Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
Cool beans! I would love that, but I'm also working on the sequel in the meantime. But yeah, just resorting to the spray and pray tactics for contacting agents hasn't been getting any success for me lately.



I started it way back in 2007, which seems crazy now, but it's taken a lot of twists and turns along the way and I'm up to Editor #2 when it comes to how it's been reviewed. She said I tend to go into a lot of detail, more than what's probably necessary, which... eh heh, is probably true. There are times when the last thing I want is for someone to visualize it totally wrong, but you know, everyone's got their own perception on things and it's okay if people imagine things differently.

It's tough. I've heard only 1% of manuscripts submitted get published. In fact, if you read the story behind how Harry Potter got selected for publishing, it was almost sheer luck.

Thanks, I wish for good luck for you too if you decide to take on the challenge! I feel really strongly about this story though. It's fun, it's a different take on the typical fantasy novel, but I feel it has an unexpected ending and finishes off nicely. I've written plenty of "just for fun" stories in the past and they've come and gone, but this one I feel as though it would be a shame if it doesn't hit the presses. From time to time I flip through it and it still makes me smile and laugh and I know there's GOT to be other people out there that would enjoy it.
Oh wow, 2007 is when I started my Pokemon story! And yeah, I know what you mean. There are certain things in my stories I want people to visualize a certain way, darn it! I'll probably make illustrations for my stories if I ever publish.

Yeah, I've read a lot about that before. The odds are definitely not good and it's discouraging sometimes. My brother is writing stories to publish, I want to talk to him about this stuff again sometime.

Thank you! And that sounds awesome! My novel ideas are all fantasy stuff too and the one I've been thinking about a ton recently involves dreams merging with reality (I like writing about dreams XD). For now all those stories are "just for fun" but who knows. It frustrates me that there are creative stories like yours that don't get published even for reasons like it "might not sell well" because it's different from the norm (I've talked with other authors and they've said things about this). Like I get that publishers are trying to make money and stuff but it's so frustrating. I want to see stories that do new and different things. /end random rant