April 26, 2006
Rejections and Sword Fights
Received another rejection yesterday. After reading it, my five-year-old asked what it was, and I explained that the letter was from someone who didn’t want my book. He then asked what the book was about. I told him it was about people solving a mystery. Since he equates all mystery-solving with Scooby-Doo, he was suitably impressed.
Then he asked, “Does your book have any sword fights.”
“No,” I told him. “No sword fighting.”
“People like sword fighting. You should put a sword fight in your book.”
I thanked him for his advice and giggled to myself after he left the room. But let’s face it, at this stage of the game I’m willing to try just about anything. So I started toying with fitting a sword fight into the paranormal I’m writing.
Now wouldn’t it be terribly funny if that was the book that sold?
Mood: Up
Music: The Arcade Fire
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