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Which one?
You guys ROCK!
You gave such great ideas in my post a few weeks back about titles.
Frostbite is the title of the first book about Amanda (Mandy) Smith. CLICK HERE to read that little blurb.
Book two is called Absolute Zero, so I needed a title for the third book.
Of all the suggestions and advice, both from the blog post and from fellow crit partners, I’ve narrowed it down to a final few.
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Which one do you like best?
Cryos
Snowblind
Whiteout
Frozen Night
Cryostorm
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I know which is my favorite, but I want to hear from you guys, too. Titles often change when the book is contracted because, let’s face it, publishers know more about that kind of stuff. But it’s still fun to throw around fun and catchy book titles in the mean time.
So, let me know what you think. . . .
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Surreal
You’ve heard me say it before, “This writing-thing is a journey, hang on for the ride.”
Well, here’s a neat little thing in that journey. . .
Within the last month or two, biographies of all the TribeLit authors were put up on the agency website. Now, I know I’ve hadCari Foulk as my agent since January, but I look at my bio on theTribe site and still think, “Oh my gosh, I have an agent . . . .”CLICK HERE to check it out. Feel free to leave a comment, too, that’d be pretty cool!
You guys have shared the journey with me from the beginning, so it’s fun to be able to share this excitement with you.
Where are you in your journey?
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Let the edits begin. . .
Anyone following my facebook page might know this, but I jumped into some edits on my novel, Winged, this past weekend. I’ve got some wicked-awesome crit partners reading a few of my novels, and the edits are coming in.
For those of you who are reading this and aren’t writers, we have critique partners read our novels to find mistakes on all levels. Typos, grammar, content, plot and so on. It’s really important, because we’re so close to our projects, we often can’t see what’s staring at us in the face.
While working on edits for Winged, I got another set of critiques back on Caine & Lily’s story–doesn’t have a title yet, and the blurb isn’t even up yet–but oh. . . they were good.Lot’s to fix on that one, too.
If you’re a writer and reading this, how do you handle critiques? Do you jump right in them? Read first, then take some time to absorb before diving in? **DO TELL** I love hearing how people handle them.
I love reading them, no matter how “harsh” they might be, and then letting them sink in for a day or so before I start diving in. I treasure getting feedback that’s impartial and blunt because I know that when I rewrite, the story’s going to be that much stronger!
So now I’m off to edit.
WRITE ON my friends! Woo-Hoo!
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Happy Birthday
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I wanted to send out a great big Happy Birthday wish to my agent, Cari!
Thanks for your hard work, your passion for great stories, and your encouraging spirit.
Hope you have a great day, Cari!
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The Call
So, did you celebrate yesterday with the Kool and the Gang song?
Well, as promised here is the story we’re celebrating.
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I started on this journey to publication May of 2008 by joining ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers). I’d had this 87,000-word novel, Light of Truth, but no knowledge of what I should do as my next step.
A fellow writer suggested I join ACFW, so I did. I got connected with a fantastic critique group where I learned the art of handling critiques and rewriting. Over the next eighteen months, I wrote and wrote, attended conferences, and found some authors willing to walk me through my questions/mistakes.
Then I found RWA (The Romance Writers of America) and more specifically, the special interest FF&P group (Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal). I got even more support, encouragement, and critiques.
I never really knew exactly what would happen, if anything, with my writing. Would it ever be good enough for publication? Good enough for an agent to take a risk on me? Or was I destined to just write and share it with my friends and encourage people in their writing.
I trusted God to lead the way.
Well, on Sunday January 10th, 2010, Violet Midnight won a contest & the first prize was a publishing contract-the story is HERE. Then, later that same night, I got a request for a full manuscript for Heaven’s Fire from an agent I really wanted representing my work.
Needless to say, more squealing ensued.
I mean, a contest win, then a request from a dream agent in a five-hour span?
MUCH ice cream and chocolate consumption followed as my sweet hubby and I celebrated.
So, I sent off my full to Dream Agent on Monday January 11th and then, a few hours later, my FIRST EVER book contract popped into my email box.
**Yes, I nearly fell over, yet again! I think I even found some more chocolate to eat!**
By Wednesday morning, I was finally starting to calm down a bit, but then, later in the day I got an email that shook me up all over again.
Dream Agent wanted me to call her about Heaven’s Fire.
–Gulp–
Of course I called.
Thirty minutes later, I hung up, disbelieving I’d heard Dream Agent say, “We’re interested in representing you, so think it over and let’s talk Friday.”
I must have hallucinated it. . . no other explanation.
It couldn’t happen that quickly, could it?
But then, on Friday, January 15th, it happened.
I signed on with Tribe Literary Agency. My rockstar agent is Cari Foulk.
So, thanks for celebrating this with me.
Ashley Hayes, the main character from Heaven’s Fire, demanded she get to come on the blog and tell the story, but I had to put my foot down this time. I promised her a week to host in the near future. . . so stay tuned for that.
