First, a huge THANK YOU! to everyone who downloaded my excerpt and tried to leave a review (whether you succeeded or not – it wasn’t easy for some). Untalented did not make the semi-finals, but I appreciated your support during the quarterfinal … Continue reading
This is my ABNA quarterfinals “sticky” post for Untalented. Newer regular postings can be found immediately below this. For the newly arrived to this blog, my YA fantasy, Untalented, reached the quarterfinals in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. So … Continue reading
I’m IN! Doing the snoopy dance! Now I know how those Idol contestants feel when they make Hollywood week.
Nathan Bransford had a post today on dealing with rejection. And, with impeccable timing, I received a rejection today. So here’s how I deal with it: I allow myself to grieve. For between 1 hour and 1 day. But it’s … Continue reading
Well, for better or worse, I decided to enter Untalented in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. After reading this, I hope it’s not for worse. :-)
SlushPile has a recent post on how luck influences one’s fate in publishing. I’ve been reflecting on this type of thing for a while, not just as it relates to my writing, but my career and most of the good … Continue reading
I’m writing this post for future release, but wanted to get my thoughts down while they were fresh. I’m not posting this in real-time because I don’t want to jinx myself by coming across to the editor involved as a … Continue reading
!!! :-) :-) :-) Today, I feel wonderful. I am doing the Snoopy dance. I have happy feet. Barring unforeseen Grinch-iness from the world-at-large, I plan to feel this way at least for the rest of the weekend, and well … Continue reading
I thought I’d elaborate a bit on something I mentioned in my last post: my pitch “success” rate. Last year at Surrey Writers’ Conference, I pitched to 3 or 4 people. Since it’s World Series time, I’ll stick to baseball … Continue reading
Whee! Even though I have the head cold from hell, I feel energized. I just got back from Surrey International Writers’ Conference, where my batting average for agent/editor pitches for Untalented went from 0.000 last year, to 0.750 this year. … Continue reading