Picture this - I'm sitting alone in my very hip, non-mommy mobile (aka minivan), waiting for the world's longest, slowest train to pass. I'm listening to the radio and my mind starts to wander, as is usually the case with us writers ;). And that's when it hits me - the idea for my next story. It unfurled before my eyes as if I was watching a movie. It was quite fascinating actually. By the time I got home, I was so excited I couldn't wait to share it with my husband, who replied with the apporopriate uh huh's and hmm's but I could tell he didn't get the magnitude of what had just happened. I'd just gotten past the hurdle of my first ms and was ready to move on...finally.
As soon as I had five minutes alone I kidnapped the computer and started doing some research for my heroine's job, and was pleasantly surprised with the amount of info I was able to collect (she's an A&R scout for a recording company). So now I'm itching to get started, but can't. Not until I mail off my partial for me current wip, which will hopefully be within a few weeks.
Needless to say, I'm anxious to mail that sucker off now, and that beats panicking any day.
4 comments:
Neat post! Having fun working on the new story, and may the editors love your submission. Good luck, Marcy!
Oops, I meant to say, 'Have fun working on the new story ...' D'oh! That's what I get for surfing late at night.
Best wishes,
Gail
Yey on the neat story idea! It's lovely when that happens. Great timing too - get that partial mailed! jx
Thanks Gail and Judy. I've just sent my partial off to an author who's running a contest on her blog. As soon as I hear back from her, i"m mailing my baby!
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