tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post1179867415357591436..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: Delivering my BabyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-16881789910929023322014-06-21T11:16:47.509+10:002014-06-21T11:16:47.509+10:00Thank you Dottie. The latest email from my agent s...Thank you Dottie. The latest email from my agent says she gave it to ten editors who requested it. But now is the waiting game, "publisher time" is usually six months before you hear anything. Oh, my. More patience needed this end.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-46609573353073393152014-06-20T20:16:21.368+10:002014-06-20T20:16:21.368+10:00Wonderful post, Rita. Full of hope and direction. ...Wonderful post, Rita. Full of hope and direction. Thanks for sharing the journey of this particular baby on its way to the rest of us. Looking forward to hearing more great author news from you. :)<br />Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622521834128746217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-74597844320631415432014-06-20T19:27:19.128+10:002014-06-20T19:27:19.128+10:00Thanks Paula. It's taken a lot of time and wor...Thanks Paula. It's taken a lot of time and work. And every one of us are involved in the same work of presenting our faith-based fiction to our readers. It's our passion and a labour of love.<br />Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-64755419184783797532014-06-20T18:57:47.219+10:002014-06-20T18:57:47.219+10:00Thanks Rita :)Thanks Rita :)Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-61657235238805507652014-06-20T18:11:58.363+10:002014-06-20T18:11:58.363+10:00Hi Rita,
Wow, that blurb sounds intriguing. You...Hi Rita,<br />Wow, that blurb sounds intriguing. You've been extremely busy and productive. I hope to great news about this baby finding its home with a good publisher. Paula Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-18614829180873407282014-06-20T16:35:17.742+10:002014-06-20T16:35:17.742+10:00Birth pains are over now, Ian. PHEW!!! Just sittin...Birth pains are over now, Ian. PHEW!!! Just sitting in a waiting room hoping my baby will be adopted by a nice publishing house.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-31759906997386457232014-06-20T16:30:56.866+10:002014-06-20T16:30:56.866+10:00Thank you Andrea. My labours and trails are over, ...Thank you Andrea. My labours and trails are over, for now. It's up to the publishers. My agent tells me it's fifty/fifty either way as far as foreign authors go. Any way I'm just praying for the Lord to open the right door.<br /><br />BTW thanks for your endorsement but I just can't fit time to give Linked In any more, I'm stretched with the radio ministry plus my writing. Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-4725488043007195652014-06-20T15:54:00.865+10:002014-06-20T15:54:00.865+10:00Such a good post, Rita, for visual learners like m...Such a good post, Rita, for visual learners like me. You've made it very clear what needs to be done and the effort required. As for your 'baby', he/she sounds just perfect! May your labour be short and sweet :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449342827457837314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-86867988154359666932014-06-20T14:50:10.181+10:002014-06-20T14:50:10.181+10:00Congratulations, Rita. As Narelle says the premise...Congratulations, Rita. As Narelle says the premise of your story is fascinating. May it find a good home in the near future without too many birth pains.Ian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-9881584731293071772014-06-20T12:52:38.636+10:002014-06-20T12:52:38.636+10:00Thank you doubly for your encouraging words, Brian...Thank you doubly for your encouraging words, Brian.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-7303917450743163542014-06-20T12:32:42.288+10:002014-06-20T12:32:42.288+10:00You have to do more writing for your writing than ...You have to do more writing for your writing than you do writing.... it's hard work promoting your baby. <br />.. but.. id definitely buy your book.. it sounds like an Aussie Indiana Jones type of thing. Im not a professional reviewer.. actually not good st English and stuff.. but if you'd like a person to read it.. put me on your list Brian Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520931759153400519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-87068403511589541442014-06-20T12:32:00.213+10:002014-06-20T12:32:00.213+10:00You have to do more writing for your writing than ...You have to do more writing for your writing than you do writing.... it's hard work promoting your baby. <br />.. but.. id definitely buy your book.. it sounds like an Aussie Indiana Jones type of thing. Im not a professional reviewer.. actually not good st English and stuff.. but if you'd like a person to read it.. put me on your list Brian Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520931759153400519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-65211341221232679732014-06-20T11:38:09.467+10:002014-06-20T11:38:09.467+10:00Thanks, Narelle. Attending your seminar with the E...Thanks, Narelle. Attending your seminar with the Eastwood ladies last year was such an encouragement for me. You broke through that glass ceiling and I dared to believe it might happen if I kept persevering.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-18404260423835613042014-06-20T11:35:15.406+10:002014-06-20T11:35:15.406+10:00Thank you so much, Jeanette. I'm holding my br...Thank you so much, Jeanette. I'm holding my breath as just before answering you, my agent emailed me and told me she is at the ECPA conference and a host of the ("big boys"- her words) actually requested my proposal. Right now I feel like the token "little Aussie battler." Never give up hope and keep WRITING, never forgetting to ask the Lord's guidance. Like Ian said, it's a God thing when it happens.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-26940897435401391982014-06-20T10:46:22.334+10:002014-06-20T10:46:22.334+10:00Rita, the premise for your story sounds fascinatin...Rita, the premise for your story sounds fascinating. All the best with selling your proposal and I hope we'll hear good news from you soon :)Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-61808362772908191282014-06-20T10:19:00.751+10:002014-06-20T10:19:00.751+10:00Sounds like you have a great agent - and a engagin...Sounds like you have a great agent - and a engaging book proposal Rita. Wishing you all the best. I can certainly sympathise - some days it can be hard to believe that I will ever see my books in print. Most first time novels have something like a 10 year gestation period, slightly longer than it took to adopt our second child (at 5 years). BTW welcome to Twitter & thanks for the tag. I'm following you now :)Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-86094804326486262732014-06-20T08:49:37.567+10:002014-06-20T08:49:37.567+10:00Oh thanks, Jo for such encouragement. I need it ri...Oh thanks, Jo for such encouragement. I need it right now as the first email I opened this morning was from my agent. She's a wag. She called it, BABY IN BIRTH CANAL. She just sent it out to some publishers so it's all happening as I write. I just feel grateful that it's being looked at. Only the Lord knows whether it will be accepted, but I have a quiet confidence that I have done all I could. And I feel I have pleased Him.Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-6213090538818865812014-06-20T08:39:47.368+10:002014-06-20T08:39:47.368+10:00Well done, Rita, on finding an agent and writing a...Well done, Rita, on finding an agent and writing another great book proposal! You certainly have chosen interesting subject matter to write about, so here's hoping and praying your agent finds STACKS of publishers out there who will have to FIGHT to publish this novel! Love the title you have chosen too. Jo-Anne Berthelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775045057529728396noreply@blogger.com