Cold Courage

[jmward14]

Submitting agent queries while under the influence of decongestants probably ranks right up there with some of the dumber stunts I've pulled in my writing life.  But ah, heck, how often do you get Donald Maass asking for "A fantasy set in the world of tunnels and homeless colonies beneath Grand Central Station" when that happens to be exactly the fantasy landscape of the novel you just finished?
Of course, I doubt if anyone's expecting the novel in question to be about Orpheus and Eurydice.  I also can't quite believe my excerpt will be his or arcaedia's cup of tea, but hey, a girl can dream.
But the Donald Maass Literary Agency isn't the only listing on my dream dance card.  raleva31had a rumba dedicated all to her the minute I learned her list spans Mark Del Franco, Melissa Marr and Eileen Cook.  IOW, all three of my major food groups--urban, angsty and funny.  So I sent her a query tonight too.  No sense in letting the a good dose of over-the-counter courage go to waste, now is there?
Now to get my sniffly, sneezy, aching, however-the-rest-of-the-ad-goes carcass to bed so I can wake up energized for work on my very first sekrit projekt.  
Every day in every way, I'm getting better and better...
I wish!
Jean Marie


 

Comments

[b-sheridan.livejournal.com]

GOOD LUCK!!!! You must keep me & Anne posted on your endeavors!

I have something that fit into Maass' December "what we'd like to see" about the Asian mythology but I only have a chapter of it and I'm such a pathetically s l o o o o w writer and then one aspect of it began to seem so "same old same old" to me that I filed that notion away....*insert pity party here*

*tosses confetti and more good luck wishes to JM*

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Thanks {{{{{Barb}}}}}.
I hear you about the slow and the "same old same old". I read the massive word counts on the LJs of some of my favorite authors, and I want to hang my head in shame. And there are some topics I just won't try to write about, because I can't think of a single new thing to bring to the party.
But dang, woman, you and Anne have beaucoup wonderful books out there--all of them written recently. And you squicked out Mrs. G! There ought to be a special award for that.
BTW, the Eurydice book is Highway from Hell. Anne read an earlier version. An epiphany about the opening coupled with a critique insight from a friend sent me back to the book to rewrite the opening and expand a few areas. If you or Anne would like to see the new version, just drop me a line off-LJ.
Hugs,
Jean Marie

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

I say dream big. Even WITH decongestants.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's why I wear high heels. Gets short little me closer to my dreams. :-)
Hope you're feeling better soon {{{{quietselkie}}}}!
Healing hugs,
Jean Marie