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- From: andy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Some call me...Drew)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Sequels (was Re: Work in progress)
- Message-ID: <78070@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 15:54:56 GMT
- References: <14387@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- Organization: Leapers For a Better Yesterday
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- I'm actually not responding to the meat of Crawford's post, because I have
- another question (^/v rant).
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- Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca (Crawford Kilian) writes:
- >About a week ago, my editor at Del Rey told me they had turned down a proposal
- >I'd sent them for a science-fiction novel, but they would be interest in a
- >possible sequel to my last novel, a fantasy called Greenmagic.
-
- Is this becoming more of a trend in novels? I would have thought that
- editors would be far more excited to see a new idea explored, rather than
- returning to the same old theme. (This isn't a flame, as based on the rest
- of the article [see deleted text...oops] you're taking different tacks with
- all three books. However, you seem to be an exception.) It just irks me
- that some authors can become very successful (no names--I'm sure we all
- have our own examples) by writing and rewriting the same novel, never having
- to come up with an original idea.
-
- [flame off]
-
- --
- "Me and you, a two man crew,
- side by side we are united,
- we will never be divided...."
-
- Au revoir, mon cherie.
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