tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post8347745985411949482..comments2019-03-20T22:04:49.978-07:00Comments on Stone Stoop: "No Unsolicited manuscripts?" Doesn't mean you can't send something!Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-72340758242816236752015-09-01T07:27:34.112-07:002015-09-01T07:27:34.112-07:00There's where you're wrong. Happy to post ...There's where you're wrong. Happy to post your comments, which offer an energetic perspective. Of course, my post is related to book publishing, specifically children's books, so there are probably some differences. In some ways equally hard to break in, but tenacity has paid off for every one of the friends I've made in the past 15 years at SCBWI conferences. All of my friends have broken through and become published, as long as they stuck with it. Not necessarily blockbuster books, but happily published, nonetheless. I can imagine there are a lot more roadblocks to having a script turned into a movie. The amount of money that can be made seems to have a directly inverse correlation to the difficulty of making a breakthrough. Children's publishing is NOT known for big bonanza payoffs, so perhaps things are a little bit easier in that realm than in Hollywood. Thanks for your comment!Kim Bookwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-80124246925951530912015-09-01T07:27:15.747-07:002015-09-01T07:27:15.747-07:00There's where you're wrong. Happy to post ...There's where you're wrong. Happy to post your comments, which offer an energetic perspective. Of course, my post is related to book publishing, specifically children's books, so there are probably some differences. In some ways equally hard to break in, but tenacity has paid off for every one of the friends I've made in the past 15 years at SCBWI conferences. All of my friends have broken through and become published, as long as they stuck with it. Not necessarily blockbuster books, but happily published, nonetheless. I can imagine there are a lot more roadblocks to having a script turned into a movie. The amount of money that can be made seems to have a directly inverse correlation to the difficulty of making a breakthrough. Children's publishing is NOT known for big bonanza payoffs, so perhaps things are a little bit easier in that realm than in Hollywood. Thanks for your comment!Kim Bookwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-40577823797709717262015-08-06T13:03:00.449-07:002015-08-06T13:03:00.449-07:00The real reason is Hollywood has their favorites a...The real reason is Hollywood has their favorites already. The same crew and genres over and over again that writes the same stuff over and over again with the occasional switching of actors for roles. It's the same Spider-man redo's over and over again. It's a White run mafia style dugout full of phonies that see money and don't want to open the door for others. Who makes them geniuses? Because they made some money? Wherever money is in the scope you can bet they are adjusting the lens. They are a bunch of phonies. They cover themselves by "we do not take unsolicited material" because they have been sued many times for actually stealing others works and not giving the credit where it should be given. So now agents and producers and managers do not take material. Not just the actors anymore. It used to be just the actors wont accept the material. Now the agents wont either. lol. So to protect themselves they have their favorite cronies on hand to keep writing crappy movie scripts over and over again. How many times are you going to do Spider-man and Fantastic 4? lol. It's all a joke. This is why i do not pay to see any films in the theater and I do not pay to watch any films anymore. I'm not giving them devils my money. I bet this wont get printed. lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-4182492588310519042013-09-25T23:44:26.484-07:002013-09-25T23:44:26.484-07:00This is fantastic!This is fantastic!Charleshttp://bestcoffeemakers2013.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-76269710663252613662012-05-25T07:57:33.553-07:002012-05-25T07:57:33.553-07:00Glad you found it helpful!
KimGlad you found it helpful!<br /><br />KimKim Bookwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-58618978286340250302012-05-25T07:55:06.184-07:002012-05-25T07:55:06.184-07:00Wow i was actually confused when they sent me an e...Wow i was actually confused when they sent me an email telling me they do not accept unsolicited fiction,thank you very much!FlirtstoneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797610662331752044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-4292504743025692232011-06-06T07:26:46.943-07:002011-06-06T07:26:46.943-07:00Thanks so much for opening back up the door to an ...Thanks so much for opening back up the door to an opportunuty that I some how thought was a dead end.Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-48830545482958688982010-07-06T07:41:06.014-07:002010-07-06T07:41:06.014-07:00To a recent visitor who asked, "so unsolicite...To a recent visitor who asked, "so unsolicited means solicited?" Sorry, Blogger seems to be having technical problems today and it wouldn't let me approve your comment. So here's your question and my reply:<br />Q: "So unsolicited means solicited?"<br />A: No, "unsolicited" refers to a manuscript that a publisher has not asked to see. A manuscript becomes "solicited" once the publisher has requested a look-see at your manuscript, in reply to your query. (Not everyone does. Many still say "no thanks.") But when they say, "Yes, please, I'd like to see your full manuscript," then your manuscript becomes a solicited manuscript.Kim Bookwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-89376386010204649642010-07-06T07:23:51.083-07:002010-07-06T07:23:51.083-07:00so unsolicited means solicited?so unsolicited means solicited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-68122828138679301082010-06-04T02:23:39.257-07:002010-06-04T02:23:39.257-07:00Thank you for the Uplifting insight. On reading th...Thank you for the Uplifting insight. On reading this, my frame of mind turned from dejection to hope instantly!!Rushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-5459149885465938342010-01-12T17:12:12.779-08:002010-01-12T17:12:12.779-08:00Thank you very much. I was actually just trying to...Thank you very much. I was actually just trying to submit a story idea to a company, and I got the "no unsolicited material" reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-28355649173767544852009-11-23T13:45:38.329-08:002009-11-23T13:45:38.329-08:00Thanks! I thought it meant that you couldn't ...Thanks! I thought it meant that you couldn't send anything unless it had been through an editor. So very helpful :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-29377376274421704072009-10-01T17:54:53.672-07:002009-10-01T17:54:53.672-07:00thanks for clearing that upthanks for clearing that upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-57780372864952617452009-10-01T17:54:53.196-07:002009-10-01T17:54:53.196-07:00thanks for clearing that upthanks for clearing that upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-15983357094829611732009-08-29T13:23:05.825-07:002009-08-29T13:23:05.825-07:00This information was a big help while trying to ge...This information was a big help while trying to get my book published. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-26366525667553502032009-05-07T13:25:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:25:00.000-07:00Thank you so much. =)Thank you so much. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250819.post-44529326873673534892009-03-27T13:32:00.000-07:002009-03-27T13:32:00.000-07:00Thank you for your advice, I have found that very ...Thank you for your advice, I have found that very helpful.Calantha by the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126018795919048231noreply@blogger.com