Just
wanted to give everyone a quick rundown about what’s been going on in Stacey
Land. I’ve been editing several books at one time, one of them is AGE OF EDEN
and the other is THE FIRST 22 (subject to change.) Why am I not working on
VENGEANCE? Because, Becca and I have decided to meet in Columbus, Ohio on
September 28th, to attend the Central Ohio Fiction Writer’s conference
and I want to pitch a book that I know is ready.
Who
will I be pitching to? Editor Whitney Ross from Forge Publishing, Editor Heather
Osborn from Samhain Publishing, Agent Kristin Nelson from Nelson Literary Agency,
Carlie Webber from Jane Rotrosen Agency and Emily Keyes from L. Perkins Agency.
Am I excited? Hell yes! Am I nervous? Hell yes! This will be my first pitch
session with a real agent…needless to say, I’m scared to death. I might even
cry.
Besides
that, I’ve been reading lots of other literature lately. Some of which I’ve had
the pleasure of meeting the authors and/or becoming close acquaintances with. I
was lucky enough to have the chance to read the HEX HALL, three book series by Rachel
Hawkins which I met at the Bowling Green Writer’s convention…it was a fantastic
YA series that kept me on my toes the entire time. And the more I think about
it, maybe I should have a love triangle in one of my books…it seems like the only
plot that keeps me at hello. I also read a book called PRETTY AMY by Lisa Burstein.
It was a different genre then I’m use to, but it was still good. Lisa and I are
twitter buddies, seems like Twitter has been my stepping stone into the
literary world.
Other
than that, I’ve been crazy busy at my regular fulltime job and hope that this
conference will finally give me a big break. Cross my fingers. Moving forward,
besides my strenuous writing efforts, I’ve been hard core dieting and exercising
which sounds like a miracle in this heat. I’m hoping that after this Olympic shindig
dies down I will no longer be tempted to watch the U.S. rise and win it all,
but, be focused on my books and ready to get my name out there. I hope everyone
has an awesome week and for more details about the writer’s conference we will
be attending, please follow the link below: www.cofw.org/conference.html
Hakuna
Matata and have a fantastic week!
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