Monday, what am I reading…
Lately, I've been reading articles on the internet. Saturday night I read Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison. It was a little heavy on the fantasy, but not too much to turn me off (and it was interesting enough for me to stay up until 2am to get to "the end". Now back to research. New project brewing. Holocaust story may be on the backburner for a bit. coll
Thursday Industry News:
From Publisher's Lunch:(Hopefully I don't make any typos, I just drew a henna design on my left hand and it is drying)
-Barb Burg-former public relations director at Bantam Bell-launched Barb Burg Ink (public relations agency)
-Kirby Kim, Rebecca Oliver, and Laura Bonner all left Endeavor and joined WME Entertainment
-John Oakes and Colin Robinson launch OR Books (POD?)-Richard Nash (formally of Soft Skull Press) and Dedi Felman (formally of Simon and Schuster) launch an online community targeting writers, publishers, and readers. Members rate writer's work and, hopefully, they are offered contracts.
-Evan Goldfried left William Morris and joined Jill Grinberg Lit. (reps genre fiction, graphic novels, food, health, humor, and pop culture).
-Hilary Rubin Teeman-promoted to editor at St. Martin's Press-Lian Tanner-author of Museum of Thieves (first in fantasy trilogy) sold at auction to Michelle Poploff at Delacorte by Jill Grinberg Literary
-Alexis Barad-Ctler joined PlayBac as associate publisher-Lindsay Guzzardo-joined Guidepost Books as associate editor of inspirational fiction
-Alan Goldsher's Paul is Undead: The british Zombie Invasion (cute title) sold to Jaime Costas at Pocket by Jason Allen Ashlock of Movable Type Literary
Well, I hope something in there is useful to somebody! Have a great day!
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Whatever Wednesday…
I know. I'm a little late. But the teens, the house, my projects, the baby bunnies in my care... okay, no excuses.I fed the bunnies. Grocery shopped, and bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Stopped at the library--returned and checked out books. Asked them to order Linda Joy Singleton's book, Dead Girl Walking. Fed the bunnies. Wrote a draft of a new novel. Checked my inbox obsessively for positive agent news. Fed the bunnies. Read a new novel. Fed the bunnies. Went to sleep at 2 am.coll
Tuesday writing challenge…
Today my challenge was to perfect my cookbook proposal called BAKING FOR THE FEY: How to Placate Faeries and Improve Your Luck. My challenge was to find agents who represent YA fiction and cookbooks. Some of my favorites weren't on the list, but I read all of the websites (and as many interviews as I could find) and I think the list I made is full of winners. Started with ten today. Will update if I hear anything! Coll
Monday: What am I reading…
This weekend I read another memoir of a Holocaust survivor. The book is called Rena's Promise--Rena Kornreich Gelissen's story written by Heather Dune Macadam. This is a powerful book and much of the information is pertinent to my project. I suppose I will be adding this book to my "must purchase" list. I also read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The book is told through the innocent eyes of the Auschwitz Commandant's son. Full of symbols. I don't want to give away too much. After seeing the movie and reading the book, I have to say that the movie version ending was much more emotional. I'm trying to get through another book called In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen by Nechama Tec. The story is about a Jewish boy who is able to pass himself off as a German/Pole. He eventually ends up working for the German Police. He takes the job to survive, and passes on as much information to the Jewish underground as possible. Very interesting but also very text-book like. **Now, I'm at the "what if" stage of my project. I have some parameters because I've written the rough of a book that could be a sequel. Certain elements from that book will be worked into this project but... I have a tiny nugget of information about a job that was done in Auschwitz by two woman. There are no names, ages, etc. associated with them so I pretty much have free reign in the story. I had an idea but I'm wondering if, even now, it might be too offensive. I was thinking of the Patty Hearst Syndrome. These two girls lived for some time in the villa of the Commandant. What if one of the girls falls in love with her captor? He of course, would feed her lies. Would that cross a line? What do you think? Coll
