Hey, guys, I'm snap--that's obvious. I thought I should do a quick intro to myself to start to get to know people here. I found this site through my very best friend in the world--google. Anyway, I'm a high school senior, about to graduate in three weeks. I just finished my first novel, "Beauty--the Beast," and am currently trying to break into the cut throat world of publishing. I like to...um...write, but I also do magic tricks and juggle. Well, there it is. More information than you ever wanted to know about me.
Sorry, no public sanitary facilities here. Welcome to the forum, and have fun. Take writing challenges. Review others' work, and you'll also see how to improve your own. And did I mention, have fun! Be seeing you.
I hope there is a youtube video of you doing magic and juggling. Please tell me that there is !! Post the link to it immediately!!!! welcome to the site! Great site I have found!
Haha, unfortunately, I don't have a youtube account. Even if I did, I don't think I'd know how to use it. Technology and I have a love-hate relationship...
Snap - I say this seriously now, if you HAVE a video of yourself doing magic and juggling - send it to me and I will post on youtube for the world to see, lol!!!!! seriously - welcome to the site. looking forward to reading your stuff. tell me a little more about the book you have finished. what is it about (generally)
Haha, I don't even have a video of myself. Shows how ignorant I am. Anyway, my book is a young adult romance. It's a take off on the fairytale Beauty and the Beast (I bet you didn't see that one coming ) What I actually did was took the "magic" out of the fairytale, so it actually COULD have happened. Instead of a big hairy beast, it's a man hideously deformed. I just got a positive response from an agent, and am waiting for her to read my first 50 pages and synopsis.
Pure dumb luck. lol. I sent out queries, and got a positive response within a week. She still hasn't accepted me yet. I'm holding my breath.....
well good luck with that. did you send her a piece of your story, or just letter about what you had completed? what was your game plan?
I just sent out a bunch of queries....and started praying. No sample chapters, and while I did send one synopsis out, that's not who I got a response back from. I hated writing the query, though, it was so HARD!! Ah, well. I did it, which is what's important.
Congratulations on the completion of your novel. Hopefully the agent will get back to you with good news, such as she's accepting it and here's a multi-million dollar book and movie contract. Cheers
WWWWelcome sssssnap! hope to see ya around (i just drank a lot of coffee...sigh....need to stop being silly)