Awesome! I hope the finger crossing bears good results and sooner that 18 months.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Gudanov - Aug 17, 2009 10:31:58 am PDT #2024 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Barb - Aug 17, 2009 10:32:01 am PDT #2025 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
I passed muster with initial editor, who sent my YA along to her superior. All fingers crossed now that she likes it.
AAAAAAAYYYYYYYIIIIIIIIII!!!!!
Zombie YA, yes?
Amy - Aug 17, 2009 10:34:57 am PDT #2026 of 6690
Because books.
Yeah, Barb. Now ... more waiting.
::sits on hands::
Beverly - Aug 17, 2009 10:37:04 am PDT #2027 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, Amy! Eeeee!
Barb - Aug 17, 2009 10:38:04 am PDT #2028 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, Barb. Now ... more waiting.
Aw, honey. I'll sit with you and hold your hand (not while you're sitting on them, although I might sneak a grope).
Deep breaths, babe. Deep breaths.
Amy - Aug 17, 2009 10:39:00 am PDT #2029 of 6690
Because books.
I'm so used to waiting at this point, it's like ... whatever. Just someone decide one way or another!
And I do hate it when someone has it exclusively and keeps it this long. It's just ... rude.
Barb - Aug 17, 2009 10:39:37 am PDT #2030 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Oh,they've had it exclusively?
Flag on the play, mofo. Not cool.
Amy - Aug 17, 2009 10:43:43 am PDT #2031 of 6690
Because books.
Yeah.
What's even worse is I really should have just fucking finished it while I was waiting. And I didn't.
The plan was, since their teen line was new, and I have published with Harlequin, we'd send the partial there and see if they wanted it. (Mostly because I can submit a partial there. And initially my agent thought I would need to write the whole book to sell it elsewhere, without a track record in YA.)
I figured, if they don't want it, we'll throw it at everyone else, especially after my agent read it and said it was going to be fine to submit the partial. But this has been since ... April?
Which is not that long in the publishing world, I know, but still.
Barb - Aug 17, 2009 10:48:53 am PDT #2032 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
HQN has had Thirteen, as a full, since... May, I think? But that's a different sitch altogether. I submitted it based on conversation with an editor at last year's National. Lovely Agent has put in a couple of messages to see if they'll get back to her before Armageddon.
Amy - Aug 17, 2009 10:56:31 am PDT #2033 of 6690
Because books.
One thing I will give myself credit for is that when I was acquiring, I never kept *agented* material that long. Mostly because I knew they would call up and harangue me, but still.