tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post8847411081030283630..comments2008-06-24T20:31:01.036-07:00Spherical Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435055266803359329worldsandtime@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-43799791296606745322008-06-24T20:31:00.000-07:002008-06-24T20:31:00.000-07:00I can think of another, more significant obstacle to professional publication, namely the fact that it's all been posted publicly right here. Not a lot of publishers are going to buy something, particularly from unknown authors, if they can't get first publication rights. That's not to say that a group of interested people couldn't write up a collection of new stories and vignettes on the same theme and try to sell it as an anthology.<BR/><BR/>Heck, I'd buy it.borealyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627502666199269784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-88796985985048338152008-06-22T08:49:00.000-07:002008-06-22T08:49:00.000-07:00"Rapture Wave" not only looks like it's taking off (hee hee), it's shaping up as a series of flashfics along a greater story arc. When you all get to 60,000 words or so total, you might want to ship it around for professional publication in the mainstream horror genre (Not repeat NOT the CBA). <BR/><BR/>I would advise to have one or two continuing story arcs (like the "End of the World, Part X") interweaving through the series, dropping in every few flashfics. These would provide a skeleton for the entire collection and give it purpose and direction, not just a chaotic stew of flashfics.<BR/><BR/>The obstacles I see in reaching professional publication are:<BR/><BR/>1) Finding an agent and/or publisher, as per any new writer(s).<BR/><BR/>2) Friction between the myriad authors; I've seen two-writer collaborations blow up into blood feuds, above and beyond the "herding cats" problems with multiple authors.<BR/><BR/>This might be lessened by doing it as an anthology, with an actual editor.<BR/><BR/>3) A collection should build up to a climax; so far, we have first chapters and flash vignettes; as Rapture Wave grows, some of the linked-list arc authors might want to give some thought to The End (hee hee), where they are taking it and how their arcs will climax.<BR/><BR/>I belong to two Christan genre writer YahooGroups; would anybody mind if I tipped them off to Rapture Wave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-89647008473579095102008-06-14T23:40:00.000-07:002008-06-14T23:40:00.000-07:00Oooh. Very well done. <BR/><BR/>Poor Jeff, afterwards. Is he going to "do the deal" and convert in hopes of seeing his kids? :(Nenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09170725148888991807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-66983964345695684082008-06-12T20:49:00.000-07:002008-06-12T20:49:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments!<BR/><BR/>I started out wondering about those families that would inevitably disagree about what to do in the face of the rapture wave. The emotional blackmail part slipped in and surprised me ... but, after all, isn't emotional blackmail what LB's theology is all about?borealysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-63146361998544757722008-06-10T02:35:00.000-07:002008-06-10T02:35:00.000-07:00If it's the Rapture, it'll get her kids no matter where they are; if it's not, she's dooming them. And yet she goes ahead... and she would, wouldn't she? <BR/><BR/>Chilling is a good word.The Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545302900560676544.post-65244934542795339482008-06-09T10:01:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:01:00.000-07:00I found this to be a very chilling tale in the "Rapture Wave" genre.Abelardusnoreply@blogger.com