OK, so I've been thinking about what I did right and what I did wrong in my pitch sessions last year at the RWA conference. I think the main thing I did wrong was act like a silly, nervous ninny. lol. I mean for pete's sake, my day job is very intense and rather public. You'd think I would know how to act in a simple pitch session. But no, I guess it's so close to what I really want in life that I kind of lost my training. Despite all that, I still got requests for two full manuscripts, which was very cool, but still. I need to get a grip. :-)
So THIS year, I'm going to kick some ass and be me. Be professional, confident, chatty, personable, etc. and show them what I can do. In fact, some of the ladies in my crit group will be there so I'm thinking we should get together beforehand and practice. Yes, that is what we shall do!
*takes a shot of whiskey*
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
I took a test. Hmm. I'm a bad person.
| You Are 72% Evil |
 You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Prologues and Websites
OK, two topics today:
The first is Websites. I got my address redirected to a simpler web address. My site is now merely www.aliciapaige.com Much easier! That way people can remember it. And it satisfies my sense of order and neatness in the world. lol.
Next topic is prologues. They seem to be out of fashion at the moment. Now, I haven't ever written one myself, but I could see how they could drive editors and agents crazy if used incorrectly, like as an info dump. In my critique group, I've seen this problem repeatedly. So much so that I figure it must be a common problem and I think that editors and agents must be attempting to discourage it by insisting people start with chapter one.
However, if used correctly, why not? What if you have a scary, tension filled scene of something that happened to the person several years or months before the beginning of the actual story? That sort of thing is better conveyed in real time rather than later on in the course of conversation and make an effective prologue, imo. If you do that, would that be bad? No idea, lol.
Sometimes I don't get these fads other than maybe people just get sick of things. Maybe in a few years people will like them again. :-)
The first is Websites. I got my address redirected to a simpler web address. My site is now merely www.aliciapaige.com Much easier! That way people can remember it. And it satisfies my sense of order and neatness in the world. lol.
Next topic is prologues. They seem to be out of fashion at the moment. Now, I haven't ever written one myself, but I could see how they could drive editors and agents crazy if used incorrectly, like as an info dump. In my critique group, I've seen this problem repeatedly. So much so that I figure it must be a common problem and I think that editors and agents must be attempting to discourage it by insisting people start with chapter one.
However, if used correctly, why not? What if you have a scary, tension filled scene of something that happened to the person several years or months before the beginning of the actual story? That sort of thing is better conveyed in real time rather than later on in the course of conversation and make an effective prologue, imo. If you do that, would that be bad? No idea, lol.
Sometimes I don't get these fads other than maybe people just get sick of things. Maybe in a few years people will like them again. :-)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
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