May #WriteMotivation & OWFI – What a weekend!
Oh wow, what a crazy past few days it’s been!
Where should I start?
I met Patrick Rothfuss! (There will be photographic evidence posted in a later post. Yes, I know I used two variations of the word “post” in that previous sentence. Deal with it. I don’t care right now.) But for now, his autograph!
Autographed “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss
And I met August McLaughlin, who is so very sweet and intelligent and fun! And I forgot to get a picture with her :(. But I got her book, with autograph, bwahaha!
“In Her Shadow” by August McLaughlin
Aaaaand… I pitched to two agents! One told me to go ahead and submit to him (I’m assuming I should just follow the directions on his agency website, except send to him directly, since he gave me his contact info. He didn’t really specify, and I was so nervous, I forgot to ask. Oops.)
The second agent… well, there’s a story here. The second agent requested my full manuscript. She seemed very enthusiastic, and had a LOT of questions about my story.
I found out why that evening.
I WON!
When I won 1st place in the OWFI Contest for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror novel category!
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO JUDGED ALL THE ENTRIES.
So… she’s already read the first 25 pages of Catalyst.
AND SHE WANTS THE WHOLE THING!
*twitchflailsqueak*
Okay, on to the real reason for this post…
Header image and thumbnail photograph by Hugh Lee and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sahlgoode/
So, my May 2013 Goals:
1. Set Catalyst aside and NOT TOUCH IT. (With two exceptions – a final read-through the weekend of OWFI, and if I *gasp* get any requests.)
OMG I GOT A REQUEST. *ahem* But you already know this. So… yeah.
2. Aside from hopefully at least one pitch appointment at OWFI, query 5 agents with Catalyst.
Need to start on this one…
3. Draft 2-3 short stories (including flash fiction).
Haven’t even thought about this yet.
4. Outline 1-2 new novels and start character charts
One of these is definitely going to be the 2nd Undoing book.
5. Get 5 reviews pre-written for the blog.
Ummm, yeah, gotta start on this too… but I have plenty of reading material now!
How’s #WriteMotivation going for ya’ll? Or just your regular projects, if you’re not doing #WriteMotivation?
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I’m so proud and happy for you! You did an amazing job meeting your editing deadlines and look, it paid off! YAY! *Does the DinoDance, throws cookie Confetti* I just can’t tell you how happy I am for you!! *HUGS*
😀 Thanks! I’ve still got a few tweaks to make to it before I can send it off, but I’m so close!
One HUGE advantage I have now, though, is that the agent left feedback on my entry from the contest, so I know what she wants to see for sure with it. I feel a bit like I’m cheating…
This is so exciting! So proud of you! Now, go get em’!!!!
Thanks!
Congrats! That’s so awesome that you won and she wants to see the rest of your work 😀
I KNOW! I can still hardly believe it!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you. 🙂
Thanks, CB!
I’m so excited for you, Rebekah! Huge congrats on your award and agent request. Meeting you was such a treat! Thanks for the sweet shout out. I hope you’ll keep me posted. 🙂
Thank you, and I definitely will let you know what happens! 🙂
so exciting to win first AND get a full ms request. how are you still standing? congratulations for the millionth time – never gets old saying it and i’m sure it never gets old hearing it!
Haha, I was shaking for about 10-15 minutes after they called my name.
I’m so proud of you! Congratulations!!!!
Thank you!
Congratulations! I was wondering who’d gotten the full request. I had lots of fun getting to meet you in person.
It was good to meet you, too! Thanks so much :).
You are awesome! Congrats!
Thanks, Mike! 😀
It sounds like you had an *amazing* experience – congratulations!!! That’s fabulous news!! Good luck with your goals this month – you definitely have started the month out with a band 😀
Oh my goodness, was it ever amazing! I feel like there’s no possible way I can follow up the rest of the month with a weekend like this one was, but we’ll see!
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I’m still squeezing for you. So happy for you! This is awesome!
Your May is going to be amazing. I know it. Great start after all
Thanks, KT! It was a fantastic start, I just hope I can keep the follow-through going strong, hehe.
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Great job my dear! You definitely worked hard for this 🙂 So happy to see a fellow struggling writer get some well-earned recognition!
Thanks! 😀
OMG! You met two of my favorite people in the whole world and you won! What a super cool and fabulous weekend for you!
I can’t believe you met August! Isn’t she freaking gorgeous? And Pat! He’s the coolest guy in the world. Did you know his son’s name is Oot? Yep. Totally cool guy.
Congratulations on getting the requests and the win!! That is so crazy exciting.
*tacklehugs* THANKS! It was so awesome and so amazing, and yes, August is gorgeous. Sadly, I didn’t get to interact with Patrick much. His only workshop was right before my second pitch session – the one that got the full request – but he was super awesome and took everyone to the hotel lobby and did an informal Q&A session. I missed most of it, but my friend Jess evidently grilled him (and she’s an awesome note-taker – she typed down 4k words from his workshop and Q&A), so yeah… I’m just waiting on her to email the notes to me now :D.