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Erin Goldstein '05 and Sarah Vaughn '07 had a major hand in the creation of a "viral" video on YouTube. The video, an ad for software application that translates text between English and Spanish on iPhones, has been viewed over 2 million times since December 16, 2010. Goldstein created the video's concept and helped finalize the script, while Vaughn helped produce the signs used in the video. If you look closely, you can even spot the Woods Ring!
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I've been using BackTrack 3 FINAL on my Macbook for some time now and I've been
extremely happy with backtrack. It's really helped me keep on top of my large
scale network here at work.
I was looking around and noticed that the forums were lacking a nice how to on
installing BackTrack 3 on Macbook HDD (Dual Boot). With that being said
here is a a simple cut and dry one.
| Things you'll need!
* Copy of rEFIt (Found here: I'm not allow to post urls )
* Copy of BackTrack 3 FINAL (If you don't know where to find this just stop reading here)
| Getting Started
First thing you'll need to do is burn yourself a bootable rEFIt CD.
* In the Finder, right-click rEFIt-0.12.dmg and choose Open With... -> Disk Utility in the context menu.
* Select rEFIt-0.12.dmg in the list on the left side of the window by clicking on it.
* Click the Burn button in the window's toolbar.
* Insert a blank CD and click Burn.
We are just burning this CD as our fail safe just in case! After you've got a install rEFIt like you would
any other OS X application.
NOTE: Window users can download the rEFIt cdr.gz disk image and burn using whatever they like
Next up we need to make another partition to work with. Now there is a simple way to do this without losing
any data or really doing any kind of work at all. BootCamp! It's simple.
Run Boot Camp to re-size your OS X partition and make space for our BackTrack install. Don't waste a CD creating
a Windows driver disk, just re-size. I chose to go with 32 Gigs of space (overkill) but I have a large HDD in my
MacBook and didn't really care.
| On to BackTrack 3
Right! So you've got your OS X partition resized, you've made a rEFIt CD, you've install rEFIt on you MacBook right?
Good! Next up is burn yourself up a BackTrack 3 CD, once you've got that done insert your BackTrack 3 CD and reboot
your MacBook hold down the "c" key to force it to boot from the BackTrack CD you should have in the drive.
Once you've hit the BackTrack boot menu select the Flux option (why? cause flux > *) really you can pick KDE, Flux or
whatever you like, I just happen to be a fan of Flux.
Next up we need to tweak the partitions that Boot Camp made for us, now I used fdisk, feel free to use cfdisk or again
whatever you like.
Note: A friend of mine tried this and said Boot Camp had created /dev/sda3 AND /dev/sda4? When I ran Boot Camp it onlyCode:# fdisk /dev/sda3
created /dev/sda3 but in any case make sure /dev/sda4 is NOT there and if it is remove it as we don't need it.
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a new primary partition and set its type to Linux (83) wrote that to disk.
Next make it a journaled file system
When that was done I basically did the same thing that pureh@te post ( I'm not allow to post urls )Code:# mkreiserfs /dev/sda3
was talking about. Mind you I've skipped making a swap drive as I've got 3Gb ram in my MacBook and didn't really need it, so to
run down what I did:
Almost done,Code:# mkdir /mnt/bt # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/bt # cp --preserve -Rv /{bin,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var} /mnt/bt/ (Note: v is option I just like to see whats going on) # mkdir /mnt/bt/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp,boot} # mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/bt/dev/ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt/proc/ # cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/bt/boot/
To quote pureh@te: "Now I like to delete all the bulls**t in the lilo config file so here is what mine would look like.Code:# chroot /mnt/bt/ /bin/bash # nano /etc/lilo.conf
(remember to set your own VGA accordingly )"
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Remember to update your lilo
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| The Reboot!
Now when you reboot if rEFIt was installed you should now have a choice between OSX and BackTrack.
If you:
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* Using the arrow keys and Enter to select, choose the rEFIt to the Partitioning Tool, and let it update
the MBR.
Once that is done pop out the rEFIt CD and reboot. You should now be prompted what to boot, and are ready
to boot BackTrack 3 off your MacBooks HDD whenever you like.
Thanks to: pureh@te for the great tutorial (Again, I'm not allowd to post urls ) that I
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Silva weighed 203 vs. Bonnar, GSP walks around over 200. I reckon they wouldn't be far off in weight if they did it at middle.
I still think the whole weight thing is looked into far too much for "fair" or "unfair".
Heavyweights are at the biggest disadvantage. When you look at a fit 265lb man vs a fit 225lb man who may also be 4 inches shorter then these are real "unfair" fights but the figures are nominal between Silva & GSP on the grand scheme of things. Does it really make that much difference? If you are the best - just get on with it.
I am not overly confident that this fight will happen.
And I think Cowboys Stadium would be a mistake. Sure they might get 50,000, but that will only make the place look half full. Find a venue that sits 45,000 and pack the place would be better.
Olympic Stadium in Montreal could do about 65,000 capacity for a UFC show. I think they would be able to fill it.
And if they do that, they would have to wait until spring. Because the roof is in such shitty condition, if it snows the safety of the roof can not be guaranteeded so they hold basically no events what so ever in the venue in the winter time.
And in another interesting tidbit, the city of Montreal finally paid off the stadium 30 YEARS (in 2006) after the 1976 Olympics, for which the stadium was built.
If they put on a shit hot card in the UK and held it at Wembley or Millenium Stadium they'd smash 60-100,000. Especially with the welsh. *awaits Ricky*


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Festiva 2013- May 22-25, 2013
Hosted by Flathead Valley Community College- Kalispell, MT
This year's Festiva theme is Alternative Firing (who knows, maybe Alternative Firing will be the theme every year….). Are you interested in Raku, pit firing, horse-hair, saggar firing, naked raku, soda-salt-& ash, using indigenous materials (including wild clays for glazes and formulating clay bodies), building and firing crazy kilns, etc. etc. etc.?
If so, this could be the conference for you. Ceramic artists love to get together, learn from each other, and have a good time. We also like to celebrate our passion for clay and community, which was the main inspiration for the Festiva Conference. The conference will be held in Kalispell, MT, a small town in NW corner of the state--why not invite everyone up for a little fun? So basically we invited a bunch of artists with a wide range of talents. Conference attendees will be encouraged to bring their pots or sculptures (pre-bisque fired), and together we're going to create a huge mess of ceramic goodness.
It is important to note that all participating artists have agreed to donate their time and teach workshops for free; many artists are even paying their own travel expenses, just for the opportunity to participate in the conference and enjoy Montana. If you want more information please go to http://ceramicsfestiva.com to learn more, and to register!
The Festiva is aptly named after Stephen Braun's Ford Festiva; it was late one night, and the students of FVCC were firing their little wood/salt/soda kiln, and having a rough time getting to temperature. Suddenly, slightly before the stroke of midnight Stephen's Festiva came hurtling out of the damp mists, lights flashing and horn beeping. An hour later cone ten dropped….
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Posted 15 October 2012 - 10:20 PM
im there! i better be, seeing as it is only 12 miles away!...yweeehaw
Posted 16 October 2012 - 12:49 AM
I'd love to come back to Montana too. depends on a wedding date.
Marcia Selsor, Professor Emerita,Montana State University-Billings
Posted 17 October 2012 - 10:17 PM
Cass, that is awsome! It should be a great event....and a must if you are so close! Let me know if you have any questions!
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Does your sound work correctly and your microphone doesn't?
I'm using BackTrack3 Live CD and Microphone doesn't work. I have looked at the settings in Kmix and tried different settings but to no avail. I have a Logitech headset with mic which works absolutely fine. My microphone works on all other distro of Linux that i have used about 8 of em except for BackTrack 3 Beta running Live CD. I use Microphone to make PC to PC call using Skype. Is this a problem in BT3? All suggestions related to this topic are welcome.
