Jilli, I'm so "I KNOW HER!!!" about you.

wrod.

Congrats Jilli, that's a huge accomplishment.

Burrell, if you still need readers I'd be happy to help.

Oh thank you, that'd be great lisah.

Burrell, I didn't forget! I will get you some thoughts, as soon as work eases off and I have some brain cells. Tomorrow, I hope.

Jilli is a rock star! But we knew that.

Jilli, I'm so "I KNOW HER!!!" about you.

is never going to stop blushing

No worries, Amy, you told me that you were wicked busy and likely to not a chance to look at it until the end of the week, so I didn't think you had forgotten.

Ugh, I only got 600 words out of me on the WIP.

I have GOT to pick up the pace and get the story on the page. It's all mapped out in my head, but slow going as far as writing in a new genre. I feel like I'm hacking away.

The worse thing that can happen is that it doesn't sell. I think maybe I can live with that, you know? I was so spoiled by Vampire People.

Dilemma of the "sticking to my guns" sort.

An editor I met at RWA National is way interested in seeing straight up contemp romance of the not light and fluffy variety. She also would get authors who either write fast or have several completed manuscripts which could be released back-to-back, since they've made several bestsellers that way.

I have a straight up contemporary romance, in fact, I have three of them, set within the same family. The downside? They're all written in a dual-first POV, which has not proven popular in romance. Apparently, the "I" squicks readers out with respect to the love scenes. They also have some misguided idea that if a book is in first person, you can only get one POV. Why? I know not.

Now, here's the dilemma-- I'm speaking with Agent Kate tomorrow about all that went down at National and I mentioned this particular situation to her. I think I'm going to tell her she can submit these manuscripts with the caveat that if she likes the story but not the POV, I'd be willing to rewrite. Which irks me, but I really love these stories and would love to see them get published.

I'm not selling out, am I? I honestly think they work as is-- everyone who's read them has enjoyed them and says they work as is-- but you know, there they sit on my hard drive, not doing me a damn bit of good. If changing POV helps them sell and get out there, that's good, even if it's not my original vision for the stories. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. *sigh*

I don't think that's selling out, Barb. It doesn't seem like it's compromising the core of your stories. But I'm POV-easy. I've written both, and I've never understood readers who'll ONLY read first or third or whatever.

I have a telecon with Agent Kate tomorrow as well. Worlds, they collide.