From book deal to bookshelf – lessons
on January 13, 2010
Well, I’ve added the 20,000 words to Not Urban Bite – some backstory, some fleshing out and some foreshadowing for book two. Oddly enough I enjoyed the heck out of adding to the story.
I spent some time on the phone with my agent yesterday discussing my other five books. I learned something, too. The stories she likes best are the ones I wrote for the heck of it. Just for fun – just for me. Not the ones I wrote with the publishing industry in mind. Hmmm.
Also, I have two young adult books (YA) that aren’t truly YA. They’re adult books masquerading as young adult. (And apparently not hiding very well). This point was driven home the other day at Costco. I was walking out the door, waiting for the lady to check my cart and give me the coveted yellow highlighted slash across my receipt, when two teens ahead of me had a conversation. It went like this:
LOL
OMG
ROFLMAO
And I thought ‘WTF?’ Are they actually using texting acronyms to have a conversation? It took every ounce of control I had not to bash their heads together to see if a complete word would pop out. So, maybe I should stick to adult writing for now…
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