Wednesday, March 29, 2006
It's Wednesday
That's about all I can say. It's Wednesday.
And it's been a while since the last post. Did I not write about going to Shreveport to the Hustler Club? What happened there? Did I save it as a draft accidentally? I could've sworn I wrote about that. Now it's not like my husband and I frequent strip clubs, but it was the only place in Shreveport that played rock music. I think it's the only place anywhere that plays rock music. And when they played "Figured You Out" on that Saturday night just before we left, I thought I was gonna freak out. I like that song way too much. So much so that when I was listening to it yesterday I missed the turn at Lockesburg on my way to Nashville and ended up having to go through Mineral Springs to get there. I was ten minutes late to my adjunct faculty observation.
I hate when I can't get the ideas in my head to turn off. I started on the first chapter of my sequel right after I came back from Shreveport. I had some of the first page down, then wrote the other scene that's toward the end-I had to get that one down. I worked on most of the first chapter again while at the doctor's office and the whole time I was observing Larry Cross's class. He's teaching the music class, like I do every week, so he was just lecturing on the Classical symphony...like I don't know about that already. He's doing the same things I am-so he passed his observation.
Here's some good news though-despite the two rejection(form) letters I got over the weekend. An agent from Artists & Artisans e-mailed, requesting the first five chapters. Wow. So I spent Monday morning tweaking some things and sent them in a big .pdf file. It's making me nervous, and all I can think of is what she'll find wrong with it. It's kind of a shame the middle and latter parts of the book are better than the beginning-but maybe the characters and the writing will be enough to get someone started. This agent is also a musician and dancer, and the agency doesn't have a long list of clients so maybe this is the way to go. One of the novels they sold is called the "Tuesday Erotica Club." A non-fiction book they represented is something like "The Metrosexual's Guide to Living." Not exactly high-brow literature, but that's not what I wrote. It's an indedpendent agency that's not even listed in my Writer's Market books. I always think "Wayne's World"-"I just hope you didn't think it sucked!"
That e-mail lifted my spirits some-I was beginning to get kind of down about it. But many writers have been turned down numerous times. You just have to keep trying.
I got my audition tape off to Rock Star: Season 2. The band is Tommy Lee's new band Supernova. Argggg...That would be something. I doubt the tape got there in time-I had trouble trying to figure out how to edit and Tony had to do it for me. I sent it express, but it got there a day after the Friday deadline-although the application itself said Monday March 25th. Strange, because the 25th was Saturday. Hmm...anyway, the Hawg's gig was good, but it wasn't my best. I was still battling my cold and I don't like the way I looked. I was almost over my cold until I caught one again last Friday. I went to Dr. Walker yesterday, but have to wait until I get my paycheck to go pick up my prescriptions. I should be better by the time StarDaze rolls around.
In the meantime, I'm almost finished cutting the word count on the manuscript. I took a lot out of the beginning, and have managed to cut out about 15 pages. I'm almost to the end sequence now, when they go to Las Vegas, and I've cut back the profanity and cleaned up some love scenes. (Bummer.) I'll probably have to cut the piano scene...and that turned out so well. Anyway, I'm still proud of my little hair metal love story, and am excited about its continuation. I feel like I can't get it written down fast enough. I'll probably spend all summer writing it. Then I'll be done with my sexy bass player for awhile, at least until I can get more ideas for the "prequel." It'll be sad to let him go.
And it's been a while since the last post. Did I not write about going to Shreveport to the Hustler Club? What happened there? Did I save it as a draft accidentally? I could've sworn I wrote about that. Now it's not like my husband and I frequent strip clubs, but it was the only place in Shreveport that played rock music. I think it's the only place anywhere that plays rock music. And when they played "Figured You Out" on that Saturday night just before we left, I thought I was gonna freak out. I like that song way too much. So much so that when I was listening to it yesterday I missed the turn at Lockesburg on my way to Nashville and ended up having to go through Mineral Springs to get there. I was ten minutes late to my adjunct faculty observation.
I hate when I can't get the ideas in my head to turn off. I started on the first chapter of my sequel right after I came back from Shreveport. I had some of the first page down, then wrote the other scene that's toward the end-I had to get that one down. I worked on most of the first chapter again while at the doctor's office and the whole time I was observing Larry Cross's class. He's teaching the music class, like I do every week, so he was just lecturing on the Classical symphony...like I don't know about that already. He's doing the same things I am-so he passed his observation.
Here's some good news though-despite the two rejection(form) letters I got over the weekend. An agent from Artists & Artisans e-mailed, requesting the first five chapters. Wow. So I spent Monday morning tweaking some things and sent them in a big .pdf file. It's making me nervous, and all I can think of is what she'll find wrong with it. It's kind of a shame the middle and latter parts of the book are better than the beginning-but maybe the characters and the writing will be enough to get someone started. This agent is also a musician and dancer, and the agency doesn't have a long list of clients so maybe this is the way to go. One of the novels they sold is called the "Tuesday Erotica Club." A non-fiction book they represented is something like "The Metrosexual's Guide to Living." Not exactly high-brow literature, but that's not what I wrote. It's an indedpendent agency that's not even listed in my Writer's Market books. I always think "Wayne's World"-"I just hope you didn't think it sucked!"
That e-mail lifted my spirits some-I was beginning to get kind of down about it. But many writers have been turned down numerous times. You just have to keep trying.
I got my audition tape off to Rock Star: Season 2. The band is Tommy Lee's new band Supernova. Argggg...That would be something. I doubt the tape got there in time-I had trouble trying to figure out how to edit and Tony had to do it for me. I sent it express, but it got there a day after the Friday deadline-although the application itself said Monday March 25th. Strange, because the 25th was Saturday. Hmm...anyway, the Hawg's gig was good, but it wasn't my best. I was still battling my cold and I don't like the way I looked. I was almost over my cold until I caught one again last Friday. I went to Dr. Walker yesterday, but have to wait until I get my paycheck to go pick up my prescriptions. I should be better by the time StarDaze rolls around.
In the meantime, I'm almost finished cutting the word count on the manuscript. I took a lot out of the beginning, and have managed to cut out about 15 pages. I'm almost to the end sequence now, when they go to Las Vegas, and I've cut back the profanity and cleaned up some love scenes. (Bummer.) I'll probably have to cut the piano scene...and that turned out so well. Anyway, I'm still proud of my little hair metal love story, and am excited about its continuation. I feel like I can't get it written down fast enough. I'll probably spend all summer writing it. Then I'll be done with my sexy bass player for awhile, at least until I can get more ideas for the "prequel." It'll be sad to let him go.
// posted by LJo @ 11:57 AM 
