A whole cottage journal.

[icarus]

I was wondering...

Are there any out there who'd like to read (or even beta read) a very, very, very rough draft of my dad's cottage journal? I think it's about 20,000 words.

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A whole cottage journal.

[maxinemayer.livejournal.com]

Please, what's a "cottage journal"?
Love, max

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[aunty_marion]

Just what I was wondering myself...

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. I've posted selections from my dad's cottage journal over the years -- here (http://icarusancalion.livejournal.com/tag/cottage). Those who are interested in the very, very early phases of turning this into a complete book will have access to about 20,000 words worth of these, slightly out of order, loosely strung together at this point.

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[aunty_marion]

*reads bits* Well, he's got a good, quirky, conversational sort of writing style. I don't see much in the bits that you've put up that needs any beta-reading particularly (or not immediately, on a quick scan), but if you need a beta-reader, I'd be willing.

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What he's doing is he's assembling a lot of these disconnected bits into a longer book. You'll see what it needs when you see it.

Icarus

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Er, that is, if you're interested in beta reading.

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[aunty_marion]

Oh, certainly! It doesn't look as if it needs much, as I say - the SPaG looked fine from the bits I dipped into, but I suppose there are continuity issues for consistency and so on - and of course I don't know if you did any editing on those sections first... *g*

I've been beta-reading fanfic mostly (plus a friend's first novel (original fiction), which she's trying to get published), so it would be good for me to try something a little different.

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I haven't touched any of this -- this is dad's raw work. But continuity is big issue, you'll see. These were written over a period of at least 15 years, at random, and the order he has them in also seems to be random.

Icarus

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Any chance I can email this to you instead of posting it in LJ? What's happening is it's way too long for one post, and it just occurred to me that setting up a filter just for this is sort of absurd.

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[aunty_marion]

Sure! Best address for large attachments is my usual beta-reading one - vargob [at] gmail [dot] com.

What's your deadline on this? And how will it be formatted, and how would you like comments? I usually use Word, and the commenting feature in that, but if you have a different preference, I'll see what I can manage!

Re: A whole cottage journal.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I put in the wrong tag on the entry.

I've posted selections from my father's cottage journal: here (http://icarusancalion.livejournal.com/tag/cottage). Those who are interested in the very, very early phases of turning this into a complete book will have access to about 20,000 words worth of these, slightly out of order, loosely strung together.

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

I would! And I know what it is. I love reading your dad's musings.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Good! You're in. This week I'll create a group and put it in a locked post. Then I'll comment to you here to say it exists. :D

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Great. I'll be on the lookout for it.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Any chance I can email this to you instead of posting it in LJ? What's happening is it's way too long for one post, and it just occurred to me that setting up a filter just for this is sort of absurd.

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Sure you can email it to me. I don't know how many of your f-list read your dad's musings, but it would be a shame to deny them the opportunity.

May take me a while to get to it. I'm supposed to be writing a longish story for the Snarry Games, and I'm struggling to get it out. If it can wait until sometime in April, then I can do it.

abigail89@gmail.com

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

I too would like to know what a cottage journal is.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ah. I put in the wrong tag on the entry.

I've posted selections from his cottage journal: here (http://icarusancalion.livejournal.com/tag/cottage). Those who are interested in the very, very early phases of turning this into a complete book will have access to about 20,000 words worth of these, slightly out of order, loosely strung together at this point.

[lexstar29.livejournal.com]

I always enjoyed the bits and pieces you posted. If you need more people for your group read I'd be happy to be part of it.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Please, and thank you. I plan to create the group this weekend.

[lorelei9507.livejournal.com]

I'd love to be in the group if you need more people.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed I do. I plan to create the group this weekend. Once I've posted what he has, I'll comment back to you and let you know it exists.

Thank you!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Any chance I can email this to you instead of posting it in LJ? What's happening is it's way too long for one post, and it just occurred to me that setting up a filter just for this is sort of absurd.

Sure

[lorelei9507.livejournal.com]

That'd be fine.

Re: Sure

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Cool, what email should I send it to?

Re: Sure

[lorelei9507.livejournal.com]

lorelei9507@yahoo.com. Thanks again for putting me on the lst.