tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post1716207810473393640..comments2024-03-28T05:59:52.454-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: Is it worth revising a Trunk Story?Juliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-58136282222031627032013-10-08T08:38:14.314-07:002013-10-08T08:38:14.314-07:00Sounds like fun, Alicia. How funny that it has bec...Sounds like fun, Alicia. How funny that it has become "historical"! Good luck with it.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-30417045298748265872013-10-07T21:47:01.991-07:002013-10-07T21:47:01.991-07:00The main questions I have about the trunk novel is...The main questions I have about the trunk novel is in how to change the organization of the story, how to categorize its genre (it was written as a mystery, but has an underlying Cold War background), and how to describe the setting so that someone not familiar with the original it is based on would still be able to visualize it.<br /><br />Other than that, it has held up remarkably well - and I still love the main character and her voice.<br /><br />I got a few nice personalized rejections, ran into 'life,' and didn't pursue it then, but I will go back when I'm done with Pride's Children - and it will be a good one to self-publish as a historical mystery (after the cleanup).<br /><br />It is a bit surprising how easy it is for me to get back to that world - and pleasing. Can't get sidetracked right now, but it also had a sequel I was halfway through when inspiration for PC struck, so there is a second (and possibly a third) novel with the same characters waiting for me to have the time.<br /><br />'Historical mystery' is what happens when you let a mystery age almost 20 years (it was written in 1995) before tackling it again.<br />AliciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com