Ooh, canette, that's wonderful news! Congratulations. I'm so glad you found helpful info here. Good luck on the submission process!
It seems like it's been a while since we had a round of What's Everyone Working On? (Right? Or did I miss it?)
I always find this interesting.
I'm working on revisions of a middle grade novel that's mostly adventure, with a touch of history & mystery and a smidge of magic. (That's a genre, right?) I'm hoping to be query-ready around the beginning of April, but we'll see.
I'm also working on my goofy ghostwriting gig, pounding out 1000 words/day of totally wacky, talking-animal middle grade fiction. I'm having fun, even if it's something I'd never write on my own. Maybe because it's something I'd never write on my own.
So ... what are you working on?
I'd love recommendations of older MG, or YA, boy protagonist contemporary fiction to read. I have the plot, I have the character. Now I just need to find a stronger voice to tell the same story from boy perspective, in boy language. I feel like I get it, then lose it, then get it again, then lose it. This is far harder than writing the book in the first place!
I'd love recommendations of older MG, or YA, boy protagonist contemporary fiction to read. I have the plot, I have the character. Now I just need to find a stronger voice to tell the same story from boy perspective, in boy language. I feel like I get it, then lose it, then get it again, then lose it. This is far harder than writing the book in the first place!
The Lemonade War comes to mind - it's alternating boy + girl middle grade contemporary. I know a lot of people around here are big fans of Jerry Spinelli and Andrew Clements, who both do a lot of boy contemporary. John Green does amazing YA boy-contemporary.
The Lemonade War comes to mind - it's alternating boy + girl middle grade contemporary. I know a lot of people around here are big fans of Jerry Spinelli and Andrew Clements, who both do a lot of boy contemporary. John Green does amazing YA boy-contemporary.
I'm working on my gothic victorian fantasy--think Jane Eyre with magic.
hello again, wampuscat. (I love that name)
I'm still not finished with my foster kid story - it's ridiculous how I keep procrastinating. It's almost like I don't want to finish it, because that way I don't have to admit that it sucks, or something. I need someone to kick me in the butt or something, I guess, so that I'll make myself finish it.
Oh, and I'm finally editing. I haven't decided if I like editing yet or not. usually I edit as I go, so this is kind of new territory for me.
hello again, wampuscat. (I love that name)
I'm still not finished with my foster kid story - it's ridiculous how I keep procrastinating. It's almost like I don't want to finish it, because that way I don't have to admit that it sucks, or something. I need someone to kick me in the butt or something, I guess, so that I'll make myself finish it.
Oh, and I'm finally editing. I haven't decided if I like editing yet or not. usually I edit as I go, so this is kind of new territory for me.
Even if first novels often get trunked, you still learn the most from completing, rewriting, and rewriting again. Or at least, that's always been my experience.
So true. I keep coming across some real cringeworthy stuff that I can't believe I wrote. Though it's not all bad of course....