What is your sound card?
Does your sound work correctly and your microphone doesn't?
same problem here.... the sount works ok but i cannot use the mic.
having the same issue here, i have a Creative Audigy 2
All the sound works except the mic dont work (tested on teamspeak)
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Query Deluge!!
In addition to the 400 or so I received over the holidays, I came in this morning to another 100+ that had accumulated over the weekend. To put that in perspective, last year I received about 110 over a three day weekend, and that had been a record.
I'm not totally sure why this all is happening, but I'm guessing it's a combo of:
- NaNoWriMo novels have been edited and are ready for submission
- Contests tend to bring new blog readers and new blog readers tend to bring queries
- People had some time over the holidays to prep their submissions
- Cylon virus weakening human race by compelling people to spend time writing novels instead of fighting robot uprising
And yet, despite my best guesses there are also some slightly unexplainable aspects to this new deluge. For instance, I'm receiving an abnormally high volume of personal religious manifestos. Why? I have no idea. Certain trends just come in waves.
I also really do believe we're in a cultural moment where an abnormally high percentage of the population is either writing or thinking about writing a novel.
I'm not complaining about all of this - after all, many of these new projects are quite good! It's just making for a tricky couple of post-holiday weeks.
Any personal theories about the query deluge?
178 comments:
- r louis scott said...
New Year's resolutions.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- January 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- Whitney said...
Hive minds. It would explain everything.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Casey Shay said...
People are out of work or working lower paying jobs and thinking this is an "easy" way to get money. Ha!
- January 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Patrick Gabridge said...
I'm still betting that high unemployment overall, and vast layoffs in the newspaper industry, have given free time to a lot of people who always have wanted to write a novel. How many newspaper and magazine writers have been slowly pecking away at a novel in their desk drawer.
Why this surge after the holidays--probably a combo of the above, plus New Year's resolutions to finally start sending out queries (or more queries).
- January 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Lilliam Rivera said...
Don't you think maybe it has to do with your immense popularity? I'm sure everyone wants to hang with you. And also, no one wants to fight robots.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- SayCaity said...
The universe is a sick puppy with an evil sense of humor? A sarcastic fate fairy knew I was nearing completion of my novel and prompted everyone to slap something together and start agent shopping? Hear the upward, questioning inflection in my comment? A little Stewie Griffin perhaps? Could I possibly be a little bitter about the query influx of late? Good luck, Mr. Bransford. Try to keep your head above water, or words. Whatever.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Richard Kriheli said...
the impending doom of twenty-twelve has fueled people's inner creative childs. now the better question is what percentage of the queries are actually solid ones?
- January 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Polenth said...
Maybe the religious stuff is from people worried about the world ending in 2012. Actually, that could explain all the novels. You need to get in quick to get it published before the zombie apocalypse of 2012.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Suzanne Santillan said...
I agree, it could be aliens but more likely all of those out of work people taking time off to right the "Great American Novel". What other job can you do sitting at home in your PJ's and watching the judge shows on TV?
Not that that's what I do...I don't even like judge shows.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Polenth said...
Wow, Richard and I posted about 2012 at exactly the same time. If that's not proof of an ancient Mayan prophecy coming true, I don't know what is.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- Bane of Anubis said...
Could be the expanding population.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Sandy Williams said...
I'm blaming it on the success of the Harry Potter, Twilight, and Dan Brown. People see these books turned into a movie and think "Hey, I should write a book."
- January 11, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Kristi said...
I'm going with the Cylons - they're tricky that way. :)
- January 11, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Swifty said...
After reading 650+, 500 word entries filled with teenage hormones... Everyone is convinced that you are superhuman and can do it all!!!
So what is 100+ queries... I am sure you will be receiving a few more from some of us (wink,wink)
- January 11, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Terry Towery said...
Damn. Now that just sucks. Seriously. I am about a week away from having my manuscript and my query letter polished.
And my book has a theological bent to it.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Jeannie said...
Maybe people that had no time due to a job and then were 'let go' from said job found time to write a novel. *shrugs* but who knows, maybe all those changes Doctor Who made over the holidays had an irreparable effect on the time space continuum.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
I vote all of the above. (Though I'm not sure the Cylons would be into mass producing religious manifestos.)
Do you know if this is happening to most agents or is it localized?
- January 11, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Theological bent is totally fine. The projects I'm talking about are more along the lines of "God exists no really I have proof."
- January 11, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- J.J. Bennett said...
I think it's coming from a higher power... The Gods have forseen it!
- January 11, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
You mentioned recently that your Blog had received its one millionth new visitor. Most likely, the extensive information about the publishing industry that you provide on your Blog plus the lively discussions you allow in the Comments section, your new Forums and frequent contests place you among the agents writers will query first (and it's entirely possible that one million writers, many writing multiple books, will query you for each and every one of the books they write). At the same time, more people than ever before are writing books – which
I think is a pretty cool trend in our culture because it suggests that our culture is probably much more literate than we realize.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Masala Chica said...
when times are tough, people seem stumble upon god. if they found god in 2009, along with your blog, that could explain the surge in the religious manifestos anyway.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Writing is the new form of therapy. It's cheaper too.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Kristen Torres-Toro said...
Sometimes it's just the timing. I queried last winter around the same time that agents started seeing record numbers. It had nothing to do with the economy for me (and I hadn't heard of Nano at the time). I'd just finished my book, edited it, wrote a query, and sent it out.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Scott said...
Perhaps email and texting culture has over-familiarized people with written communication. Long, from-the-heart emails get tucked away and next thing you know: RELIGULOUS MANIFESTO! Urgh, sorry, Nathan. Sounds like a real pain.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- MzMannerz said...
A combination of things. The internet and your willingness to accept emailed queries. Switch to snail mail only queries and see how many you receive.
And then... what others said. People have more time on their hands than before, and can pursue long held dreams.
- January 11, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Seamus said...
All of your theories feel right to me, along with the bad economy having a lot of smart people with time on their hands. Is there any data on the overall number of queries out there and has that number grown? I mean have you just risen above the average query-to-agent ratio, or is everyone increasing? If it turns out that you're getting more than your share, I think we're all clear that it's the Nathan Factor. If all boats are rising, where will we get all the agents?
- January 11, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Naya Lionsong said...
I agree with the New Year's resolution idea... I think a lot of people have decided it's high time they get off their bums and do something about the novel they've been sitting on.
Or it could just be your charm...
Hmmmm, now you have to ask yourself. Are other agents having the same response?
Oh and I've noticed the religious thing too lately... and I'm on the other side of the world. I actually had a visit from a Jehovah's Witness and I haven't seen one of them since I was a kid. Nice lady, though...
- January 11, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Ngaire said...
In some combination: (a) increased trend to multiple submission (regardless of agency preference for exclusivity), (b) perceived greater accessibility of agents due to their 'net presence, (c)closure of even more houses to unagented submission, (d)simply more people writing (silver lining of layoffs?), and, of course, (e) the prod of new year's resolutions!
- January 11, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Alicia A said...
I agree with Sandy Williams. The Stephenie Meyers, I wrote this in just three months and now I'm a millionaire, makes writing a novel look easy and highly profitable.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Shmologna said...
The economy has made people look for other ways to pay bills. I don't believe everyone who writes really loves it.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Derek Osborne said...
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- January 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Susan Quinn said...
I agree that finding God and finding Nathan in the same year could result in additional queries for a certain popular agent. Just sayin'.
This gives you more chances to find that awesome-next-bestseller, right?
I ran into a family friend over the weekend. She's got a couple MS in the works (I didn't know she wrote), is getting a severence from her day job and has decided to take a year off to write. If not now, when? was her general attitude. Can't find fault with that!
- January 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM
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- January 11, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- Elena said...
