Well, temporarily done. Modified rapture.
I finished the rough draft this morning. Twenty-one chapters, 206 pages. The plan next week is to polish up the first five chapters, write four more bits of commentary by my small supernatural beings, and...oh, yeah, write a synopsis that makes the book sound unputdownable. Gah.
Then pack it off to Kate Schafer, superagent. (Check out her new agency by the way--kt literary. And she does a publishing advice blog as the shoe-aware Daphne Unfeasible) Then, if all is well, Kate will send it to Harcourt to see if they want it.
And while they're cogitating (and after that and after that), I revise, revise, revise, revise.
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- Ellen Booraem
- I live in coastal Maine and write fantasies geared to the middle-school-age reader, although adults read them, too. Having a blog defies generations of self-effacement, and yet I hang in there.
My books!
TEXTING THE UNDERWORLD, a fantasy for ages 10+. "Affecting, funny, and provocative," says Publishers Weekly. (Click photo to buy.)
SMALL PERSONS WITH WINGS, a fantasy for ages 10 and up, is out in paperback. "A fairy story that's wistful, humorous, and clever," Publishers Weekly says in a starred review. (Click photo to buy.)
THE UNNAMEABLES (also fantasy for ages 10+) is out in paperback. Kirkus Reviews called it "an ever-surprising, genre-defying page-turner."
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4 comments:
Oh, I so wish I were where you are. I still have approx 10,000 words to go. I just want the first draft done. Can you send some first-draft fairy dust my way???
Er, Barrie... Better watch out for that fairy dust. It's powerful stuff, and unintended consequences abound. ;)
Wow, you've been working hard Ellen! This is so exciting!
Shhh. Pepper...don't give away all the fairy's secrets. And maybe BArrie WANTS an entirely new character introduced on the second-to-last page of her rough draft.
Ellen
good luck with that. I am trying to finish chapter three of my option book. So I can get it out there. Of course, if they like it, I might actually have to finish it.
Teri
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