Every Writer's Dream
Jun. 21st, 2007 01:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cathschaffstump...is to not have to sell yourself via publicity, but have someone stumble across your work, which is so good it speaks for itself, and then opportunity falls into your lap. That's my fantasy anyway.
It just came true tonight.
***
Here I am at Wiscon. Lalala, I've been enjoying myself, going to panels, volunteering at the Broad Universe table, pimping the anthology. Good karaoke party tonight, although I had to leave early because I had to go read, and so I didn't get to sing. It's okay. Everyone here wants to sing.
I've met Ilona Andrews and her friend Sonya Sipes. I've read with some cool people. Here's the best part of the story.
So, I brought along The Initiation Rites and Incantations of the Vampire Killers' Junior Auxiliary to read, as it's in the anthology. I was torn between it and reading part of the faerie story, but it turned out that there was a zombie story and a monster killer story, and it fit.
They laughed. They cried. Well, mostly they laughed when I read. Many people will want to buy the anthology (okay, a few, but that's good!)
I also mentioned that I was working on the Monte Cristo retelling, a story about demon binders, and a faerie soap opera set in Iowa as a quip in my introduction. After a reading, a guy came up to ask me if the Abby/Vince story was part of a longer work. I had to confess it wasn't. Then he asked me about the demon binder story.
Turns out that guy was this guy:
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/?page_id=151
and he's going to talk to this guy
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/?page_id=149
about me maybe publishing something for these people.
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/
I think I've also seen this guy around the con, and I'll hear more about having me submit a query/treatment of the first Klarion novel via appropriate business channels. There it is. Me doing what I do, and having someone walk by and say, "Man, that's good, without all the schmooze and bullshit.
To get this off my chest, let's just say
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now back to my pragmatic self. This is all about the first step. This could come to nothing. I smell rejection in the wind. Etc, etc. But it's a cool first step, and it's on my terms.
I'll update you when I find out more. I'll let you know how and if this changes the course of my summer. I'm too tired to be happy right now. It's almost one in the morning. But there is a deep sense of satisfaction.
Catherine
ETA: And another offer of work today. A Gothic Romance Novella for a (very small) press. sonyamsipe's company Cat Scratch. I'll see what I can come up with.
Do you remember what I said about the universe opening doors a few days ago? Um...yeah. Just...wow.
Must...nap...now. Shouldn't stay up until one and get up at six.
CMSS
It just came true tonight.
***
Here I am at Wiscon. Lalala, I've been enjoying myself, going to panels, volunteering at the Broad Universe table, pimping the anthology. Good karaoke party tonight, although I had to leave early because I had to go read, and so I didn't get to sing. It's okay. Everyone here wants to sing.
I've met Ilona Andrews and her friend Sonya Sipes. I've read with some cool people. Here's the best part of the story.
So, I brought along The Initiation Rites and Incantations of the Vampire Killers' Junior Auxiliary to read, as it's in the anthology. I was torn between it and reading part of the faerie story, but it turned out that there was a zombie story and a monster killer story, and it fit.
They laughed. They cried. Well, mostly they laughed when I read. Many people will want to buy the anthology (okay, a few, but that's good!)
I also mentioned that I was working on the Monte Cristo retelling, a story about demon binders, and a faerie soap opera set in Iowa as a quip in my introduction. After a reading, a guy came up to ask me if the Abby/Vince story was part of a longer work. I had to confess it wasn't. Then he asked me about the demon binder story.
Turns out that guy was this guy:
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/?page_id=151
and he's going to talk to this guy
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/?page_id=149
about me maybe publishing something for these people.
http://www.deliriumbooks.com/insider/
I think I've also seen this guy around the con, and I'll hear more about having me submit a query/treatment of the first Klarion novel via appropriate business channels. There it is. Me doing what I do, and having someone walk by and say, "Man, that's good, without all the schmooze and bullshit.
To get this off my chest, let's just say
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now back to my pragmatic self. This is all about the first step. This could come to nothing. I smell rejection in the wind. Etc, etc. But it's a cool first step, and it's on my terms.
I'll update you when I find out more. I'll let you know how and if this changes the course of my summer. I'm too tired to be happy right now. It's almost one in the morning. But there is a deep sense of satisfaction.
Catherine
ETA: And another offer of work today. A Gothic Romance Novella for a (very small) press. sonyamsipe's company Cat Scratch. I'll see what I can come up with.
Do you remember what I said about the universe opening doors a few days ago? Um...yeah. Just...wow.
Must...nap...now. Shouldn't stay up until one and get up at six.
CMSS