Besides the New Year's resolutions and "out-of-work-the-time-is-now- birth-of-an-author," your agency is accepting queries while other agents are "on hiatus." Hope you find a gem in there...
- January 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Yes, those are popular as well.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Keith Popely said...
Thanks, Nathan. Being a total slacker, I posted my question and then read the thread in which you answered the question. This is a good tip for all who are new to Nathan's blog: pretty much anything you can ask has been answered somewhere at some time. Check out "The Essentials" on the left side of the main page.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Ashley said...
Maybe lots of writers are afraid they'll miss their shot at an Oprah moment if they don't hurry up and get published before her show ends.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
It's interesting that many writers submit queries about similar topics, and that this seems to go through cycles. I remember learning about this in graduate school in regard to other aspects of human existence. Scientists will often be working on the same breakthrough ideas at exactly the same time, totally unaware of the other scientists' work. Similar ideas, philosophies and archetypes often arose at the same time in vastly different cultures back when separate areas of the world were completely isolated from each other. Carl Jung referred to this as the collective unconscious. We're all human. We're all processing similar information. In isolated ancient cultures, humans were all processing information about life, birth, death, dangerous weather, starvation, and so on. In today's world, we're so connected, we're actually sharing information and processing that information together. Literature evolves, like most other aspects of human life.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Terri Molina said...
Because its the start of the new year and everyone knows editors and agents have returned to work bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and that their desks are completely empty because they were cleared of all queries before Christmas. So they're all sending at once in the hopes that their manuscript will be the first one you read.
If it makes you feel any better, I didn't query you. ;-)
- January 11, 2010 at 5:10 PM
It's all Sarah Palin's fault. She brings out the crazies from both sides.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- veela-valoom said...
I would say that unemployment probably has more to do with in than anything. Not having a job is hard (I am one of the out-of-work masses right now) especially if you are used to having a job. You NEED to have something productive to do with your time. It is also an opportunity to reevaluate your life and potentially follow your dreams.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- Kate said...
I hope you're joking about NaNo submissions. I literally haven't read my NaNo novel yet.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- lexcade said...
your awesomeness.
and possibly the forum.
and your "when in doubt, query me!" deal.
you seem safer than a lot of other agents, meaning warmer and fuzzier. like you won't be too harsh when you reject us.
or aliens.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM
- Ada said...
Got to think it's the high unemployment levels: all people have to lose is time. Despite the fact that the same economy that lead to their unemployment is going to make it that much harder to get publisher, there's always a shot in hell.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Emily White said...
Woohoo! You posted a picture of my home! Well, I don't actually live IN the Falls, but I do live in the county. I feel so special. Teehee.
Sooo...are you saying it might not be in my best interest to send in my query to you this month? Duly noted.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- T. Anne said...
I had a feeling my Roomba was planning a interplanetary takeover, thanx for confirming the theory.
Also, Christmas vacation makes us creative types feel restless. While the rest of the world has vision's of sugar plums, we have vision's of global domination. Hey, my Roomba and I are more alike than I thought...
- January 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Thomas Taylor said...
It's all those cheap pens.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Rachel Hamm said...
My personal theory is that the word has spread- everyone in the world now knows that Nathan Bransford is the greatest agent ever...
(And don't worry, I'm not sucking up, because I've already been rejected by you! haha)
- January 11, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Alicia A said...
religous manifestos are the new vampire?
- January 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Linda Godfrey said...
Too many people believing all the pop psychology quotes on Twitter telling them they CAN achieve whatever they dream. Even if they haven't learned how.
I also like Whitney's hive mind idea.
- January 11, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Chumplet - Sandra Cormier said...
New year, new book, new queries, new laptops...
Maybe it's just a coinkydink that my query is ready to go, since two New Years have passed since I started the novel. Watch out!
- January 11, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- littlescribbler said...
If the deluge is from NaNo, would you say that sending in a query at this time of year would be bad for a writer, as they would be competing against hundreds of others?
- January 11, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- alexisgrant said...
How have NaNoWriMo authors already edited their novels?! I'm still revising the book I started long before that month!
- January 11, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Kelly Bryson said...
Nathan, please tell us how many of these queries are fully developed ideas. Do you really think people wrote a first draft in Nov, edited in Dec, wrote their query letter a few days ago? Could anything that fast possibly be good enough to get published?
- January 11, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- David Eric Tomlinson said...
I'm going to go with number four, "Cylon virus".
- January 11, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- loronomo said...
Your blog. It's good.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Is the religious manifesto the new vampire???
(humming theme to Twilight Zone)
And how many vampire novels are amongst the queries?
- January 11, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- Kia said...
Print, make into paper planes, read the fifty that fly the furthest.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Subliminal messaging on the TV is telling everyone to write a novel...
- January 11, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Karen said...
I think it's the economy. More people are out of work, which gives them more time on their hands to write, plus their financial situations have them hoping for some sort of lucky pay day.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Macie said...
In the mid-west, we've had a serious amount of snow.Combine this fact, with other places, who aren't used to the snow, getting it and you've got a perfect recipe for people stuck in their homes! What else is there to do but finish up those manuscripts. This might account for your query deluge over the weekend.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- wendy said...
Interesting....but might it be that you're very popular, and as you become more well-known, perhaps more writers around the globe are querying you? What was really interesting to me was that more people are querying religions manifestos. This is the kind of thing I'd like to read right now.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Yoko's TARDIS said...
I don't know why there's such a query deluge, but it does make me wonder if such a huge workload can make agents weary of even promising books when there's so much to go through.
And yes, I'm being self-serving because you and a hundred other agents rejected me, but I think the question remains valid.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Goodness knows haha. Mine was in the pile, but only because I was giving it a week after the holidays. Maybe people really did read your advice last month after all! ;)
- January 11, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- ann foxlee said...
Yes. Cylons.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- wendy said...
Marilyn, good point well made. I agree as there's been many instances in history where a group of people have taken part in trends before they were even known. This makes me wonder about the nature of human existence. Why are human minds susceptible to influences that are unseen and unheard and yet cause a group of people to have the same inspiration? And where do these influences come from?
- January 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Terry said...
I'm going with the Cylon Virus too.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Disgruntled Bear said...
My belief is that the query deluge is proof that God hates me.
But, since that's the central theme of my personal religious manifesto, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Seriously, I've wanted to write a novel for decades! I finally reach the point where I have the maturity and stick-to-itiveness to finish the thing, and everyone else has done it, too, so my book gets lost in the shuffle.
Maybe it's because Gen-X has grown up, realized that most of their dreams are no longer attainable, and have turned to writing as an outlet that requires neither beauty nor youth.
D**n, that's dark, even for me. I think I'll have a couple of beers and watch Disney movies until the angst passes.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
disgruntled bear and others-
Look on the bright side! If the present trend continues there will be still more queries next year and even more the year after. You have a head start.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
I'm pretty sure it has to do with the end of the world. Or sheep.
BTW, I've decided to become a brain surgeon because I'm out of a job and it seems like an easy thing to do. And everybody else is doing it.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Dara said...
Hmm, I was thinking the NaNo novels. Although that seems like a quick turnaround for editing. Heck, my NaNo novel first draft still isn't finished :P Perhaps I'm just a slacker...
- January 11, 2010 at 6:47 PM
It can't possibly be NaNo manuscripts, already, can it? Holy quick writing and editing, Batman. Am I the only writer who needs at least a month before the first edit?
(I also don't write as solid a first draft at the speed of NaNo, but that might just be me.)
At Nano speed to finish a full novel I'd need December - and then rest, and edits, and query, and agent research, and synopsis creation: I feel like a bit of a slug if NaNo folks are querying. Wow.
(Also, Terry, you're in company I also have some theological themes in a book I'm about to send out that started this time last year. In urban fantasy/fiction, which, hey, often has such themes: still, it is somewhat worrisome...)
