tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post3239984092889660656..comments2023-09-20T03:40:25.128-07:00Comments on Leigh Russell: synopsisLeigh Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-69323744135801525912008-11-22T19:22:00.000-08:002008-11-22T19:22:00.000-08:00Leigh, if you go another week without posting, I'm...Leigh, if you go another week without posting, I'm going to report you again- to someone!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-39500722985473663752008-11-16T10:16:00.000-08:002008-11-16T10:16:00.000-08:00Poker, eh? Thanks for the warning Monique. spammer...Poker, eh? Thanks for the warning Monique. spammers on the blog. Whatever next!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-88169704377597266802008-11-16T08:00:00.000-08:002008-11-16T08:00:00.000-08:00Leigh, Gooood girl is everywhere and she/he is a s...Leigh, Gooood girl is everywhere and she/he is a spammer. Her site takes you to a poker site. Leave well alone.Middle Ditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493665280732775898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-25507293541431070102008-11-14T00:24:00.000-08:002008-11-14T00:24:00.000-08:00A comment appeared on my blog from Goooood girl. I...A comment appeared on my blog from Goooood girl. I replied. That's all I can say. Any depths hidden from me too. I was just being polite. Perhaps you can shed some light on the matter? Any serious interpretations of an apparently fatuous and superficial exchange would be . . . interesting.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-66361193014527043802008-11-13T19:20:00.000-08:002008-11-13T19:20:00.000-08:00Leigh, I know I've been away on the road for a few...Leigh, I know I've been away on the road for a few days, but could you explain that last exchange between you and gooooood girl? It was seriously too deep for me.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-20130127206869854912008-11-11T10:33:00.000-08:002008-11-11T10:33:00.000-08:00thanks goooooooooood girl...thanks goooooooooood girl...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-1276183236215534552008-11-11T09:24:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:24:00.000-08:00the world according to me - I can't even remember ...the world according to me - I can't even remember yesterday . . . Just as well I don't work for a publishing company, isn't it? (although perhaps I did, yesterday . . .)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-57643840967227932042008-11-11T09:22:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:22:00.000-08:00So many reasons to blog, Kim. Not least of which i...So many reasons to blog, Kim. Not least of which is the amazing support system it offers. I've really appreciated the helpful comments that have appeared on my blog when I've been . . . waiting . . . It's really made me feel I'm not the only one. (Of course I've always known I'm not the only person on the planet to be kept waiting, but sometimes it's nice to be reminded that there are lots of us around.)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-27169154687885767602008-11-11T08:53:00.000-08:002008-11-11T08:53:00.000-08:00I work for a publishing company and we are forever...I work for a publishing company and we are forever saying that we needed something yesterday!The World According To Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877147634501360129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-43451597802994354862008-11-10T02:25:00.000-08:002008-11-10T02:25:00.000-08:00Synopis - that's the easy part. Writing the rest o...Synopis - that's the easy part. Writing the rest of the book to go with it is the tricky bit. I was always good at summary in school and lousy at expansion. I think it's why I enjoy blogging so much - I rarely have to write more than 300 words :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-89356357512547239322008-11-09T15:34:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:34:00.000-08:00Thanks, fizzy - Synopsis is gone, for good or ill ...Thanks, fizzy - Synopsis is gone, for good or ill (sorry -shouldn't mention 'ill' to you right now...)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-85347726354904775862008-11-09T15:15:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:15:00.000-08:00Thanks Leigh. Sometimes ( I get the flu jab just o...Thanks Leigh. Sometimes ( I get the flu jab just occaisionaly all though I am entitled to it)I react to the jab . This year I did , the previous one I had ( 2005) was fine.Hope the synposis is going well.fizzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417554474293773804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-44825113052650629082008-11-09T06:55:00.000-08:002008-11-09T06:55:00.000-08:00I was about to accuse you of exaggerating, akasha,...I was about to accuse you of exaggerating, akasha, but on second thoughts, I think you're absolutely right. With a completed synopsis, as a <I>plan</I>, then all you need do is write the full version. If I'd been sufficiently organised to <I>plan</I> my writing properly, I would have had my synopsis complete before I'd even started on the MS. Next time will be different... I should say the time after as I'm already well under way with book 2 (which is about to undergo a massive rewrite and it's nowhere near the editor yet!)