I didn't realize how much time had passed since I blogged! I've been working on Revenge, but now I'm also working on a three-chapter "audition" for a Young Adult project. I was the feminista who swore in high school never to change her name so everybody would know (when I became a famous writer) that it was ME! Now I'm working my buns off to get a ghostwriting job that won't even have my married name on it.
Yet this is so much fun! Knowing that the plot is pre-approved is so FREEING. The dilemma comes when I find myself thinking of little plot twists and character details that aren't in the approved summary. I don't want to blow the deal by taking too many liberties, but I have this dream that they'll LOVE my embellishments and thank me for them. I suppose I'd better send an e-mail before I float off on a puffy cloud of my own brilliance and tick them off.
And there's the fact that even if they pick my sample chapters (out of, I suspect, the 7 or 8 they'll get from other writers), they have to sell the project to a publisher before I reap any reward. Still, what a great opportunity!
AND DON'T ASK ME FOR ANY DETAILS OF PLOT, CLIENT, ETC. YOU'LL HAVE TO TORTURE ME BEFORE I'LL TALK.
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"REVENGE OF THE SOCCER MOMS"
Never underestimate smart, funny, and slightly bored stay-at-home moms, especially when they get angry.
Teenage drivers, abusive husbands, vandals, and child molesters are no match for these women.
But when does Neighborhood Watch become Vigilantism? And when the Moms kill a cheating husband
and the 24-hour news channels camp out in their neighborhood, will their lives ever be the same?
Never underestimate smart, funny, and slightly bored stay-at-home moms, especially when they get angry.
Teenage drivers, abusive husbands, vandals, and child molesters are no match for these women.
But when does Neighborhood Watch become Vigilantism? And when the Moms kill a cheating husband
and the 24-hour news channels camp out in their neighborhood, will their lives ever be the same?
About Me
- Myra Levine
- I have edited a new and much-improved versions of my first novel, and am on the hunt for a new agent. Meanwhile, I'll be working on my second novel and dreaming of book deals and movie rights. Like all writers. Back in the 80's and 90's, I ran a video production company for many years and wrote dozens of TV and radio ads, political spots, and training and marketing videos. Then I adopted my daughter from China, met and married David, adopted a son from Vietnam, and began writing fiction. (Some of the political ads were fiction, but that's another story.) Now I'm revising my second novel, and caring for my mother and mother in law, both diagnosed with dementia. If I can turn my personal circus into a best seller, it will all be worthwhile. Otherwise, it's a daily root canal.
HERE'S THE QUESTION
Can a smartass mom achieve commercial success as a novelist? My husband and our creditors sincerely hope so.
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