- January 11, 2010 at 6:47 PM
- Lynn F. Casella said...
Not many people went to the Hawaiian Islands for a month like I did....too much cabin and not enough fever,,,,,cold on the mainland
- January 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Terry said...
Thanks for the thought, Nathan. I better write faster, which is to say, not so slow.
If you count the word, "adultery," in my murder mystery, it could have a religous bent to it. Maybe too bent.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- K.L. Brady said...
I would cross-reference the queries against the folks who entered your recent contest. Perhaps they believe that since you're familiar with them through their entries, you might have been awed by the awesomeness of their writing skills and might take a harder look at their queries.
That's why I sent mine in. lol
Just kidding...I didn't send one in.
I didn't.
But my sister did.
Okay, I don't have a sister.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM
I believe it's a combo of the three things already mentioned
1) the recession has given birth to free time
2) Stephanie Meyers and her obscene success
3) the internet continues to change our lives
And a big one, you are marketing yourself really well (well done)
Curious....of the 110, how many requests did you make for partials or fulls?
- January 11, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
- January 11, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- abc said...
I'm going with New Year's Resolutions + the recent contest + everyone wants to be Nathan's best friend.
Funny that you bring up Cylons. I'm currently having somewhat of a BSG festival (of one) at my place. I'm in the last season. All but one has been revealed. NO SPOILERS PLEASE.
I wonder what I will do with my life when it is all over. Lost starts soon, thank goodness. And a new Project Runway! (the new one better make up for the stinker that was the last one).
Carry on!
- January 11, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- Kristan said...
I'd like to ditto everything Brent Peterson said, and add that that would be the most nefarious, ingenious Cylon plot ever!
- January 11, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Sissy said...
I think the holiday break is what is killing you. I would have sent in my query this week, since I spent my two week break from school tweaking my manuscript. But then, I anticipated you might get hit with an avalanche of queries and didn't want to get lost amidst all that. I would think after reading that many pages, your brain might get tired. No offense. :)
- January 11, 2010 at 7:08 PM
My think -- in my case -- I'm querying now because I've finally given up on the fact that the agent I have my full with is EVER going to get back to me about it. She was one of my top picks (nathan already rejected me, politely :)). I wanted to give her a running start. But, after the holidays, with no word forthcoming, I queried four new agents this weekend and got two requests for fulls today.
Maybe others were waiting around for agents that had their fulls too, hoping they'd get some type of response after the holidays, only they didn't?
- January 11, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- ryan field said...
I think you're getting all these queries because people love you, and you take the time to listen and write about what they are going through.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Great shot of Niagara Falls, I know that exact spot, breathtaking!
I think it's the get it in by the end of the year personal deadline thing
- January 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Bane of Anubis said...
Now that you've had an 'attach pages' policy for awhile, have you noticed whether your request rate has increased/decreased?
Also, of every 100ish queries, how many, on average, do you reject before even getting to the pages?
- January 11, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
I don't know but I'm enjoying the comments on the subject!
- January 11, 2010 at 7:22 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
My request rate has decreased, actually, because I'm better able to assess whether I am interested.
I'd say I at least scan the pages for half of them. Half it's already apparent before I get to the pages.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Bane of Anubis said...
Thanks! Here's a token of my appreciation. (You may have already seen this gaff by JR Smith in the game Saturday night, but if not, as a Kings fan, I'm sure you'll enjoy it).
- January 11, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- E.E. said...
Alright I'll bite.
I know I was one of those unfortunate queries. I guess that's just incentive to redo my query letter. I was hoping that my letter and first five pages satirized religious dogmatism. I guess I was wrong.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Elaine 'still writing' Smith said...
Or, it's a not too subliminal, subliminal message that it's time to turn cult status into the status of a cult? ; )
- January 11, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- E. W. said...
Thank you Elaine. lol!
I definitely have to learn to be more careful about precarious subjects.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Linguista said...
At times like this, just be thankul you read fast!
Good luck!
- January 11, 2010 at 7:52 PM
nathan, if it helps any, i'm seeing a lot of amateurs trying to market bad photography. i think it's the economy and the kind of optimism that thinks artsy stuff like writing and shooting don't require any training or practice. they also have lots of time on their hands if they're out of work (and i'm not dissing out of work people, it must be horrible!) and it feels more productive than watching daytime tv?
and also aliens.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- Tara said...
People stricken with cancer *again* after surviving unfathomable odds just learned they currently face new insurmountable odds and want to share the peace they've discovered in their personal journeys to help others not go to the depths of despair. Also, Nathan your bio says you like narrative nonfiction (which can be interpreted as memoir) and anything else you happen to like... doesn't mention zero religious tolerance. Perhaps some of those novels have religious comments, but not zealous enough to be fully a specific religious genre.... either that, or the full blue moon that we just had caused incredible amounts of metacognition and people couldn't wait to query their favorite agent.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- JoanneFrench said...
I didn't see the show Oprah show with Stephanie Meyers but heard she said to "just send your book idea to an editor or agent and see what happens." Yikes!
My bet is on those damn unemployed query zombie robots who want to write a religious manifesto before Nostradomius' prediction of the coming to an end in 2012 comes true.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Yoko's TARDIS said...
Hmm, this just occurred to me: the first line of my writing sample the query I sent to you contains a rather violent Bible verse. My novel is not religious and the verse was intended ironically, but maybe it sends the wrong message that my book is some kind of religious tract.
You might have rejected me for other reasons, but I should still think about this point.
P.S. Hi, Ryan Field, good to see you here, too. I'm Mike Russell. :)
- January 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Yoko's TARDIS said...
Arrgh, I missed an "in" in my last post "...sample IN the query I sent ..."
- January 11, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Stephen Prosapio said...
I'm in agreement with many from above: a terrible economy, internet resources and New Year resolutions. Beyond that, a few extremely poorly written blockbuster best sellers (What the--???) give people hope that maybe they can be the next household name author.
Something not mentioned yet: a writer's inaccurate portrayal in movies and on TV. Every once in a while a realistic spy film, cop film etc comes out, but how many realistic "Author Films" are out there? I don't recall any...they'd be boring as hell. Much easier and more attractive to insist that authors are rich, sought-after and hounded by gorgeous suitors and fans. Besides, with a good idea, it only takes a computer and two weeks to crank out a novel! Riiiiiiiiiight.
But even false hope is hope. Which even ties into the reason for the rise in religious manifestos?
- January 11, 2010 at 8:13 PM
- Lynne said...
Cylons, aliens, space monkeys, Mayan Calendar. All of the above.
Catch word: glyza. In case your Mayan is rusty.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- MotherReader said...
Crap, I was just about to send my personal religious manifesto in picture book form.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:19 PM
- MLeaves2 said...
I think part of it is that the thorough and useful instructions your provide for writing a query include the suggestion "Don't know who to query? Start with me."
That's why I did it a few weeks ago, even though I didn't know if it was the type of thing you'd want to represent.
As it turned out, I got a prompt and polite rejection. Which, after bawling for an hour and shouting "he doesn't love me!" I was able to channel into writing a really incredible query letter to someone else.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
e.e. and Tara-
I never said I was against religious topics, just that I've seen a lot of them.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- E. W. said...
Oh,trust me, know.
Thank you for the kind letdown. :)
- January 11, 2010 at 9:02 PM
The Query Deluge is in accordance to the prophesy. The time is nigh.
Nigh to what? I'm not really sure. The prophesy wasn't clear on that part, but it's nigh... very nigh...
- January 11, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Ember said...
QueryTracker had you at #1 in their Top 10 Most Queried Agents list last week -
- so anyone that saw you there and hadn't already queried you? Probably was asking themselves "Hey, why haven't I queried Nathan Bransford?"
I'm going with that, or Cylons.
- January 11, 2010 at 9:25 PM
- Lily Cate said...
