Well, I’m a day away from attending my very first writing conference, and I’m so excited!
In the past weeks I’ve been hyper-focused on my novel, Kyresa. My goal was to have it finalized, edited, and proofed by the conference, so that I could start querying agents the moment I got home. Goal attained! I can now rest easy knowing the creation part is done…and the hard part—marketing—is about to begin.
Bring it!
Tomorrow I will head off for the Cascade Writers Workshop, where I will get to work with several other writers, as well as a handful of editors and agents. Most of the authors attending also write in the fantasy genre, and I expect it will be a great time. (The numerous hilarious emails flying around between group members are starting to confirm my suspicions!) We will be workshopping, critiquing, socializing, and writing as a group, and I’ll also be pitching Kyresa at a formal pitch session. Fun!
Since I still have a gigantic To Do list to tackle before my flight tomorrow (um, starting with PACKING, sort of important…), I’m going to sign off for now. When I return, I’m sure I’ll have tons of stories to share. Can’t wait!
Also next week: I’ll be settling into a more regular blogging schedule again (TBA) and I’ll share my thoughts on Stephen King’s On Writing. I’ll leave you with one word for now: fantastic.
Stay tuned, and have a splendid rest of the week, everyone! 🙂
Eva Rieder 
July 25th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Enjoy your conference and take lots of notes! 🙂 Most importantly, have a safe trip.
July 25th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Thanks! Will do!
July 25th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
You’re welcome. 🙂
July 25th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Go Eva! Have LOTS of fun! love you
July 25th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Thank you! I’m super excited. 🙂 Love you, too!
July 26th, 2012 at 7:10 am
You. Are. Awesome.
Congratulations on the finishing and kick some butt on the submission side of things.
July 26th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Thanks so much, Mike! That means a lot, since I think you’re pretty awesome yourself! 🙂 I’m pretty excited for the conference…and marketing this book, here I come!
July 27th, 2012 at 8:04 am
Have a great time, Eva! Definitely keep us posted. 🙂
August 1st, 2012 at 11:45 am
Thanks, Regina! Blog post in the works…
July 30th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
That sounds really exciting. I’m writing a novel and the end is in sight although there’s still a lot of work to do. I’d be interested to know how you get on with securing an agent. I sent another story of mine to a couple of agents via email a couple of years ago but got nowhere. I’m thinking of self publishing my current story via Kindle. So I’ll see where that takes me. Best of luck with your work.
August 1st, 2012 at 11:47 am
Thanks for stopping by, Elaine! Unfortunately, I don’t have the answers for agents yet, since I haven’t started querying (but this stage is right around the corner). What I’ve gathered is it just a lot of perseverance and putting your best work and self forward. There are a lot of resources around the web on the process, and of course the Writers Market guidebook. Duotrope.com is also handy for finding markets. Good for you for almost finishing your novel, and best of luck on marketing it! Thanks for commenting! 🙂