Well, shit kids. Embarrassment of riches here in Mauditland. The Geegsters are doing the Best of the Fest tomorrow night at F-fest, our first after three Best of the Week nods. This is a great local honor and I'm really proud of the Geegsters for all of our collective hard work and bad-assitude. Even my voice teacher commented to me today that we are one hell of a pack of funny bitches.
I've spent the last twenty-four hours busting my ass trying to get the first three chapters of PoE ready to send to Real NYC Agent. Tomorrow morning they get overnighted with the hallowed words "requested material" penned upon the envelope. O & O are going to the big city!
I had to write a synopsis, which was fucking painful. Condensing 260 pages/1.5 years of work into three double-spaced pages while trying to make your story sound appealing is no simple task, but I did it. I don't have time for someone to proof my synopsis, so I am sending it off on blind faith. I gave Real NYC Agent a three-week exclusive look, so in that much time I should get a yay or nay from her. If she decides to take me on, I would be taking up the mantle of The Most Ridiculously Lucky Asshole In The World, for when people ask me, "so, how many agents did you query before you got signed?" the answer would be ZERO.
Seriously. A published author (not Ellie) put in a good word for me, and this agent came after me, not the other way around. I'm not telling who.
I've been happy to be me the last few days.
That, and round trip tickets to Hartford from Austin for the dates of my reunion are only $200 today. Yee-haw skippy!
Posted by Zerd at February 12, 2008 08:20 PM