NaNo-s are edited already? Wow.
I have a ms from this summer that I'm thinking of maybe handing out to some readers next month.
- January 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- lora96 said...
We've tried to sell a spare kidney on eBay but the bidding was sluggish.
We are too fat to be successful strippers.
Got it! If my religious manifesto's a hit, that kidney'll bring in some big bucks on eBay once I'm famous.
- January 11, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Kimber An said...
It's the Cylons.
- January 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM
- Eva O'Dell said...
Maybe it's the end of the decade. People are feeling inspired by a new beginning, and realizing what they haven't accomplished yet.
- January 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM
Ha, ha...get in before th' pock-o-lips, huh? You waited too long. You'll be published 3 minutes before the Doomsday Clock runs out and you're vaporized. And you without a backup novel.
- January 11, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Rowenna said...
Abnormally high percentage of the population thinking about or actually writing? Yes--I have several friends who are writing now, not through writing groups, just friends from various facets of life. Internet demystifying publication so that more people writing make publication a goal? Also yes. 2012 looming as ultimate endgame? Outlying factor. Cyclons? Pretty much in control of everything since Galileo's time.
- January 11, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Randolph said...
Time goblins.
- January 11, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Cylon robot virus? On your forums I often find myself alone with a Google Bot. Scary!
- January 11, 2010 at 10:31 PM
- The Decreed said...
I'm not sure what caused so many queries but I am very interested to learn what time goblins are and how they're connected.
- January 11, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- clindsay said...
I've been averaging 60-65 a day since January 1st, which is A LOT.
And in those queries, I'm seeing a LOT of word count abuse. First novels that exceed 160k, 170k, 180k. Astounding!
You seeing this kind of thing, too?
- January 11, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- William said...
Some chick named Holly Root gave me five bucks to send you at least five new query letters a day. I asked for ten, but she said things were really tight in the industry right now.
- January 11, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Becky said...
Well, Your ever increasing popularity and the fact that you tell us to query you could be a theory. =)
- January 11, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Has anyone mentioned the correlation between the world ending in 2012 and the religious manifestos yet? ;)
- January 12, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- Courtney Price said...
The internet makes people over confident? "Friends" on facebook say, "that is great!" and people think it is?
Side note:I saw a GEM of a title the other day that made me think of you (not that I know you, that's totally creepy). It was LOL funny-- a manifesto written by a guy with... well, let's just say that on the self-designed COVER of his "book", there are numerous errors. But here's the kicker, he asked for advice on it, which I gave and he said "they said I don't have to worry about grammar, but thanx". When I looked to see who "they" could possibly be, I found out that his "publishing house" is, indeed, himself.
I hope he didn't send it to you!
- January 12, 2010 at 12:57 AM
- Steve said...
Nathan, I suspect strongly that you have THE number one agent blog. This will increase your visibility and bring you more queries. And if the personality types that hang out online tend to be a little, shall we say, "skewed", then this will affect the type of queries you receive. Why not compare stats with colleagues who don't blog, or whose blogs are less well-known. See if they have seen the deluge.
- January 12, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Steve said...
Here's a completely different hypothesis from the one I just gave. More and more of the baby boomers are hitting their 60's, which traditionally makes one "old". Perhaps people are realizing that if they ever want to leave behind some creative legacy they'd better get crackin'. Any age stats on your submitters?
- January 12, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- Rena Rossner said...
It's hard to imagine that someone from Nano has something ready for submission already. It took me 30 days to write 50,000 words, but it's taken me another 30 days to write the next 20,000, and I think I may be nearing the half-way mark of my novel. That means I'm looking at another few months of writing before I can even think about editing. I haven't even gone back to read it from the beginning even once, let alone edit it. But I really do think it's a good sign. So long as people are still writing, people will still be reading right? So that means that by the time I finish my novel there may still be a publishing industry left for me to pitch to?
- January 12, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- RAD - Dot Painter said...
Hmmm, so I guess I need to rethink the whole - I'm going to be a novelist this year - notion. Although, I'm really good at waiting in line, as long as my kids don't need to use the bathroom. I am just curious how long it takes you to go through 400 queries?
- January 12, 2010 at 2:43 AM
- PABLO said...
i sent you one of the queries. paul jeter. pjetgallery.blogspot.com
i sent it to you because, i treated your advice like a homework assignment, and i want to pass the test.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:54 AM
- KatieDahl said...
I can't help wondering how people can get their NaNoWriMo novel edited so quickly. I'm still working on mine - from 2008. It's nowhere near done. I guess some people just write more neatly during November, hence needing less editing...
- January 12, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- Rick Daley said...
No theories on the query wave, but I do have a personal religious manifesto. I would share it with you here, but such blatant self-aggrandizing is against said beliefs.
- January 12, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Guinevere said...
I tend to be on the side of the economy (and the cylons, of course). Even though my situation is really the reverse -- I have a very secure day job, which is really not enjoyable at all. I try to eke out my novel in my limited free time and imagine myself at home in my pajamas writing for a living.
- January 12, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy said...
The economy has to be a major factor. People are desperate in seeking financial security and they hope that if they can market a novel, they can gain that security cushion they so desire. Same cause and effect for the religious manifestos - human nature seeks divine intervention when times and life get tough.
- January 12, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Richmond Writer said...
No theories but back in the 80's when I wanted to do a graduate thesis on religious influences in politics I was told "religion is dead. It doesn't influence politics."
Apparently it has made a come back.
Just finished Ben-Hur. Great book but I'm all for the modernization of novels. Long winded thee and thou speeches are hard to read.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Jason said...
I had originally set that I would finish editing my novel by the end of the year. It was pretty much arbitrary, but I wonder if other's set the same goal...only they actually finished.
- January 12, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Because people think writing is easy?
I watched "Castle" last night. Apparently best-selling authors never actually have to write anything. They just get to kiss Alyssa Milano and flirt with the cute homicide detective. Yet they make millions.
- January 12, 2010 at 9:09 AM
- Michelle said...
I think a lot of people are feeling the lack of control in our society, whether it's in the economic climate or the involvement in the war, or just the pressures of everyday life. Writing gives a sense of control.
- January 12, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Jonathon Arntson said...
It's an epidemic, spread through the water. It has killed all other water borne viruses in the water. Promiscuous girls around the world rejoice.
- January 12, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- Jenny said...
I don't know about all the queries, but I like the hive-mind-cylon-religious-manifesto-alien-2012-Baby-Boomer-Nathan's-Blog angle. Or maybe I just like that if you throw all those into a mixing pot you get the plot for my next NaNo project!
- January 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- Rollie Raleigh said...
Clearly, this is the predicted "fourth step" as annunciated by the Mayan calendar, which leads to the end-of-the-world on December 21, 2012. However, it is likely that on the 22nd, your inbox will still receive seventy-four queries of those wishing to publish posthumously for no one to read.
- January 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- TS Tate said...
I would agree with the 2012/Zombie apocalypse theory, however, you'd think more compelling, life-altering and certainly renewal of faith stories would come from any survivors post 2012. :P
Oh, and just an FYI:
Zombie Procedure Emergency Rule #6
"Bring along something shiny. Zombies are at all times fascinated and confused by the shiny. Distractions with a shiny will give you ample opportunity to bash their little heads in."
- January 12, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Definitely a symptom of the virus.
- January 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Lesli Richardson said...
We are Borg. Resistance is futile. :)
Good luck with that slush pile. Sounds like you need hip waders to tackle your in box. *LOL*
As far how long it takes to edit a Nano book, I was too busy writing to participate in Nano this year despite my best intentions. *LOL* I've turned in two manuscripts to one of my publishers since then, and working on another they're expecting. I treat my fiction writing the same way I approached my non-fiction, with tight deadlines and paying close attention to self-editing during the process to tighten the manuscript as I go. It's worked for me so far. *LOL*
Then again, this IS my evil day job. I have to make money doing it. *LOL*
- January 12, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- misa101 said...
