I have about 80 pages of revisions left and I'M DONE! I've started compiling a list of agents I want to query.
Yay! Congrats! And happy wedding anniversary!
I have about 80 pages of revisions left and I'M DONE! I've started compiling a list of agents I want to query.
I had a small plot breakthrough moment today. Excited to see where this could go...
Hi guys! Hope you're all doing well. Just stopped in to say hi, and that today is my wedding anniversary. Been married 19 years now. ^_^
Okay, off to spend time with the family.
I've had a very unproductive week so far. Sometimes it feels like I have an on/off switch. Either I write a lot in a very short amount of time. Or I produce nothing at all. There's no in-between.
I went to an intense cocktail party yesterday where a bunch of writers circulated in a big room pitching to agents. ...
Got a number of nibbles and had one agent (who is on my list of dream agents) almost leaping with excitement at the pitch. Now to do that pesky editing process so I can actually send it out!
Thanks Freya and RRK!
RRK, just be careful about choosing an agent who has little to no experience in selling YA...
We all are learning all the time - some of the rules of engagement keep changing
True dat. And SPing and E-readers are REALLY changing the game (much faster than I'm sure was ever anticipated).
Hello.
I have flu.
True dat. And SPing and E-readers are REALLY changing the game (much faster than I'm sure was ever anticipated).
Awww, Lisa. That's terrible. FEEL BETTER!!!!!!! Drink lots of fluids!!!!!!!
Amen!
One of the agents I talked to yesterday said he had a client who'd written a dystopia he was having an impossible time selling. He suspected what they would end up doing was to self-publish (because she has some 14K twitter followers), try to get her preexisting fans to buy, and *then* try to pitch it to publishers again. Crazy world.
He also mentioned that I, as someone with no platform, probably shouldn't try that method.
What does he look like now???
We all do this - except I have a deadline/deadlines. I kind of just push myself through it
Hope you're having a wonderful day otherwise!
I don't have any deadlines, but (in other types of work) I do best under pressure. So maybe I should enforce some kind of deadline from now on?
What word count do you guys aim to reach each day?