Definitely. Because whereas you've got the day-to-day living cred associated with being in the chair, that wouldn't necessarily ping prospective editors or agents that you could write it.

The resumè of articles and short fiction seals that deal for you.

Yay Allyson, yay erika!

And erika, on the day-to-day cred deb talks about, they always say "write what you know" - but that requires that you be able to write to start with. And you can.

eta: Deb, I sent something snail mail to you (in case my scrawl was completely unreadable).

TODDSON! I was just sitting down to email you - I was too out of it yesterday to even open the post that was waiting for me.

Yes, it's thread-relevant: Toddson sent me a sheet of "FOAD" stickers. If I get stuck with Mr. Post-it again, he's going to get a nice close look at the big-ass stickers.

Enjoy!

Go Erika! Go Allyson!

Yeah. That's all I've got.

Not to sound vain, because despite playing him on the internet I'm not House, but my editorial work has shown me that just because everyone has a story to tell doesn't mean they have any idea how to tell it. This apparently does not come in the Special Spirit gift box.

Is the House thing online, or, more to the point, where can I read it?

I could send you a copy to your profile...you won't see the cool format and stuff, but you could read it...

::flail::

Sample chapters, website stats, and page mock-ups have now been sent to the Nice Agent Lady. Now the nervous waiting begins. What if it's crap? What if she reads it and says "Are you kidding? No publisher in their right mind would make an offer on this!"

::flail::

I don't think that'll happen, Jilli.