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In other news... I finally signed my contract so I can officially say... my YA contemporary sold to Entangled!! (This happened tonight. The contract lady was working til 2am, bless her) I'm going to wait until at least tomorrow to post on twitter because I have a blog post ready to go that includes peices of the emails my editor sent me and I want his approval before I post it. As soon as he responds I'll tweet my news and post the whole thing on the blog. But the weight is off now, its all official and stuff
In other news... I finally signed my contract so I can officially say... my YA contemporary sold to Entangled!! (This happened tonight. The contract lady was working til 2am, bless her) I'm going to wait until at least tomorrow to post on twitter because I have a blog post ready to go that includes peices of the emails my editor sent me and I want his approval before I post it. As soon as he responds I'll tweet my news and post the whole thing on the blog. But the weight is off now, its all official and stuff
do you feel at all concerned about picking one direction, either YA or MG, as your future direction? Have you gotten much feedback about that either way? I ask because I'm struggling to decide which direction I want most to write in or whether it's realistic to shoot for publishing in both.
Anyone else have thoughts on that?
Tromboli - Congratulations!! Super thrilled for you! I love to see perseverance pay off. And I have a question. Since you've published a YA (doesn't that sound nice!) and are writing an MG, do you feel at all concerned about picking one direction, either YA or MG, as your future direction? Have you gotten much feedback about that either way? I ask because I'm struggling to decide which direction I want most to write in or whether it's realistic to shoot for publishing in both.
Anyone else have thoughts on that?
Plenty of people do it. Some people write under different names, like E. Lockheart (YA)/Emily Jenkins (MG). But off the top of my head, Lauren Myracle, Lauren Oliver, and Shannon Hale all go back and forth between the two. (Shannon Hale also writes adult, in fact.) Laurie Halse Anderson, Joan Bauer, and Jerry Spinelli too.
I am currently in the planning/researching/brainstorming phase for two new manuscripts. I don't usually do this for two things at one time, but the book I thought I'd write next is veeery quiet (and historical! and epistolary!), but the book my agent is about to start trying to sell is not-so-quiet, so I'm thinking it might be good to have another project comparable in tone in the works. I think I could happily work on either one - just trying to really take the time to get to know the characters and develop the stakes before I jump into drafting either one.
In other news... I finally signed my contract so I can officially say... my YA contemporary sold to Entangled!!
Well, I made my 30K goal for March, and even got there a day early. My April goal is another 25K. Happy almost April all!
After many stops and starts, sick children, life getting in the way, my own self-doubts as a writer, I am finally back on track. For the first time in months I managed a four-figure word count in a day and it started to really flow toward the end.
To anyone who's had a rough patch in writing, difficulty believing in yourself and all that, stick it out. It's worth it when you get back in the groove.
After many stops and starts, sick children, life getting in the way, my own self-doubts as a writer, I am finally back on track. For the first time in months I managed a four-figure word count in a day and it started to really flow toward the end.
To anyone who's had a rough patch in writing, difficulty believing in yourself and all that, stick it out. It's worth it when you get back in the groove.
After many stops and starts, sick children, life getting in the way, my own self-doubts as a writer, I am finally back on track. For the first time in months I managed a four-figure word count in a day and it started to really flow toward the end.
To anyone who's had a rough patch in writing, difficulty believing in yourself and all that, stick it out. It's worth it when you get back in the groove.
Now I just have to finish the first draft, edit, get chopped off at the knees by beta readers, get up again, edit some more, cross my fingers and hope maybe it'll catch an agent's attention this time, rinse and repeat.