tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post8892316971773519366..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Deadlines and Other OdditiesMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-19659530401618096472017-04-20T17:33:27.072-05:002017-04-20T17:33:27.072-05:00Deadlines are a good form of discipline. I make my...Deadlines are a good form of discipline. I make my own and also break my own. lolMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-39971573747733855172017-04-19T12:16:09.088-05:002017-04-19T12:16:09.088-05:00Deadlines motive may, but except when I was workin...Deadlines motive may, but except when I was working on the final edits with my editor of my first book, I have not had them (except for self-made or contest entries). If I had deadlines like Hank Phillippe Ryan, I'd really be stressed as journalist deadlines are, like she said, miss them and you're "dead." authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-40304315651200901132017-04-19T11:27:52.921-05:002017-04-19T11:27:52.921-05:00The term 'deadline' came from the prison c...The term 'deadline' came from the prison camp at Andersonville during the Civil War. The guards set up 'deadline' at the only possible escape route, and if you were over it, you were shot. <br /><br />This fact brought to you by endless reading...MollyLikesMovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718978014437511709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-32727797875862946152017-04-19T11:22:35.486-05:002017-04-19T11:22:35.486-05:00I used to like deadlines. It gave me an incentive ...I used to like deadlines. It gave me an incentive and made me work harder, and I rarely missed a deadline. Now my publisher is a small press with 200 hundred authors and they have fallen behind on deadlines themselves due to illness and other catastrophes, but they always come through at the end. They don't give deadlines to their authors except for getting back edits, and even then they are flexible. I give myself deadlines and try to stick with them. Sometimes that works. Laura Elvebakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244784234252040454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-58001290115420075142017-04-19T10:48:13.897-05:002017-04-19T10:48:13.897-05:00Respect for editors and deadlines is a basic for w...Respect for editors and deadlines is a basic for writers. When I was seven, my dad gave me a wristwatch. After school, I went to a friend's to play. I was to be home at 5:30. I started for home at 5:30, got there ten minutes later. Daddy asked what time it was and I told him. "You are ten minutes late," he said. "When you get your leggings off, I'm going to spank you." And he did. Daddy was a newsman and he was a stickler for punctuality. Being on time for an interview, he said, gives the interviewee a sense of obligation, more so if that person is late. Being tardy shows a lack of respect. From then on, I was rarely late to anything...until I met Bill. My husband is dependably 20 minutes late. I find that insulting. Ten minutes one time and two or three minutes the next might be forgivable, but precisely 20 minutes late every time says something. It is his worst flaw. We've been married 53 years. His tardiness still annoys me, but I adjust. Mostly we get places early, albeit 20 minutes after he believes an event is to begin. It's a matter of knowing "your foe." I'd love for you to read MEMORY, my latest romantic suspense.Sharon Ervinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034672245013019017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-10154681691074060832017-04-19T09:38:23.930-05:002017-04-19T09:38:23.930-05:00A lot of good questions. Too bad we don't have...A lot of good questions. Too bad we don't have better answers! As to deadlines, I have a strong work ethic which started as a student. So I'm never late with my writing. What bothers me is that publishers expect writers to do the publicity and promotion and push writers in that regard.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-63020278906071862762017-04-19T09:12:44.717-05:002017-04-19T09:12:44.717-05:00Yup, a journalist looks at deadlines in a differen...Yup, a journalist looks at deadlines in a different way--miss your slot, and you ARE pretty much "dead." And that's served me well---hasn't it you?--in book world. Without a deadline, I'd just be la-dee-dahing around.<br /><br />Maybe we could call it--due date? (Although look how well that works for libraries..)<br /><br />And now, yeah. Back to work.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-83601115698799267992017-04-19T08:25:04.079-05:002017-04-19T08:25:04.079-05:00I'm used to deadlines, probably why I try to d...I'm used to deadlines, probably why I try to do most things ahead of time. Am having difficult finishing my next Deputy Tempe crabtree mystery though.Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-24853958580230493192017-04-19T08:19:17.893-05:002017-04-19T08:19:17.893-05:00Tweeted it and on FB. I haven't had to deal wi...Tweeted it and on FB. I haven't had to deal with deadlines yet as I'm only on my first book (Not Too Old for Love). But, the first editing suggestions on it are due back anytime soon, and I'll have a four-week deadline to deal with those. Hoping to be published later this year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493175432561073881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-49489663841494697312017-04-19T08:17:37.272-05:002017-04-19T08:17:37.272-05:00Wish I had the answers too, Janis!
I'd love to...Wish I had the answers too, Janis!<br />I'd love to hear those who might :-)<br />Good luck and God's blessings with your deadline.<br />PamTPamela S Thibodeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951038997223264816noreply@blogger.com