| |  Here's the thing... I have two unpublished YA novels- an earlier one from 5+ years ago that has gathered 10 + rejection slips so far and the new one I want to self-publish. I am a much better writer now than I was 5 years ago and I think the new one is better. This is a major YA contest. IF I enter the new one, I can't publish it until March or April if it loses- which means I miss the Christmas market. IF I enter the old one, I need to do one more major rewrite in the next month, and I can't submit it anywhere until March or April.
I can send one and self-publish the other, of course... but which one? I'm off to the library tomorrow to read all the old winners I can find to see what they like and that might help me make the decision. The older one needs a new title, but all the marketing pieces for it are done and I was going to start sending it again in a few weeks anyway. We need to see something break here- between the job market being so bad and not getting paid for writing, I need to concentrate on marketing and job hunting full time. I don't know that I can afford for a novel to sit in contest for six or seven months. I need to make some money or see some kind of real progress as a writer. I can't keep writing and not selling (well, actually I could, but that doesn't help with the bills!) I have a full body of work here: the manga story- which is waiting for the artist/creator to have time to finish it before it can be published, the screenplay that failed in the screenplay contest, two YA novels, 1 adult novel, the outline for a new manga with the first episode sketched out, half of YA fantasy novel done, half of a YA girl novel done, ideas for a third YA sketched out in my head, a screenplay screaming for writing time, two complete TV pilots written, and enough school stories for its own book. We've agreed that I need to sell something or at least market my heart out. I've been living with 2009 Writer's Market open, doing my homework, visiting publishing sites, checking out their catalogues, and I am slowly identifying a few that might be a good match. I should be sending things out again in a week or two. I could send both YA's to the contest as well- but then... what? Open to any reasonable suggestions... |
| | Posted 9/22/2009 3:49 AM - 118 Views - 26 eProps - 26 comments
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