You may or may not know, but I'm attempting to be e-published. When I made the decision last May to boldly pursue writing as a career, I was gung-ho about finding an agent. It didn't matter that I about a million ideas (okay, it was more like 5) with no 'The End' in sight to my current WIP; I wanted an agent, damn it! After receiving a rejection on a writing sample for a packaged YA deal, I took a step back and went on a break. Then somewhere along the way, I started writing again.
In that time I've taken on 2 pen names and have contracted something for each other them. But oh no, that ain't good enough. Now I want to write sweet and sassy Southern stories under a third pen name (J. J. Hanson). This month, I'm bustin' my hump to (1) edit and re-write a sci-fi romance novella, (2) finish a paranormal vampire novella, and (3) a couple of paranormal short stories. What hits me upside the head today like a bolt of lightening? That's right, friends. A new idea.
And not just any new idea -- this is a pretty good idea, if I do say so myself. I'm itching (itching) to share it but I won't. When written, this idea won't land me an agent but it might get me in with my dream e-publisher. The bad thing about this lightening bolt from my muse: I'm freaking busy! So to satisfy Her Royal Hiney-ness, I wrote the plot and character names down on a scrap of paper and shoved it into my ideas file folder. Maybe I can get to it by the end of the year.
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That's great, Jana!!! :)
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that always the way it works, though? You get the best idea just when you have the least time to deal with it?
ReplyDeleteYou'll manage it, I'm sure. And congrats. :)
*rolls eyes and laughs* That happens to me all the time. The busier I am, the more great ideas I get. Then when I have to sit and write, no ideas. You know what I hate the most? The fact that most of the time the idea is better than the ones I'm working on. But I hate to leave those I'm working on hanging, so instead of stopping to write the new idea, I plow on with the ones I'm working on. Someday I'll do the opposite of everything - like George Constanza. *lol* Maybe it'll work better for me.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Jana!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to stop in and check out the blog. Love it! Any fellow Speedy-crusher is a friend of mine. I'll add you to my site. :) And thanks so much for stopping by mine!!
Sara and Tempest have said it.
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