Sorry for the long time no see! My life has been a little crazy as I've made a rather epic transition. I am no longer little Fort Millian high schooler. It's to Columbia with me, to the Honors College at the University of South Carolina.
Sweet freedom. Sweet change. Sweet refuge from dramaaa...
For the last three weeks or so, my focus has been all on the changes and not on my writing. Regrettable. But necessary. Now I am ready to buckle down and GO.
I spent a nice hour in the bookstore today doing my Cinderella Mouse thing - gather stacks of books so high I have to use my chin to keep them from falling. Then I sit down with them and scan through the pitches and acknowledgements pages, taking notes on the books that sound interesting and literary agents I need to check out. (I'll type my notes up below.)
I LOVE doing this.
I also realized something pretty epic when I was in the bookstore today. There used to be about nine shelves filled with teen fiction. Within the last three or four months, that number has grown to eleven.
If I miss this wave, I will not know what to do with myself. Thanks to Miss Stephanie Meyer and Mr. Edward Cullen, my genre is skyrocketing, maybe just in time, maybe in time....
Meh Notes:
Title - Author ~ Agent
Waiting for You - Susane Colasanti ~ ? *(I found this one interesting because the acknowledgements made references to depression and anxiety, topics of personal interest to me.)
Bait - Alex Sanchez ~ Miriam Altshulter
Snap - Carol Snow ~ Stephanie Kip Rostan
My Soul to Take - Rachel Vincent ~ Miriam Kriss (Interesting for its language. I read the first page.)
Shiver - Maggie Steifvater ~ Laura Rennert
Breathless - Jessica Warman ~ Andrea Somberg (Gorgeous cover on this one, but the only word in the pitch that caught my interest was "semiautobiographical")
Graceling - Kristin Cashore ~ Faye Bender
Kissed by an Angel - Elizabeth Chandler / Mary Claire Helldorfer (This is one I should read because it resonates so well with my life and the stories I tell, but I haven't been able to find this lady's agent if she has one.)
Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler ~ Ted Malawer (I think this title was a bad idea.)
Reincarnation - Susanne Weyn (This has the potential to be FASCINATING.)
Radiant Darkness - Emily Whitman ~ Nancy Gallt
The Fetch - Laura Whitcomb (I've heard this ones really good.)
A Kiss in Time - Alex Flinn ~ George Nicholson
As You Wish - Jackson Pearce ~ Jenoyne Adams
I left the store with:
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (I need to read her books. I just need to.)
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (So I don't have to borrow it from Megan again)
Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephanie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle (Needed this too.)
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (An extra copy because I shall be reading it for SCHOOL ^.^)
More later! <3
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Sorry for the long time no see! My life has been a little crazy as I've made a rather epic transition. I am no longer little Fort Millian high schooler. It's to Columbia with me, to the Honors College at the University of South Carolina.
Sweet freedom. Sweet change. Sweet refuge from dramaaa...
For the last three weeks or so, my focus has been all on the changes and not on my writing. Regrettable. But necessary. Now I am ready to buckle down and GO.
I spent a nice hour in the bookstore today doing my Cinderella Mouse thing - gather stacks of books so high I have to use my chin to keep them from falling. Then I sit down with them and scan through the pitches and acknowledgements pages, taking notes on the books that sound interesting and literary agents I need to check out. (I'll type my notes up below.)
I LOVE doing this.
I also realized something pretty epic when I was in the bookstore today. There used to be about nine shelves filled with teen fiction. Within the last three or four months, that number has grown to eleven.
If I miss this wave, I will not know what to do with myself. Thanks to Miss Stephanie Meyer and Mr. Edward Cullen, my genre is skyrocketing, maybe just in time, maybe in time....
Meh Notes:
Title - Author ~ Agent
Waiting for You - Susane Colasanti ~ ? *(I found this one interesting because the acknowledgements made references to depression and anxiety, topics of personal interest to me.)
