tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post4108786047934409960..comments2024-03-27T13:16:32.943-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: Writing ProfessionallyWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-40565937012425922652010-07-24T20:08:14.037-05:002010-07-24T20:08:14.037-05:00My first western was written on an old typewriter ...My first western was written on an old typewriter in 1979. Didn't sell until umpteen revisions and the turn of the century. Now I often write at Starbucks, by hand, in a tablet. Current MS took six notebooks to complete. But as you say, 4-500 words a day give you a manuscript in an amazingly short amount of time.ChuckTyrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609200010767178944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-84809331755229749422010-07-22T22:50:30.422-05:002010-07-22T22:50:30.422-05:00I hope you can make one, Kiwi. The WF and WWA conv...I hope you can make one, Kiwi. The WF and WWA conventions are being held more or less together now (we are blatantly riding their coattails) and we would really like to meet you there. <br /> <br />fr in flWestern Fictioneershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-18970457973771244842010-07-21T16:11:16.836-05:002010-07-21T16:11:16.836-05:00Some great advice there, Frank, even for the old h...Some great advice there, Frank, even for the old hands. I know I have difficulty in being "Polyanna opimistic"! And attending a writers' convention is an alluring pleasure I've never known.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-83578829953500982832010-07-21T15:31:41.309-05:002010-07-21T15:31:41.309-05:00You think you jest but in truth for a time I did l...You think you jest but in truth for a time I did live in a half-ton Chevy pickup truck with a topper (not a camper even, just a cab-high shell). Wrote in a steno pad, most of the time while drinking coffee at a McDonald's or some local cafe.<br /><br /> -- Frank RoderusWestern Fictioneershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-9034325847905488542010-07-21T03:30:55.472-05:002010-07-21T03:30:55.472-05:00You forgot the part about living in your car. (I&#...You forgot the part about living in your car. (I'm just kidding, all you aspiring writers out there.)Troy Smithhttp://www.troyduanesmith.comnoreply@blogger.com