I was going to say it was because word of your sheer awesomeness has spread, but I am not ready to query yet so I won't bother to suck up.
I think the recession is a big part of it. Writing is a way to make some extra money with minimal expense
- January 12, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Mira said...
Well, that little 'contact me' link below your picture might have a bit to do with it, Nathan. :)
I remember when I saw that I thought, "Wow." Then I thought, "Boy, that looks so easy, think I'll query Nathan." Then I remembered that I don't have anything to query you with. That was extremely disappointing. I stared at that box in frustration for quite awhile.
I'm still frustrated. There's just something about that little box that's so accessible, and it makes me want to send you things.
I don't suppose I could send non-query things that way? Maybe just a daily update on how I'm doing? Or some of the papers I'm writing for school? Just to give you a break from reading queries all day.
Anyway, the point is, I bet people who actually have something to query you with find that box darn near irresistble.
- January 12, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Jonathon Arntson said...
misa101 - Minimal expense?! Not only have I spent a large number of hours and blood on my writing, I have spent money on research, joining organizations, and on postage in the search of an agent.
At this point, I sure as hell would have made a lot more money working at McDonald's. If you someone is looking for a get rich quick scheme, this is definitely not the field people should be considering.
- January 12, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Will Fabulan said...
I used to work for a literary agent and I can tell you the patterns for heavy submissions: early January (people wrote durign the holidays), early summer (school's out), and the worst, just after Labor Day--people suddenly had to "get on" their project after summer was over.
- January 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Jaycee Adams said...
Gotta be Cylons. Them buggers are everywhere.
- January 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Tami said...
Well, after I finish my novel, set up my webpage, my blog, my public facebook and write the query (which I will send to Query Shark as well as my online writing group), then I will be querying Nathan. :) Based on books he has published and what he has said regarding his interests and his response times, well, I fully expect that to be my first rejection.
- January 12, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- J. Koyanagi said...
There has to be a novel in this Mayan-alien-Cylon conspiracy.
- January 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Carolyn V. said...
I agree with the Nanowrimo thing. Oh and the cylon thing too.But 400 queries? Your poor strained eyes.
- January 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM
I don't know if someone said this already, but there are a lot of students who graduated last May unable to find work. Overall, I think the biggest reason for the massive query count is the evil economy genie pouncing into everyone's household, either leaving them time with a WIP or desperately clawing at story possibilities. And the greater influx of spiritual journey queries may reflect the desperate tmes many people are enduring these days as we as a population face extreme cultural, economic, and personal upheavals.
And then there's the other reason: "Hey, I'm the most fascinating person on planet Earth. Who wouldn't want to read my life story? Think I'll query Nathan about it." :) n
- January 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Lin said...
Don't worry Nathan your awesome!You'll get through all those queries!And I'm not sucking up either.Okay, maybe a just little...
- January 12, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Dan Holloway said...
I think many people are scared that the publishing industry is changing really fast and they want to get in before it's too late.
I DO think we're at a cultural moment, but the cutting edge of that moment, the really exciting new writers that wouldn't have written before now - surely they're the DIYs, the punks and independents who wouldn't touch an agent if one waved a flag in front of them and shouted "six figure advance".
And on a mundane level, a lot of people have been snowed in and are using the time productively!
- January 12, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Barbara's Spot on the Blog said...
I think I know why the upsurge, despite the holidays. Your blog url is listed on another popular agent/publisher blog (religious) which might explain the new content coming in. I hope it's a blessing :)
- January 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM
I agree with what most of the others have said: economy, free time, New Year's resolutions, and the recent success of authors which might imply writing is 'easy'.
Looks like any queries I might have sent you would be lost in the deluge.
Thank goodness I wised up and stopped querying at all. I'd hate for my pitiful excuses for 'novels' to actually be put before an agent or editor.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM
"How many newspaper and magazine writers have been slowly pecking away at a novel in their desk drawer."
How does a writer fit inside a desk drawer?!
- January 12, 2010 at 3:03 PM
How many of the Q's are not obvious misguided/rushed attempts, or works that are for one reason or another not ready for the marketplace?
90%? 95?
Taking the case of NanoriMo, to write soe kind of draft in November and be submitting it now is ridiculous. That's not enough time unless you've published before. So I guess that most of your queries are subpar monstrosities not fit for human consumption.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:06 PM
Agree that the query stats frequently given out by agents are misleading because at least 90%, if not 99.9% are not commercially competitive.
Most queries fail on BOTH of the folowing 2 levels:
1) the book itself is not viable
2) the business approach is flawed in a showstopping way (i.e. the query their romance to an agent who only handles children's books, or the book is not actually completed or they shoot a generic form letter to all agents or besides querying agents they also queired every publisher simultaneously, et., etc., etc.
The query stats thing is old and boring, because most people don't know what they're doing and it's painfully obvious. If they did, they woldn't need an agent, right? they'd already have one!
- January 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Vanessa Wieland said...
The cylons are writing about God.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:26 PM
This blog is AWESOME!
- January 12, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Erin said...
Unless you want to acquire a stalker (me), I would recommend refraining from mentioning Cylons. Because I am a dork. There, I said it.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Hey, Nathan. I've been searching your website, but I can't find an answer to this trivial question: is it necessary to include your address at the bottom of an email query?
I include my email and phone number, but I'm worried that if I write out the whole address it'll ruin the transition between the letter and sample pages.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Probably not necessary these days.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- January 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Reba said...
Can people really edit a novel in one month to the point where it's ready for submission?
- January 12, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Always blame the Cylons. They're tricksy like that.
I would really blame New Year's resolutions, NaNoWriMo, and possibly the economy/unemployment for the query upsurge. As for the religious manifestos...maybe people were inspired to finish those up over the holidays? (Hopefully they didn't start them in December as well...)
Or maybe you're just popular.
- January 12, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Moira Young said...
I think it's just plain everything: the economy, a surge in the attitude that anyone can write (and be published and make millions); a selfish teen and 20-something generation with an attitude of entitlement (which, being 27, is something I've worked so hard against); the holidays and resolutions driving people to submit; NaNoWriMo, which often helps jumpstart the writing process; the ridiculous fear of 2012 (which isn't about the end of the world, just the end of a cycle and a paradigm shift in one way or another, but people seem to prefer the doomsday prediction); Hollywood and network TV's misinformation about how fast and easy it is to get published; the collective unconscious of the human race driving more people to write (Twitter and its trends is an excellent computer model of this); technology in general making voices easier to be heard; and your popularity, friendliness, and accessability.
Oh, and the Cylons, of course.
I wonder how many agents or publishing houses in the last big recession (1982) noticed a surge in submissions back then.
I didn't submit, but I may in the next few months. To everyone who was rejected, I've found it very motivational to ask myself why I was rejected. Does the query need improvement? The manuscript? Is there a lesson here I need to learn? Or is it ready, and the agent I submitted to just wasn't the right agent for the project?
Well, it works for me. Though I also usually need a few days of rejection recovery time, first. :)
- January 12, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Melissa said...
Um . . . I think it might have something to do with you and your blog's popularity. ;-)
- January 12, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Nuria Coe said...
On January 2nd the answer was already posted for all to see: Please see below the link to the exact answer to your deluge dilemma, courtesy of Anne Mini, author/blogger/guru of all things editorial:
Happy reading! :)
- January 12, 2010 at 10:07 PM
- Erica said...
Because you're awesome and everyone wants to work with you. (Heck, the last writer's conference I went to, I heard another agent talk about you and your blog. I think you've built up the reputation of being a rockstar.)
- January 13, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Cam Snow said...
