I've received the perfect Christmas present! As if inspired by "The Big Picture" (if you haven't seen this movie, you must if you love movies), I received word as I was literally leaving town that Wendy Loggia at Random House had made an offer on my book! Calls from two airports (I had a connection) ensued the following day to talk about further details and then a call from Wendy -- while I was in Barnes & Noble with my mom.
With the help of lots of nice Facebook comments, and emails and calls from friends (thank God for these ways to stay in touch when you're out of town), the glorious reality has finally kicked in. I'm especially thrilled and amazed because Wendy edits the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, as well as Libba Bray and other incredible authors(!!!) I was in awe that my wonderful agents (Lydia Wills & Alyssa Reuben) even submitted to her in the first place! I love happy endings and I'm so grateful to have one of my own... Details to come about the publishing process, since from here on in, it's all new to me (since I only know the film world). Modern art museums have the BEST gift stores
At the gift store Dia:Beacon in Beacon, NY, I found this magazine. (Warning: some contents are R-rated for profanity.) I bought it for my cousin Paula, a fellow writer and also an artist, to thank her for the boot drawings she did for Delaney Collins' site. But I haven't sent to to her yet, because I have to read it first. This is the greatest idea for a magazine ever. The editors publish notes, weird business cards, letters, photos, etc. that people have found and sent in. They might be found on the street, inside a library book, in a prison cell (the editors donate free subscriptions to any convicts who request one), anywhere. If I was still in school, I'd be sending in stuff by the carloads, because classrooms and school halls are great places to find discarded scraps. (A digression: I know people text a lot now, but I hope and believe there still a lot of note writers out there. My friends and I were big note writers in high school, and in college, my friend Marty and I wrote notes to each other in astronomy class every day. In fact, I even got a pen that lit up at the end, so I could write in the dark. I wish I'd kept some of the notes. They'd be fun to read now.) I think I find the magazine so appealing because as a writer, I'm curious about the story behind the note or photo. Any one of the items in the magazine could be a starting point for a fictional story. They had six issues at the store, and I randomly picked issue #4, but now I wish I had bought all of them. I may have to subscribe. Meanwhile, at the rate I'm getting through it, it's probably going to end up being a Christmas present for Paula, and forget the thank you... |
KathyI'm a novelist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. Find details on this "blog" about my books and appearances. Want to reach me? You can Contact Me here. What I'm working on now:
- A new YA novel - A middle grade novel - An original screenplay for the Disney Channel Writing Book of the Month:
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