so since this thread is SO dead i figure why not do something about it
So, we represent the caribbean here, is there anything in your NaNovel that is a real life refrence to something compltely caribbean and by this i mean, something you pass by, used to pass by everyday,something that used to be on your street but was knocked down
a name, a beach?
personal i only have some localy said smilies and metaphors...
what about you?
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53,978 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 23 29
Sure! We live in a small house on a 3 acres lot, mostly 'mondi' (bushes). We share our place with a wild bore. He himself is not very sharing.
The stories that I tell, each start with something that I happen to do or to find around the house.
greetings,
Fei
52,047 / 50,000
Nov 23, 2007 - 03 43
Not in this novel that I'm writing now, because it's set in Toronto in the 60s-70s, but I have written three mysteries all set on Bequia that describe the island and draw from my, and my friends, experiences. The problem I've found while submitting the first one to publishers though is that North American editors tell me it's too Caribbean to be of interest to their readers (therefore, they don't perceive enough of a market for it), and the Caribbean publishers say that I (as in me, the writier, an expat) am not Caribbean enough for their list because I wasn't born here. So I'm kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. Very frustrating! I haven't given up hope yet that I will eventually find an interested publisher, but I'm quickly running through the list of those who publish mysteries. It's a matter of convinceing them that, yes, there are people who would like to read about expats on a small Caribbean island, and my books will interest them. I worked in the business long enough to know that publishers often can't see the noses on their faces (or the markets that are out there waiting for particular books to be published) so much so that they become stuck in a particular rut of doing things.
25,000 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 18 07
I'm using some caribbean references, but mostly it's set in an unconfirmed place in an unconfirmed country.
48,000 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 20 33
In one of my novels, I do make reference to a tourist haunt in Jamaica and actually have part of the story staged there when the characters visit on a day out.
In terms of publishers, have you tried LMH Publishing?
52,047 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 03 18
xaymacagirl - I haven't heard of LMH PUblishing, but will check them out. Thanks!
50,167 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 02 20
I have a sequence taking place on Tobago, and since I lived there for three months, I put some of my friends and colleagues into my novel. Hope they will not mind (but I think they will never know anyhow). ;-)
51,004 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 10 41
My entire novel is set in Trinidad, and mostly in the area between Sangre Grande and Mount Hope (so far), so there will be an abundance of references. I like this.
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Nov 30, 2007 - 19 27
Wholly Caribbean setting--St. Vincent and Trinidad, mostly Port-of-Spain, with the Fyzabad riots (1937) thrown in for good measure. Story threatened to end before the 50K!
50,309 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 19 33
heh, i actually made one of my characters from my home country Grenada O.O
it just kind of HAPPENED as much does in NaNo i suppose :3
poor little unheard of Grenada we needed some love i guess so i gave it :P
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Jul 9, 2008 - 09 46
My novel is a wrk in progress,its features Anansi,Doeun,Succubi and a whole lot of other west indian references, i think our stories act greatly on how we live as people...
~~~~Remember~~~~~~
For 10,000 years Anansi has had all stories,and for 10,000 years Tiger wanted them back(Any big cat is a Tiger to west indians)