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May 26, 2005 It’s every writers dream to have their work published. I have a novel that I poured my heart and soul into and had an editor go through four times before I deemed it was perfection. And now in my mind, it’s a work of art. It deserves to be in print and on bookshelves across America. But to be at my standards and I won’t go through one of those “Publish It Yourself” places. I had one of those to contact me and they misrepresented themselves. I hate to be lied to, so I turned the company into the Better Business Bureau. In my dream, some legitimate publisher like Penguin or Simon Schuster would publish “Night Falls On Chicago” with lavish launch parties. Since my book is about vampires, I would show up in pink, a hot pink formal or ballerina pink. Hair pulled back in cascading curls. My nails done in a French manicure and wearing pink ballet slippers on my feet. I would be escorted by my husband who would be wearing an oyster grey tuxedo with tails and a pale pink shirt with a silver vest and the two boys dressed to match Daddy. I want the entire room decorated in oyster grey and pink, with touches of white as an accent color. Calla lilies, orchids, and roses everywhere you looked. Just everything you would NOT expect a horror novel launch to be. Is it too much to ask for my first novel to be picked up by a legitimate agent who would actively sell my novel as if it were gold bars? Even if they had to go to the United Kingdom, Canada or Australia to sell the novel? I even signed up on writers.net and that’s how Useless Knowledge found me. I thought “what the hey, since I’m waiting for my novel to be published, at least I can still write.” Plus I have been trying to work on a query letter to send to agents, but after my last attempt, and a last re-work, I have had no responses. That almost makes me want to quit, but I won’t. This book is too good to quit on it. My greatest passion is to write and I regret the years that I didn’t write because my spouse at the time told me that I wasn’t good and that I would never go anywhere with it. But I filled notebook after notebook anyway with my writings, I just never showed them to anyone out of fear of being laughed at. But since then, I have come to terms with the fact that I do have talent that it would be a shame to keep hidden from the outside world. I cannot go back to just writing for me anymore. I feel as if my soul is a butterfly that has broken out of it’s cocoon and that butterfly is called a writer’s soul that has been metamorphosing for so long now that it has matured into something beautiful and needs to fly free. ------------ About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com. Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die." If you have enjoyed what you read, or would like to leave Kaycee a message, please visit her message board at http://www.KayceeNilson.com/Board Email: Kaycee@kayceenilson.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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