I didn’t sleep at all last night. I was up chatting on the phone with my sister. She was helping me as a sounding board as I drafted my outline for my next book while I helped her by commenting on the links to various lace front wigs that she’s considering buying. She wants to glam herself up a little more and has even asked me for advice on makeup. WOW!
Much to my surprise early this morning I received a call from the publisher I submitted my full manuscript to. He said he had reviewed the manuscript and he thought it was “fabulous”. “I’m ready to move forward with this project,” he said. “Expect something in writing from me by the end of the day tomorrow.”
So, it seems that I am about to negotiate my first publishing deal with an independent publisher. How do I do that? I have no idea. There are countless articles on the process and I do plan to read them all since I don’t have an agent yet. I do have a friend I met through this blog who is a contract attorney so I’ll ask for her help to see if she has any advice for me.
I’ll admit, I wasn’t too thrilled when he called me. I think it was because although I’ve finished the draft of the book, I’m still working with my designer to design it and it seems like it’s taking forever to do it. I still have so much more writing to do. I have to find someone to write the foreword too. All this while I’m undertaking the NaNoWriMo challenge in November by writing my 2nd book.
So after all of those NO’s from all of those agents, it seems as though I may actually be moving forward to the publishing stage.
Speaking of the “stage” I found out that The Prez is now producing a show on Broadway. When I heard about it I was impressed and jealous at the same time. Look at dude’s bio. ~shakes head~
I want a bio like that. All I keep thinking is…I can’t wait to reach his level of resources and connections, I’m gonna blow his ass out the water with my creativity! LOL! I’m a trip.
Why do I feel so competitive with men I’m attracted to? It’s like their success drives me to do more and be more while at the same time I feel that I have to outdo them…
And I know I can…
Just give me a little time and it’s going to be…In YO FACE PREZ! And it all begins with my first book….
I hope you guys like it. I really enjoyed writing it for you.