Upcoming Chat with Author Jackson Pearce

Another chat has been scheduled over on AQ (Agent Query).

So if you’re hanging out eating a bag ‘o’ chips on Friday night and mindlessly flipping through videos on YouTube, pop over to AQ and chat with writer Jackson Pearce. Her YA book As You Wish will be published by Harper Collins in December of 2009.

If you’d like to pick her brain on how to make it or even just to hear what it is like to be awaiting the release of her hard work, join AQ (it is free) and stop by the chat this Friday at 7:30 pm Eastern.

On a related note, I popped over to Debutantes: Feast of Awesome and added my two cents on who I think would win in a fight of Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girls) vs. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice). Honestly, I think it would be a draw. If you want to hear why, pop over and read the comments. It’s a pile of fun.

 Blair Vs. Elizabeth 

Speaking of fun, I finally got a chance to sit down with a mocha and two hours to myself to bang away at my keyboard. I was adding a scene in and it was SO MUCH FUN!! I love to write. I’d almost forgotten the rush of drafting out a new scene. It was hard trying to get my two characters to fight with each other. They kept wanting to make amends. Maybe the fight scene wasn’t a good idea. I’ll send it to my crit partner once it simmers for a little longer–we’ll see what the flavours are like in a day or two.

God, I love writing.

Online Author Chat Recap

The chat with Rhonda Stapleton went well last night. She was a natural and the chat guests were great. Thank you to everyone who joined us and especially to Rhonda for taking the time to tell us her inspiring story and to answer all our questions. Good luck on your book tour!

It’s encouraging to hear a story of someone who made it. After querying over a hundred agents with one manuscript, she moved on to her next work, landed an agent, but still didn’t sell. Her third novel, however, has made up for it. It’s become a trilogy with an awesome book deal with Simon Pulse. She’s gonna make it! Plus, her incredible query letter hooked five agents at one time! Five! I know! That means she got to interview the interested agents and pick the one that best suited her career goals. How incredible is that? It’s uplifting to hear of someone else’s success.

Last night my husband cooked supper, I mean, ordered Chinese food and here’s what my fortune cookie said, “Your dream will come true when you least expect it.” Kind of fitting, isn’t it? 

Don’t forget to join AQ’s online chat with Tina Wexler, literary agent for ICM this Thursday, 7pm Eastern.