The set deadline for ten emails was today, so I finished my ten emails. So far, I have received four out of ten responses (two from historical fiction agents, two from historical fiction authors). Unfortunately, two other emails failed to send and were unavailable - unbeknownst to me at the time I was writing the email. In addition, I finished the writing portion (not the date section) of my chart. The chart proved to be difficult as the dates needed to be lined up with actual events, and sometimes, there were blank spaces where one character did not have any content in their chapter and another did. Each chapter needs to keep the reader as intrigued as the last. Daniel Lazar encourage me to read above all, whereas the Nelson Litery Agency was legally required not to give out advice. They did, however, advice me to continue writing. I also designed a sample book cover, which isn't my final cover. The cover picture can be seen above.
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Today I started making a chart to organize my writing. Only a few chapters in, I realized that I could not finish writing this novella without some direction of where I was headed. I started copying down what I did have, organizing and editing (slightly) my writing. Not only this, but I also sent out my second through fifth emails, mostly to historical fiction authors or agents specializing in historical fiction. I received a reply back from Laurie Halse Anderson’s assisant and directly from Ruta Sepetys, both advising me on how to write a good historical fiction novel.
Ruta Sepetys’ email was somewhat surprising, as she is a busy and very popular author. In her contact information, it mentioned that she would not be able to reply to readers’ emails, and yet, three days later, her reply sat in my inbox. |
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