My guess would be that it's your website's fault. If you want to cut down on the number of queries you should (1) demand they be by snail mail; (2) demand they send you query, synopsis, and outline so it seems like too much work; and (3) stop being so friendly soundng on the blog.
However, I think more people are writing now for several reasons: Unemployed/bad economy, baby boomers nearing retirement, technology making it easier, etc.
One thing that I hadn't thought about before is that there is a perceived drop in the quality of writing (you hear so many critics talking about how generic/formulaic some bestsellers are), so maybe more people think that they can write the next best seller.
- January 13, 2010 at 2:13 AM
- MizTiz said...
because you are very smart and pretty...like the popular cheerleader in high school...but with a soul.
- January 13, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Cheryl Gower said...
That's a No Brainer, Nathan. It's YOU! You have made yourself so approachable, down-to-earth through your blog that writers feel comfortable and secure in submitting their query to you. You'll be gentle; you'll be understanding; but at the same time honest and caring. See, NO-BRAINER!
- January 13, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Economy and an awesome site.
- January 13, 2010 at 2:58 PM
So many journalists with a novel half done have been laid off.
- January 13, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Emma Michaels said...
To be perfectly honest I kind of think that part of the reason there are so many people sending out their manuscripts now is because of all of the terrible things that have been happening lately. The more you see terrible things on the news the more you feel like you may never have another chance to follow your dreams. So the people who have secreted away their novels and tried to hide their love for writing are starting to realize that it is better to have tried and fail than to have never tried at all. Add in the prophecy of 2012 (or more that it is when the Mayan calendar ends)and that now many people have time to follow their dreams. So yeay for Nathan! More great novels to hopefully make up for the not as wonderful ones you probably have to see!!!
- January 13, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Broadway Mouth Blog said...
I read this entry when you originally posted it, and I was concerned about my queries getting lost in the deluge. Then I opened up my email on Monday and found two manuscript requests. There's hope!
- January 14, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Meghan Ward said...
I think your theory about blog traffic is correct. The upside? Maybe soon every one who has ever written a book will have queried you and then the queries will stop. And then, after taking a vacation, you will have to encourage people to write more books.
- January 15, 2010 at 2:03 AM
- Cathy said...
Most everyone I know is writing a book. The thing that gets me is that half of these people never read books.
- January 17, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Alex said...
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- January 20, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Torie underlines said...
Resolutions? Every January the gym is flooded with people FINALLY COMMITTING (at least until Feb.) to get in shape. Maybe aspiring authors are doing the same with their query letters?
- January 20, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Peter said...
Why? Fewer people (as a percentage of the population) are reading, while an even number of people (as a percentage of the population) are writing - actually, it may not be staying even but growing: a spoiled and pampered half-decade may have convinced more wanna-bes that that they should become artistes, rather than pursue the careers of their parents; in addition to this, the frustrated writers with the unpublished books of the past few years are trying their luck and submitting again; finally, all of the people who have been laid off over the years are finishing off the novels that they always thought they would/could/should write (some of them may be out-of-work investment bankers/vampire squids). The devil finds work for idle hands... if that's how the old saying goes.
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Office Suites
- For scanning utilities, see this section.
- For optical character recognition (OCR) utilities, see this section.
Gedit Text Editor
Gedit is the default Ubuntu (Gnome) text editor. See the online Help manual for usage instructions.
LibreOffice is a free and open source (GPL-licensed) office suite with applications for word processing (Writer), math formulae and equations (Math), diagrams and charts (Draw), presentations (Impress), spreadsheets (Calc), and databases (Base) that is now installed by default in (K)Ubuntu. If not, it can be installed:
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Open Office
Open Office was installed by default in older versions of (K)Ubuntu. It has been replaced by LibreOffice (which is similar) and is no longer available in (K)Ubuntu.
Calligra is a KDE-oriented office suite that is fork of (and replaces) KOffice. It includes applications for word processing (Words), graphics and painting (Karbon and Krita), presentation and diagrams (Stage and Flow), spreadsheets (Sheets), databases (Kexi), and project management (Plan). Install:
sudo apt-get install calligra
AbiWord is a fast, collaboration-enabled word processor. For the most current version see the AbiWord web site. To install from the repositories:
sudo apt-get install abiword
GoldenDict (Multi-lingual Dictionary and Translator)
GoldenDict is multi-lingual dictionary and translator that supports Babylon and StarDict translation dictionary files and has multiple modular plugins. Install:
sudo apt-get install goldendict
Xournal is a free (GPL-licensed) GTK/Gnome-based application for notetaking, sketching, or keeping a journal using a stylus. Install (universe repositories must be enabled):
sudo apt-get install xournal
Special characters
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sudo apt-get install gucharmap
PDF Files
PDF is the file format used by Adobe Acrobat (which can be read by many e-book readers as well). There are many PDF-oriented utilities available in (K)Ubuntu. In a package manager, search for "pdf".
Print to a PDF file
(K)Ubuntu allows printing of any document to the PDF format by default. From any application:
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View a PDF document
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- Menu -> Office -> Evince
Scan to a PDF file
Gscan2pdf is a utility to do exactly that: scan to a PDF file. Multiple options for scanning can be set. Install:
sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf
Scan receipts to PDF from Android
- See this section.
PDF Toolkit (PDF file management)
PDF Toolkit allows manipulation of PDF files, including splitting, deleting pages, and other functions. See these tips.
- Install:
sudo apt-get install pdftk
- To delete pages from a PDF file:
pdftk old.pdf cat 1-9 26-end output new.pdf
- GUIPDFTK is a GUI for the PDF Toolkit.
PDF-Shuffler (PDF file management)
PDF-Shuffler is a free GTK-based utility to manipulate multiple PDF files, allowing individual pages or entire PDF documents to be re-arranged, rotated, merged, or deleted. This is an essential tool for working with PDF files. Install:
sudo apt-get install pdf-shuffler
- Run:
- Menu -> Office -> PDF-Shuffler
MaxView (PDF file management)
MaxView is a utility to capture, manipulate and rearrange, and print .pdf and .max files. Written in Qt, it is similar in some respects to Paperport.
- Download and install the .deb package (use i386 instead of amd64 if using a 32-bit OS):
wget -O maxview_current.deb http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxview/files/maxview0.7-2/maxview_0.7-2_amd64_maverick.deb/download sudo dpkg -i maxview_current.deb
- Start MaxView in a GUI by creating a menu item with the Command: maxview /home/user, where /home/user is the directory in which you wish MaxView to start.
PDFMod (PDF file management)
PdfMod is a Gnome-based application to reorder, rotate, and remove pages, export images from a document, edit the title, subject, author, and keywords, and combine documents via drag and drop. Install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pdfmod-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pdfmod
PDFedit (PDF file editor)
PDFedit is a free (GPL-licensed), Qt-based PDF file editing and manipulation program that uses a GUI for editing. Install:
sudo apt-get install pdfedit
Import PDF files into a word processor
Import PDF files into LibreOffice Writer
PDF files can be imported into the LibreOffice Writer word processor as a hybrid document (not a scanned character document) by installing:
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-pdfimport
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- A PDF to DjVU convertor (pdf2djvu) can be installed:
sudo apt-get install pdf2djvu
- A utility to scan documents to DjVU format (gscan2pdf) can be installed:
sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf
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sudo apt-get install djview4
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sudo apt-get install djvulibre-bin ghostscript wget http://0x2a.at/site/projects/djvu2pdf/djvu2pdf_0.9.2-1_all.deb sudo apt-get install djvu2pdf_0.9.2-1_all.deb
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CHM file viewers
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sudo apt-get install chmsee
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sudo apt-get install xchm
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chm2pdf --book inputfilename.chm outputfilename.pdf
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sudo apt-get install fbreader
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sudo apt-get install calibre
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Sigil (eBook editing and conversion)
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eCub (eBook editing and conversion)
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Qrencode is a command line utility to encode any line of text (such as a URL) into a QR encoded .PNG graphic image. Install:
sudo apt-get install qrencode
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man qrencode
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qrencode -o generatedimage.png "Have a Nice Day"
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qrencode -o generatedimage.png http://ubuntuguide.org
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QR Tools comprises a Python-based backend for manipulating QR codes (python-qrtools) and a GUI (qtqr). In Quantal or later, install:
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qreator (QR encoder GUI)
Qreator is a GUI-based QR code generator. See the installation instructions at the Launchpad site.
