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| Lenora, the soon-to-be-(in)famous Author |
Yes, yet another detour from the story of Madame Dorion (if
you don't like all these detours, please feel free to buy the book and find out
what happens next ;-)
My first published novel, My Adventures as Brother Rat,
marketed primarily as a Young Adult novel, has been looking for another home.
Sam's Dot Publishing originally published Brother Rat, but Sam's Dot is no
longer alive and well, and at best it was a small, albeit quite good, indie publisher. Sam's
Dot had many followers with the books and magazines, and Rat was quite happy
there, as were Jiang Li: Warrior Woman of Yueh, and Yadh, the Ugly.
Now, however, Brother Rat wants to move out of her box, and
into the world at large. On the advice of friends who have published, and published with
overseas agents, I queried an agent in Hong Kong. After all, it makes sense to
me – Bother Rat lives in Ancient China. And, today, Agent Kelly and I have
agreed to work together. So far, it's a "verbal" agreement, as I just
received the "Agreement Between Author and Literary Agent" which I
need to read carefully, sign, and return via scanning and email ;-) But it
looks like I'm finally going to be allowed to play with the Big Kids!
Wheeeee.....!!!!!
The biggest, and most forceful, push came from my friend Jo Alkemade, who wrote
the novel, Belonging in Africa. She greatly encouraged me to look for an
agent in Asia since 5 of my completed novels and novellas take place in China.
It took a while to find one, but it appears I now have an agent in Hong Kong.
Or will as soon as I sign and return the Agreement.
Of course, when the Big Kids let you come in and play, they
expect you to play by their rules. I'm not sure what this will do to my life (I
have a life?) for a while, as she wants some edits done to Rat, and she wants
them done ASAP after I receive them ;-) However, I am, to put it extremely
mildly and with as much blandness as I can find, EXTREMELY EXCITED!!!
Next week, I promise, we'll get back to Marie and her trek
across the country. In the meantime, I'm going to bounce off the walls for a
while ;-)
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