tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post6029518966685903232..comments2024-01-28T05:49:46.861-05:00Comments on Janet Sumner Johnson: Beginner's BlunderJanet Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688012956157161889noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-82319120321512287052010-05-10T17:56:14.756-04:002010-05-10T17:56:14.756-04:00Didn't KNOW about this site. I'm glad you ...Didn't KNOW about this site. I'm glad you mentioned it. Rookie mistakes? You mean like putting an entire book in first person - for EACH CHARACTER? Nah. You can't mean that....Victoria Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012092208934951963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-690695596625444162010-05-09T22:28:19.328-04:002010-05-09T22:28:19.328-04:00This post has my name all over it! The agent I wa...This post has my name all over it! The agent I wanted most, most, most was queried at the top of my list. Not the best way to test out a query, and boy was that query atrocious! I'm ashamed of myself :)<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog, and Happy Mother's Day!<br /><br />Oh, PS, my mother's day gift was a big fat form rejection this morning, bleh :(Angela McCallisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610798614001745001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-33744989586537855172010-05-09T20:33:04.563-04:002010-05-09T20:33:04.563-04:00I haven't made any errors, yet, but one of the...I haven't made any errors, yet, but one of these days I'm going to get my nerve up and start submitting stuff....Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-87755626340023156262010-05-09T19:51:37.340-04:002010-05-09T19:51:37.340-04:00Lol, I did the same thing seven years ago. Sigh. N...Lol, I did the same thing seven years ago. Sigh. Now my first draft gets edited between 20 and 30 times before it's sent off. Live and learn I guess.B.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767654810069240472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-2761671340290814522010-05-09T00:27:07.797-04:002010-05-09T00:27:07.797-04:00HAHAHA! I made every. Single. Error. In the book. ...HAHAHA! I made every. Single. Error. In the book. Seriously. I remember with my first one, I sent it out immediately. Of course it never sold. Then I wrote another, and I knew it would be better: I would revise it. Revising meant, to me (at that time), going through a fixing commas and grammar. HA! I was such an idiot...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-85226060244671399362010-05-08T00:15:49.891-04:002010-05-08T00:15:49.891-04:00LOL! I've made many errors along the way. My d...LOL! I've made many errors along the way. My dirtiest one being that I accidentally sent the rejecting agent a message I meant to forward to my husband about how sad I was about the attached rejection. So you know how everyone says not to reply to a rejection and whine that they didn't request more? I did that! Accidentally... but I still did that. :o)Jackeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351019926958000627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-68655918092874202612010-05-07T23:02:46.117-04:002010-05-07T23:02:46.117-04:00Ha! Want to know our dirty little secret? After we...Ha! Want to know our dirty little secret? After we finished our first book we used family and friends as beta readers. Um...yeah. Needless to say, we got a bunch of requests, but no ONE wanted that hot mess of a manuscript. Oh well, live and learn, right?lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-6369225013325763742010-05-07T18:42:50.571-04:002010-05-07T18:42:50.571-04:00I still make beginners blunders, and I've been...I still make beginners blunders, and I've been at this a long time. My biggest errors are spelling mistakes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687047513163296827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-18063106587227772512010-05-07T17:09:56.117-04:002010-05-07T17:09:56.117-04:00Yep! I queried my story way too soon. Like you, ...Yep! I queried my story way too soon. Like you, I've learned a lot since then, but ouch! I hate that memory. LOL!<br /><br />Have a great weekend! :-)Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-77773639321198794092010-05-07T16:00:17.721-04:002010-05-07T16:00:17.721-04:00I have to admit my first blunder was pretty much t...I have to admit my first blunder was pretty much the same as yours. I queried a novel that needed so much work and in the end, burned a lot of bridges. So, it's lurking in my hard drive. This time around, I didn't query so widely, so fast. I did 15, and realized it was time to revise.<br />Great post!Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902531908845941139.post-68541372283239856432010-05-07T10:30:47.240-04:002010-05-07T10:30:47.240-04:00Just saw your SRS list. I love LM Montgomery, Lloy...Just saw your SRS list. I love LM Montgomery, Lloyd Alexander, and Narnia.<br /><br />My first blunder came eleven years ago, when an editor requested three chapters of a (terrible) ms. I didn't know that meant the first three and sent this and that. Not impressive. I got a quick form rejection.Caroline Starr Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597510685273079757noreply@blogger.com