QR code viewers
- Zbar is a free open-source barcode and QR code scanner that recognizes many formats. Install the utilities and the GTK-bindings:
sudo apt-get install zbar-tools libzbargtk0
- For Android phones, a free, simple (ad-free) QR code scanner is Obsqr, whose .apk can be downloaded and installed directly from the F-Droid site listed.
Scripts and Screenplays
- Trelby is an open source alternative to Final Draft. A .deb package can be downloaded from the website and installed directly.
- Using a MediaWiki extension, a screenplay can be written in MediaWiki, allowing conversion to other formats.
Personal Information Managers
Kontact Personal Information Manager
Kontact is the default PIM included with Kubuntu. Kontact includes email, an address book, a calendar, reminders, pop-up notes, a link to the Akregator News/RSS reader, time-tracking, and more. Its many functions resemble MS-Outlook. Through connectors it interfaces with many groupware servers (such as Kolab and eGroupware). Install:
sudo apt-get install kontact
BasKet Note Pads
BasKet Note Pads is a personal note-taking application that resides on your computer and can be used for creating "to-do" lists. It is great for centralising your thoughts in one place. Install it:
sudo apt-get install basket
Planner (Project planning & management)
Planner is an MS-Project-like planning and management tool.
sudo apt-get install planner
Time Tracker
You can keep track how long you use an application with a TimeTracker application. Keep records for billing or simply limit your Internet usage. See this list of similar-function apps for Linux.
- Project Hamster is a time-tracking applet for the Gnome desktop. Install:
sudo apt-get install hamster-applet
- Gtimelog is a simple version for GtK. Install:
sudo apt-get install gtimelog
- KTimeTracker is the KDE version. (Also see the manual). Install:
sudo apt-get install ktimetracker
Calendar clients include
- Evolution (for Gnome / Ubuntu)
- Kontact / KOrganizer (for KDE / Kubuntu)
- Mozilla Thunderbird with Lightning Plugin
- For info on group calendar servers see this section.
Mozilla Sunbird (Calendar)
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Hi! I had 3 miscarriages when I was in my 20s. Does it matter now that I am in my early 30s and I still got no child?
18th April 2014 09:52 PM #2
Dear jhayzhelle1984,
I'm so sorry to hear that. I know from personal experience how devastating a miscarriage can be. Normally if you had 3 miscarriages in a row (without any successful pregnancies inbetween) then this would be known as 'recurrent miscarriage' and you would be referred for investigations to try and establish if there was a cause of the miscarriages. For example, some women who have recurrent miscarriage have a problem with their uterus which is causing this.
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Cornell junior quarterback Jeff Mathews (Camarillo, Calif.) continued his record-setting ways with 525 yards, on 35-of-51 passing, and four touchdowns without a turnover to help the Big Red top Princeton 37-35 with a last-minute scoring drive. Mathews' single-game yardage ranks second at Cornell and third in Ivy League history. He set up John Wells' game-winning, 23-yard field goal with under a minute by driving Cornell 66 yards after receiving the ball with two minutes to play. He converted a pair of third-down chances and connected with Grant Gellatly for 35 yards to bring the Big Red down to the 11-yard line with under 90 seconds to play.
Columbia senior linebacker Mike Waller (Wayne, N.J.) led a disruptive defensive effort that included four fumbles and a safety in the Lions' first Ivy League win of the season and first win over Yale in 11 years. Waller was responsible for forcing two fumbles, including one late in the fourth quarter to set up the game-winning touchdown drive. He stripped Tyler Varga to give the Lions the ball at their own 41-yard line with 2:05. Columbia's offense took over and marched 59 yards in 1:20 to take the 26-22 lead with 45 seconds remaining. Waller finished the game with seven tackles (two solo).
Penn sophomore placekicker Connor Loftus (Villa Park, Calif.) connected on two field goals in the final 2:12 of play to push the Quakers to a 20-17 victory over Brown. Loftus booted a career-long, 45-yard field goal to tie the game at 17-17. He drilled a 30-yarder with 17 seconds left to steal the win in front of the Franklin Field faithful. Loftus also connected on both of his extra point attempts.
Cornell freshman running back Luke Hagy (Pittsburgh) posted another solid effort, recording 95 all-purpose yards and scoring his first career receiving touchdown in the Big Red's 37-35 win over Ivy unbeaten Princeton. Hagy led the team with a game-high 58 rushing yards on 14 carries and caught three passes for 37 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter.
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A.J. Cruz, Brown (Sr., DB - Lake Forest,
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Zach Hodges, Harvard (So., DE - Atlanta)
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Connor Michelsen, Princeton (So., QB - Plano,
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Michael Runger, Dartmouth (Jr., LB - Lisle,
3 tkls. (4 solo), 1 FF
Treavor Scales, Harvard (Sr., RB - Stone
Mountain, Ga.)
21 car. for 89 yds., 3 TDs
Tyler Varga, Yale (So., RB - Kitchener,
Ontario, Canada)
25 car. for 220 yds., 3 TDs, 18 pass yds.
John Wells, Cornell, Jr., PK (Paradise Valley, Ariz.)
23-yd., game-winning FG, 4 XPM
Roman Wilson, Princeton (Jr., WR - Broken
Arrow, Okla.)
6 rec. for 162 yds., 1 TD, 1 rush TD
Saturday, November 3
*Yale at Brown, 12:30 pm [YES]
*Dartmouth at Cornell, 12:30 pm
*Columbia at Harvard, 1 pm
*Penn at Princeton, 1 pm [ESPN3]
*Ivy League Contests
KEY: ESPN3 – ESPN3.com; YES – YES Network (DirecTV 631)


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Bernie says Richardson was Browns "best offensive" player
(Cleveland) - If anyone knows what Trent Richardson is feeling, it's Bernie Kosar.
Fans were shocked when then coach Bill Belichick released Kosar half-way through the 1993 season. Belichick told a press conference Kosar was suffering from "diminishing skills." Some Browns fans came to the next home game in Kosar masks.
But there are no "diminishing skills" for Trent Richardson. The Browns drafted him third overall in 2012 and he was rated as the best running back prospect since Adrian Peterson.
Kosar talked with WTAM 1100's Mike Snyder and Mike Trivisonno Thursday morning about the trade. Kosar says it's a wake-up call for all players in the NFL. If you don't play up to expectations, you can be considered expendable.
Listen to what Bernie had to say...
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Tornados tee off for the first time in 2009September 14, 2009
Davis in tie for the lead at the end of day one with a 71
Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College men's golf team teed off for the first time in the 2009-2010 season this morning at the Montreat College Fall Invitational, played at the nearby Glen Cannon Country Club in Brevard. Through day one, Brevard's Josh Davis is tied for the lead, shooting a 1-under, 71 for the first round, keeping up with Reinhardt's Zach Lindsey and Bluefield's Jason Russell.
The Tornados sit in third as a team, shooting a collective 300 through the first day, in their first tournament under head coach Michael Bayne, sitting six strokes behind tournament leader Union College.
Parker Lewis is pacing Davis with a first round 2-over, 74, with Thomas Bush recording a first round 77 and Thomas Rennie right behind with a 78. Mike Jones is also providing support to the team, carding a first round score of 78, a personal career best in the first day's action.
The Tornados tee off again tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. for the final round of the tournament.