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A newcomer to the Guild
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Mark Brown Feb 18, 2011. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello, all!My name is Elizabeth Schechter, and I write steampunk erotica (among other things). I have two steampunk short stories out in the wild (well, almost. One won't be out until May), and am…Continue
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Elizabeth Schechter replied to Jonathan D. Beer's discussion What's everyone working on? in the group WORDSMITHS
"I sold it to Circlet Press."
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Jonathan D. Beer's discussion What's everyone working on? in the group WORDSMITHS
"Thank you! Once I have a release date, I'll let everyone know."
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Jonathan D. Beer's discussion What's everyone working on? in the group WORDSMITHS
"And I sold it! Forgot to tell everyone here. Finished house of Sable Locks on June 1, and sold it about two weeks ago!"
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Maeve Alpin's discussion Good News! New Contracts - sales - of Steampunk books and stories in the group WORDSMITHS
"I sold my erotic steampunk novel House of Sable Locks to Circlet Press. It will probably be out sometime in 2012."
Elizabeth Schechter posted a status
"Sold! House of Sable Locks, an erotic steampunk novel, to Circlet Press!"
David Mark Brown replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"Thanks! That's a good reminder. I need to bring a lawyer on board. I think I'll post something about going foriegn in a forum and see what pops out."
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"If you're going to try the foreign market, then you really do want to talk to someone in the know (if not a publisher, than a publishing lawyer). There are legal issues that I'm not even going to PRETEND to understand.
Good luck!"
David Mark Brown replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"Thanks for the offer with the publisher help, but I am intentionally going this one alone. I'm shooting for a small, but loyal fan base that I have been getting to know pretty well. I think I can find enough of them that read books…"
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"I have four regular beta readers and a few others who volunteer on a genre basis. The regulars are my husband (who is my grammar snark), my writing partner, another friend who is a writer, and a friend who is a great reader. My main criteria for…"
David Mark Brown replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"thanks for all the tips. this is great advise. I started earnestly a couple of years ago. The first MS got to about the 6th rewrite, several agent rejections with a few requests to see the whole thing. Overall, it was a much too complicated novel to…"
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Jonathan D. Beer's discussion What's everyone working on? in the group WORDSMITHS
"Currently, I'm working on House of the Sable Locks, a steampunk erotica novel set in a brothel where all of the staff are clockwork. This is a spin-off of my published short story The Succubus, mostly because the titular character of the story…"
Elizabeth Schechter replied to Elizabeth Schechter's discussion A newcomer to the Guild
"Hi, David,
Preparing fiction for the wild -- first, FINISH the things! (Seems like a funny thing to say, but I know a lot of aspiring writers who never have actually finished a story or a novel.)
Once they're done, have someone…"
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- http://easchechter.wordpress.com/
- http://twitter.com/EASchechter
- Introduce yourself!
- Elizabeth Schechter was born in New York at some point in the past. She is officially old enough to know better, but refuses to grow up. She has been, at various points in her life, a jeweler, an artist, a counselor, a minister, a fitness instructor, a singer, counter-person in a coffee-shop, a lab tech, a research assistant, quarter-staff master, a daycare worker, a high school English teacher, a kindergarten teacher, a stay-at-home-mom, an editor and a writer. She firmly believes in the Heinlein adage that specialization is for insects, and is still working on the tinker, tailor, soldier and spy parts of the list.
Elizabeth started writing in grade school, mostly for her own amusement. Her first novel was written while a student at the Bronx High School of Science, where she was regularly accosted before class by her friends, who were looking for the next chapter. She still has that manuscript somewhere, and readily admits that it is absolute and complete crap, but one must start somewhere.
Writing got pushed to the sidelines for a good number of years, until Elizabeth got involved in a play-by-email role-playing game that was completely story driven. That game rekindled her love of writing, and she teamed up with another player to further explore the lives of their characters. That exploration turned into a planned series of novels, of which the first two are complete.
Once Elizabeth started writing again, she found that she couldn't stop. A friend pointed out an open call for submissions for a Circlet anthology themed on the Tarot. She came up with an idea about a most interesting tarot reading that turned into "The Hand You're Dealt," her first short story sale.
Elizabeth lives in Central Florida with her husband and son, and a most accepting circle of friends who are both very amused and very proud of the pervy, fetish writer in their midst.
- What do you hope to find at The Steampunk Writers & Artists Guild?
- Networking with other steampunk writers
- How did you hear about us?
- FF&P chapter of RWA
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- At 9:08am on February 3, 2011,
Lia Keyes said… - Welcome to the Guild, Elizabeth! Great to see you here!
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The cover of my steamer novel "Extraordinaire" was produced by the very talented Astra Crompton [astracrompton.com].
Lia Keyes replied to Gavin Wilson's discussion Wattpad: a new approach to writing and reading."Can you share a link to that thread here? It would be nice to have an easy overlap. I can add it to an HTML text box on the Homepage's sidebar, too."
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