DISQUS

Thanks for the response.

I wish I had mentioned that. I use Linux so all of my documents are in .odt format. I imagine they'll add it eventually. I just saw myself copying and pasting. Not sure if that would even work, though. But if it doesn't, I guess I could just save to .doc. Between OpenOffice and buzzword, I'm definitely going to be using buzzword.

I hope they make it launch in fullscreen without toolbars someday. It's so nice to have such a clean space with no distractions.

j.bentley
http://www.sincerityinlowercase.com

I'd never heard of Hulu. I'm not really blown away by it. I love that the content is so high quality, but I'm not sure how long that will stand out with YouTube HD just around the corner. What impresses me, though, is that slider feature. That would make my life so much easier. I love that.

j.bentley
http://www.sincerityinlowercase.com

I'm not a published novelist, mind you, but my advice would be to send it off to a few traditional publishers and at least be rejected before you just POD it. I think every author gets to a point where they wonder if anyone will want to read what they've written. You should buy the 2008 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market and the Christian Writer's Market. You might be able to leverage your local support to influence publishers. Who knows?

I think once you self-publish a book it's unlikely a traditional publisher would want it. I've heard of people getting a book deal based on a self-published book, but the publisher didn't pick up the self-published one.

Anyway, good luck. I'm still working on my novel. After I finish, maybe we can trade?

j.bentley
http://www.sincerityinlowercase.com

I'm glad to see someone's been able to focus. I've been distracted.

I suppose it could be worse, though. At least I've been distracted by other works of writing. I'm still stuck at 10,100. Somewhere in there. I have a major scene coming up, so I'm hoping to get quite a bit knocked out with it.

j.bentley
http://www.sincerityinlowercase.com

About 10pm on Halloween, I said what the hell and threw my hat in the NaNo ring. So far so good. I'm a day behind, but I don't care much as my real goal in all this is to have a reworkable draft.

I'm intrigued by how you're going about it. I liked that. "...The testimonies may well be taken out. But right now... they've been a helpful way to explore my characters' backgrounds..." I never thought of it like that. Even what we leave on the cutting room floor will be a lesson of sorts.

I'll be sure to keep up with your progress.