I had an amazing phone meeting with Kensington editor Audry LaFehr and her assistant, Martin Biro today.
They love my imagination, the relationship between Valerie and Lance, and how well the sex and violence work. They also said it was strong visual writing (woot!!).
They wanted to talk to me personally instead of through a letter in order to discuss what they thought needed work - basically, Dracula's Secret is very powerful, but also confusing. They suggested focusing more on the main romance, doing more with the secondary plots - ie what purpose do these characters have, etc.
So basically, I got the world's most awesome revise and resubmit phone call! Martin will be in town for Willamette Writer's conference, and he'd love to meet for dinner, too.
They made no promises, but said they loved my writing talent, wanted to give me lots of encouragement, and said that they very very rarely call an author to give her feedback.
I'm all verklempt!!
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HA HA! They are so cagey while supportive! I think a phone call is much nicer and interactive than a 7 page single spaced revision letter - still with no promises...
ReplyDeleteHere's my advice. DANCE! Work on organizing the notes you have from this phone call tonight, let it percolate tomorrow while you dance, make an outline, then run around the house cheering! The rest of the week, flesh out the outline, party, dabble with scenes, meditate, party! Wait until Monday to sit down and begin with the intent your fingers will fly, the scenes will crystallize and the story become even better than they dream. :)
Verklempt-by-proxy!
ReplyDeleteSo proud of you sweetie!
Therese's advice is spot-on.
Kisses,