Well, I’ve just sent off my very first registration for my very first writers’ event. The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Agents Day.
Of course, nothing in my life can be uncomplicated, so the post office returned the registration for insufficient postage four days later. I put another stamp on it and put it back in the mail box. Hopefully, I’ll still get in and they won’t hold it against me that the post office chose to wait until one day after the deadline to return it to me.
Most writers tend to be on the introverted side and I’m no exception, so this is going to be a real stretch for me. Probably, almost certainly, a stretch I need to make. That’s not going to make it any easier.
So, in honor of this event, I need to start working on my neglected elevator pitches for my current works (not counting those on the shelf or about to be put on the shelf).
Pitiful as they are, here’s what I have right now:
- BLOOD WILL TELL (In revision): Even Los Angeles may not be a big enough hiding place when a half-werewolf and a dragon unite to protect an innocent woman from a murderer.
- MAGE STORM (Complete): Magic is supposedly dead in Rell’s world, but when he finds himself ‘gifted’ with magic he doesn’t know how to control, he’s ostracized from his family and runs away to find someone who can help him learn to use his magic safely.
- SEVEN STARS (In first draft): A young woman warrior struggling with the berserker curse in her blood and a young prince whose gullibility put him on the wrong side of the walls at the beginning of a siege are the only hope to save a kingdom.
- THE BARD’S GIFT (In development): A young woman living on the frontier of a new world must learn to cope with an ancient gift amid the challenges of wresting a new home from dragons and malevolent neighbors.
Pretty bad. Obviously, I’ve got a lot of work to do over the next month.
Hey I know the feeling about life situations not being uncomplicated when they should be. If I could remember them all I could write a book.
But if writers tend to be introverted that means you won’t be alone if you go…you’ll be with a whole lot of others who are introverted which means you’re just be one of the crowd. 🙂
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Thanks for the pep talk.
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You know I’m a fan of Mage Storm. 🙂 Good luck with your writers’ event, I’m sure you’ll love it!
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Thanks, Jenn.
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