Posts by Christine

So what is up?

Posted by on May 8, 2007 in Publishing | 0 comments

Over the past few weeks I have been editing and shaping the first two chapters of the first book in the Coradonna’s Children series. I have been working on the book synopsis and the query letter. Query letters are a real challenge to write. I have to admit I find the whole process intimidating. This is especially true since this letter and my skill with writing it will determine if the agent or editor will even READ my work. There is a great deal of pressure to write a perfect query letter. So I have spent several weeks working on this when I would much rather have been working on writing my story. Another challenge is the synopsis. I keep telling hubby if I wanted to write short things I would not have written a novel. I have been struggling to boil the plot and action down to 500 words or less while still catching the readers interest. I guess this is part of the challenge of being an author and not just a storyteller. You have to be able to sell yourself and your work. My goal is to send out query letters to about 7 agents this coming week. Then go back to focusing on editing draft three of Lexi’s story while I wait. I hope to receive feedback from at least a few of them in the next three or four months. I want to use that feedback to help me with round two of query letters, which will include another 10 agents and two editors. I have no illusions. I understand that I will most likely get hundreds of rejections before someone even asks to read my entire manuscript and even then there will likely be more rejections before I am ever even close to getting published. However I am hoping for FEEDBACK from the agents and editors. I am hoping that the comments and ideas they share I can use to help improve my writing in general and my marketing. I also have to admit deep inside a tiny part of me dreams and imagines that someone will love my work so much they will call me within days of getting the first two chapters and ask me to send them the rest of the manuscript because they simply cannot WAIT to read it. OK ok I have a REALLY active imagination. What can I say that is why I love to tell stories. I know it will never happen but I can dream....

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Greetings

Posted by on Apr 17, 2007 in Randomness |

Hello Friends, Welcome to my web site. Who am I? For the purposes of this web site I am a story teller and would be author. I am also many other things: A wife, a mother, a friend, and a teacher, to name a few of my many other hats. This site though is to share with the world my stories, my adventures in becoming a published author and any other exciting news that relates to my storytelling. What have I written? A book, it has no title yet, and it isn’t published so I guess it is really only a manuscript. I am currently editing my third draft for the creation of a fourth draft. That fourth draft will be sent to publishers and agents and hopefully find it’s way into print. I like to write Science fiction and fantasy. The book I have written is Science fiction and takes place in the distant future. I have also started several other projects that are fantasy in nature but are not completed. Why do I write? Because I love it. I love telling stories and creating worlds. For as long as I can remember I have told myself stories. Often in the form of daydreaming in school. I used to love certain classes because I knew I could day dream through the entire class and still do well. I would tell my self stories as I fell asleep at night, and as a child I often recorded stories on a tape recorder. I am also a reader. I devour books. I love to read science fiction, fantasy, mysteries and pretty much any other fiction. Reading has given me hours and hours of enjoyment. It has only been in the past year that I have taken the risk of putting pen to paper and actually writing down one of the stories that floats around in my head. Now I want to share my story in a book, like the ones I have loved so much, and hope that someone else will enjoy my story the way I have enjoyed those of other authors. On this site I will share with you the first chapter or so of my story, plus some other little tidbits and possibly some short stories. Also I will share with you the journey I am taking to get my manuscript published. So enjoy,...

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