Bait - Alex Sanchez ~ Miriam Altshulter
Snap - Carol Snow ~ Stephanie Kip Rostan
My Soul to Take - Rachel Vincent ~ Miriam Kriss (Interesting for its language. I read the first page.)
Shiver - Maggie Steifvater ~ Laura Rennert
Breathless - Jessica Warman ~ Andrea Somberg (Gorgeous cover on this one, but the only word in the pitch that caught my interest was "semiautobiographical")
Graceling - Kristin Cashore ~ Faye Bender
Kissed by an Angel - Elizabeth Chandler / Mary Claire Helldorfer (This is one I should read because it resonates so well with my life and the stories I tell, but I haven't been able to find this lady's agent if she has one.)
Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler ~ Ted Malawer (I think this title was a bad idea.)
Reincarnation - Susanne Weyn (This has the potential to be FASCINATING.)
Radiant Darkness - Emily Whitman ~ Nancy Gallt
The Fetch - Laura Whitcomb (I've heard this ones really good.)
A Kiss in Time - Alex Flinn ~ George Nicholson
As You Wish - Jackson Pearce ~ Jenoyne Adams
I left the store with:
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (I need to read her books. I just need to.)
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (So I don't have to borrow it from Megan again)
Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephanie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle (Needed this too.)
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (An extra copy because I shall be reading it for SCHOOL ^.^)
More later! <3
Sweet freedom. Sweet change. Sweet refuge from dramaaa...
For the last three weeks or so, my focus has been all on the changes and not on my writing. Regrettable. But necessary. Now I am ready to buckle down and GO.
I spent a nice hour in the bookstore today doing my Cinderella Mouse thing - gather stacks of books so high I have to use my chin to keep them from falling. Then I sit down with them and scan through the pitches and acknowledgements pages, taking notes on the books that sound interesting and literary agents I need to check out. (I'll type my notes up below.)
I LOVE doing this.
I also realized something pretty epic when I was in the bookstore today. There used to be about nine shelves filled with teen fiction. Within the last three or four months, that number has grown to eleven.
If I miss this wave, I will not know what to do with myself. Thanks to Miss Stephanie Meyer and Mr. Edward Cullen, my genre is skyrocketing, maybe just in time, maybe in time....
Meh Notes:
Title - Author ~ Agent
Waiting for You - Susane Colasanti ~ ? *(I found this one interesting because the acknowledgements made references to depression and anxiety, topics of personal interest to me.)
Bait - Alex Sanchez ~ Miriam Altshulter
Snap - Carol Snow ~ Stephanie Kip Rostan
My Soul to Take - Rachel Vincent ~ Miriam Kriss (Interesting for its language. I read the first page.)
Shiver - Maggie Steifvater ~ Laura Rennert
Breathless - Jessica Warman ~ Andrea Somberg (Gorgeous cover on this one, but the only word in the pitch that caught my interest was "semiautobiographical")
Graceling - Kristin Cashore ~ Faye Bender
Kissed by an Angel - Elizabeth Chandler / Mary Claire Helldorfer (This is one I should read because it resonates so well with my life and the stories I tell, but I haven't been able to find this lady's agent if she has one.)
Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler ~ Ted Malawer (I think this title was a bad idea.)
Reincarnation - Susanne Weyn (This has the potential to be FASCINATING.)
Radiant Darkness - Emily Whitman ~ Nancy Gallt
The Fetch - Laura Whitcomb (I've heard this ones really good.)
A Kiss in Time - Alex Flinn ~ George Nicholson
As You Wish - Jackson Pearce ~ Jenoyne Adams
I left the store with:
Crank by Ellen Hopkins (I need to read her books. I just need to.)
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (So I don't have to borrow it from Megan again)
Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephanie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle (Needed this too.)
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (An extra copy because I shall be reading it for SCHOOL ^.^)
More later! <3
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