told you have to write 4-5 novels before you figure out what you're doing and are at a publishable level.<BR/><BR/>2 novels is not 4-5. Writing non-fiction doesn't quite count, IMO.<BR/><BR/>What if you stopped blogging for a year and focused all that time and energy on writing a new novel? I'm taking a year off from blogging come Jan. 1 for just that reason.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-33703581615367844292008-12-13T13:37:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:37:00.000-06:00My writing and reading have been whatever my seven...My writing and reading have been whatever my seventh grade students have been working on. Right now it's writing scripts and reading the Outsiders. Unfortunately, between grading papers and making jewelry, I don't have the chance to read my own stuff (except your blog, of course!) until either Christmas or summer vacations.PastelGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456333187417895058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-31150286461702290132008-12-13T13:35:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:35:00.000-06:00Keeping on pushing you will eventually break throu...Keeping on pushing you will eventually break through!!!! <BR/><BR/>Got some ad come up on your blog, one for tooth whitening and another for orange mobile phones!!Lyzzydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174721864572618040.post-89414377965851207312008-12-13T13:23:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:23:00.000-06:00sounds like you have the right attitude, travis......sounds like you have the right attitude, travis... and persistence pays :)laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.com