tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4696265666942326725..comments2024-03-28T10:31:26.918-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Second time around for First EffortsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50252191750834302992007-04-16T11:30:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:30:00.000-04:00Hey Judy,I'm with Hank, I'd love to see the "My Dr...Hey Judy,<BR/>I'm with Hank, I'd love to see the "My Dream Wedding to Bobby Sherman" article. I can't believe I never thought to write about how I had to switch favorite Monkees when it turned out Mike Nesmith was already married...<BR/><BR/>And yes Hank, I've been stewing for years, there could be millions of royalties due me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65898786925434297792007-04-15T23:21:00.000-04:002007-04-15T23:21:00.000-04:00Oh,Judy. Do you still have that article? It would ...Oh,Judy. Do you still have that article? It would be so wonderful to read it...<BR/>and Susannah's Dorothy play. (Just think, if you had called it "The Wiz." Or "Wicked.") We need to read yours, too.<BR/>And as for you, Jan. We must get the real story on your book. Really, you've never checked to see if it was your book that someone swiped? We need to know.<BR/>Lonnie--so nice to hear from you!<BR/>What a treat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61392623021461469172007-04-15T22:09:00.000-04:002007-04-15T22:09:00.000-04:00Well, my first real rejection (writing-wise) was f...Well, my first real rejection (writing-wise) was from Tiger Beat magazine when I was 11. I'd written "My Dream Wedding to Bobby Sherman" and they didn't think it was up to snuff. I was furious. I'd researched wedding gowns from the society pages of The New York Times, for criminy sake. It only served to make me think that the Tiger Beat editors were idiots.<BR/><BR/>However, ALL THE NUMBERS, was my first novel. I'd started another one first, but after 100 pages I knew it wasn't going anywhere. It did take me 7 years (and 300 or so rejections) to get this first one published though.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52748089622859265192007-04-15T16:15:00.000-04:002007-04-15T16:15:00.000-04:00Great blog, ladies! Thanks for inviting me over, ...Great blog, ladies! Thanks for inviting me over, Hank.Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90459094510775911772007-04-15T09:41:00.000-04:002007-04-15T09:41:00.000-04:00Rolling Stone? You are so cool...Rolling Stone? You are so cool...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18617063040887950542007-04-14T20:15:00.000-04:002007-04-14T20:15:00.000-04:00The first thing I ever wrote that did -- something...The first thing I ever wrote that did -- something, anything -- was a parody: <I> If Dorothy Were in Oz Today</I>, a two-act play I wrote in sixth grade. Some set of judges somewhere (was it a competition? or a panel of teachers or ...? I don't remember) liked it enough to produce it that year, and I can still remember standing in the wings watching people say things I had written and thinking that was pretty cool.<BR/><BR/>This was just before I entered as a flying monkey (real moving wings!), tripped over a mic cord, and fell flat -- which swelled up my lip and made me drool for two days. Nice. So I could write in the sixth grade, but I was also a klutz. With pride cometh a fall, &tc.<BR/><BR/>Humbled, yes, and skulking about in front of mirrors every day before school. I liked boys by then. Being a "diminutive authoress" -- yikes! newspaper review! -- was no compensation for the fat lip and dribbling.<BR/> <BR/>Strangely, my first paid writing job would be writing radio parody for (then) American Public Radio when I was 24. I think it interesting now that the same form came around again for me 12 years after sixth grade, albeit radio rather than live play. I have never written another play, though I still write radio in one form or another. Often advertising. Often parody.<BR/><BR/>But every time I switch genres, I find I have to start all over again in the process of pitch and query and hope. This is not a bad thing, but I have been surprised to learn what works well in one genre that doesn't transfer to others. For every small success, I have plenty of falling -- and plenty of <I>ouch</I>ing -- yet to do.Susannah Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660387525544941776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79455039251874585712007-04-14T19:09:00.000-04:002007-04-14T19:09:00.000-04:00The "comment deletion" above was me deleting mysel...The "comment deletion" above was me deleting myself. Which is about as existential as it gets. Anyway!<BR/><BR/>I just reread our very first group of comments again--and saw Tame' Kamita said she was sending out her first query! So hey--keep us posted, okay? We're all sending out good karma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67380196830275112702007-04-14T17:51:00.000-04:002007-04-14T17:51:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com