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-15489397292006906482008-11-09T06:41:00.000-08:002008-11-09T06:41:00.000-08:00I find a synposis harder to write than a full leng...I find a synposis harder to write than a full length novel!Akasha Savage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13482147165827577180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-12910624838042753562008-11-08T16:57:00.000-08:002008-11-08T16:57:00.000-08:00Hi Aggie - !!!... are flying round the globe, from...Hi Aggie - !!!... are flying round the globe, from New Zealand to UK and back again... <I>!</I>Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-22125233155284984582008-11-08T16:54:00.000-08:002008-11-08T16:54:00.000-08:00Punctuation is a writers tool ... I over punctuate...Punctuation is a writers tool ... I over punctuate for the sheer hell of it!!! To emphasise and exagerate.<BR/>I'm from New Zealand btw ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-88226282596690166462008-11-08T16:02:00.000-08:002008-11-08T16:02:00.000-08:00Loving the freedom of blogging - I see I have a te...Loving the freedom of blogging - I see I have a tendency to overpunctuate . . . !!! Is it just me?!?Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-54897334060417081852008-11-08T15:59:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:59:00.000-08:00monique - The blurb is done - short and long versi...monique - The blurb is done - short and long versions are with the publisher. The short one is for the back of the book. The synopsis is something different. It's for the publisher's PR to send out to whoever they think might be persuaded to help with the promotion. Richard & Judy, here I come... (more fiction, I fear, but gotta dream the dream).Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-37893281718559282572008-11-08T15:57:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:57:00.000-08:00Bill - insulting my publisher! On my blog! How cou...Bill - insulting my publisher! On <I>my</I> blog! How could you! Seriously, not a problem. My publisher's far too busy to have time to read this. Busy promoting my book . . . ? (I do write fiction!) <BR/><BR/>WWGD - ! I can't <I>deline</I> or even decline requests for blurbs and synpopses when the intention is to promote my book! Articles, interviews, blurbs, signings, talks, whatever it takes...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-36295180514575859012008-11-08T15:52:00.001-08:002008-11-08T15:52:00.001-08:00mima - I bet you wouldn't be "awful" at it. You wr...mima - I bet you wouldn't be "awful" at it. You write far too lucidly. As for "driving sales" - that's the ride I'd really really like...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-13798092493485088672008-11-08T15:52:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:52:00.000-08:00anna-lys - You've seen right through my false pro...anna-lys - You've seen right through my false protestations. Of course I don't really really want to put the brakes on. I'm enjoying the ride far too much.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-7300991199516911312008-11-08T15:50:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:50:00.000-08:00spyscribbler - you "love your synopsis" ?! I must ...spyscribbler - you "love your synopsis" ?! I must check out that website!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-81864953689235999862008-11-08T11:27:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:27:00.000-08:00I'm with Charles .... Dreaded.I didn't know though...I'm with Charles .... Dreaded.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know though that you need to do this for a novel too. Is it for the blurb on the back? If so, good luck, because that is often what makes a book sell.<BR/><BR/>lolMiddle Ditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493665280732775898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-23464801995694311082008-11-08T11:06:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:06:00.000-08:00I was asked to write a "full synopsis" that was "c...<I>I was asked to write a "full synopsis" that was "concise and punchy", explained "how it ends" but left the the reader "wanting more".</I><BR/><BR/>What kind of oxymoronic moron would make such a request? (Oops - it's probably your editor.)<BR/><BR/>I have never understood the purpose of requesting a "full synopsis" other than to torture authors. Is it to get a running start on the <I>Reader's Digest</I> version? Or perhaps the Classics Comics version? Or mayhap the Cliff and Monarch notes versions?<BR/><BR/>Remember, the question to be asked at all times is, WWGD? What would Geoffrey do? Would he write synopses? Assuredly not. Would Will Shakespeare? Extremely doubtful. P.G. Wodehouse? His career would have never left the ground if he had.<BR/><BR/>My personal opinion is that authors should start to deline these invitations, with or without thanks. Just say, "Charles had a Dickens of a time with them, which is what led him to kill off Little Nell," or, "They gave Jane Austen the vapo[u]rs, and she advised against them as being injurious to the health."<BR/><BR/>If the oxymoronic moron quibbles that Dickens and Austen never wrote synopses, just smile sweetly and say, "No more shall I." You'll be in good company.Bill Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828998021246511869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-4265714998825206672008-11-08T10:56:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:56:00.000-08:00I have always had a problem when writing a summary...I have always had a problem when writing a summary of anything, so I would probably be awful at this. I'm glad though that you have had the interest from people that want to publish the synopsis - hopefully that will drive some sales.Mimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347739764524842718noreply@blogger.com