So I apparently haven't caught you up on the last week of New York. So my book group won out of 10 imprints for being the best imprint! Suck it literary nonfiction imprints! Romance Imprints rule!! Anyways, it was kind of amazing because I was the one who came up with the idea for our lead book title and I also wrote the first chapter to it because I was bored one day during speakers (Mom now says I should finish it. Writing a chapter is one thing! Writing a whole book with like a plot and characters and arcs and themes is a whole different ball game!) I also went to Promises, Promises which stars Sean Hayes who played Jack on Will and Grace and Kristin Chenoweth who is AMAZING!!! She was in Wicked and Pushing Daisies and The West Wing and I love her! Sean Hayes was so cute and so funny and the dancing was amazing! So glad I got to see it! The last night we had a party on the roof of one of the girl's in my magazine and book group who lived in Greenwich Village and it was super fun and very New York and a good way to spend the our last night in New York.
I am now sending queries to literary agents in an attempt to get my book represented. A query is a one page letter that is supposed to hook an agent into wanting to read more of the book and possibly taking it on to sell to publishers. It is very hard to boil your book down to two paragraphs but that's what you have to do. Then you basically get rejected until you finally don't. Or you can get rejected by everyone and have to write a different book and shop that book around and hope someone likes that one. Being a writer basically sucks. But if I can't help but make up stories, well.....I guess I should keep doing it then.
So I'm home and unemployed or as I like to think of it "assessing my options" or even better "taking a vacation" while searching for a job. I'm not even sure what I should do but I'm going to give myself a year and if I haven't figured anything out by then I'll go back to school or become a stripper or something. (I totally wouldn't be a stripper! First off, I'm not flexible and second, you know....morals and stuff).
My friend from college who I happened to live with freshman and sophomore year got married this weekend and I was one of her bridesmaids! (there was, like, a hundred million other bridesmaids.) Anyways, it was really fun to be there and be a part of the wedding even if I didn't get to actually spend much time with my friend cuz she was so busy with everyone else. I did bond with her ten year old sister and two of her friends from high school so that was pretty cool.
I'm also possibly starting up a blog in which I don't blather on about my life but I write things about...I don't know, what I think about the publishing industry and YA books and life in general. I haven't really figured out what I'm going to write about but it will be another way for me to develop a presence on the internet because as a writer you have to have a platform now where you can promote yourself and your work and since everyone who reads this blog is basically related to me I assume that you will all buy my books already (AND READ THEM TOO! Even if you don't like it. Just lie and tell me I'm amazing. Trust me, it will not give me a big head. Shannon can attest to my horrible lack of confidence sometimes).
So now...PICTURES!!!
Before Wedding! I'll get better pictures soon. You know like when we're actually in our dresses and not in robes.
Rooftop in Greenwich!
1 comment:
It's nice to have you back at home.
Basically it sounds like writers keep trying different things until they catch on with an agent and the public. Until then you just need to be persistent, so keep at it.
Love,
Dad
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