There I was a week or so ago blogging about being on the last stretch of a revision. I finished –yay! – but due to some family drama, my drop off at the post office felt quiet and unceremonious. Still, I’ll take any belated wish-my-little-manuscript-well pleas anyone cares to offer up.
So what next? I’ve resurrected notes on one of my beloved women from history, known, then pretty much forgotten. That pattern. I tried to present her life first as a picture book, but editors found it a bit too foreign and too much information crammed in. They weren’t convinced a picture book could be made featuring someone whose name gets jumbled in your mouth. They were mostly right (I’m not sure about that name thing..). A year ago I wrote out the story as a chapter book, then left it to tend to other projects. Now I’m seeing the book as a combination of poetry and prose, for while I want to keep the pace moving, the words spare, the subject matter is more appropriate for older readers. Why not blend some genres?
Last night my husband asked what I was working on.
“A book about Enheduanna.”
“Remind me who she was,” he said.
“Another obscure woman.”
“But not for long,” he said. (bless this man) “I can’t wait to wear my Enheduanna T-shirt.”
🙂
I will totally wear that t-shirt too!!!
Best of luck to your ms!!!!
xoxoxo
By: jbknowles on March 3, 2008
at 2:08 pm
Hooray for your finished and sent revision! Sending you happy vibes! xo
By: d_michiko_f on March 3, 2008
at 2:41 pm
Gotta love that husband!
Wishing your ms well!
By: cfaughnan on March 3, 2008
at 2:59 pm
Thinking positive thoughts in your revised manuscript’s direction!
By: janni on March 3, 2008
at 6:40 pm
heheh oh Pete!
By: nippyfrog on March 3, 2008
at 7:19 pm
But not for long,” he said.
Oh! I like him!
By: cynthialord on March 3, 2008
at 11:41 pm
Sending good-luck vibes with your manuscript as it wings its way to … NY?
By: jillsbooks on March 3, 2008
at 11:44 pm
Congrats on getting your manuscript into the mail. And what a husband:>)
By: laurasalas on March 4, 2008
at 12:15 pm
What a great guy!
I think we need a whole series of t-shirts, with your motto. “Another Obscure Woman…”
Congrats on getting the manuscript out. You must feel great.
By: beckylevine on March 4, 2008
at 5:00 pm