But, these days, I'm constantly finding myself jumping up and down (no, I have not yet landed an agent, nor have I heard word back from the magazine competitions...which reply closer to April or May)
Early April:
The lovely agents at FinePrint Lit will be announcing their winner for the Backspace Query Competition, also Burnside Review and various other magazines/competitions will be announcing their winners.
April 12: Rebecca Rasmussen's novel, The Bird Sisters is released!
April 19: My birthday!!!!
April 26--Take Action Tour:
Silverstein and Bayside concerts in Raleigh!
July 13--LeakyCon 2011, LitDay
John Green, Scott Westerfeld, Kate Schafer Testerman, plus other awesome people and agents, and publishers (I'm swooning right now!)
August 4-7--PNWA Conference!!
You get to speed pitch, listen to speakers, meet agents, SOCIALIZE, make friends....I cannot wait. I cannot wait. Not only this, but I will be staying with my lovely friend, Jennifer Olson who I have not seen in far, far too long. (Yay!!!)
Things I will need for the writing conferences:
- My voice recorder cleared out (currently has battery acid) so I can have fresh batteries and record notes people say to me. Also so I can be all Dirty Work and say "Note to self..." (Or so I won't have to call my voicemail and say "Steph, this is Steph. This is the idea for a story/novel/portion of your memoir I was thinking of while stuck in stop-and-go traffic." Driving a stick is hazardous (sp?), talking is not.
- Business cards (awaiting them, any day now!)
- Pages of two FINISHED and EDITED novels: Confessions of an Immortal Heart and Igniting a Firestarter
- Speed pitch--written, practiced, verbalized (at PNWA it's 3 minute sessions. Gotta talk quick! Be ready to provide pages. This is what I learned from Janet Reid's blog).
- Confidence
- A good hook
- Nice clothing (thank you tax refund!)
- Money to buy books! And apparel! And awesomeness!
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ReplyDeleteJust saying, you have two completed novels (one that you cranked out in 20 days?!, a bunch of friends who read all your stuff, and a buttload of awesomeness... I'd say your well on your way to getting published. Stick with it, I'm sure these confrerences are going to be a great experenience (horray taxes!).
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