What To Say To A Literary Agent On The Phone

Phoning the Literary Agent.

Hi how are you? I hope you got the puppy I sent you. I read an interview you gave once, at least I think it was you, and I found out you like dogs. You don’t? Oh you’re a cat person! Sorry about that, I am sure you can find someone to give the puppy to. Anyways I have written this really cool book about a vampire that falls in love with a werewolf who was adopted by fairies when her pack was attacked by flesh-eating zombies.  Everyone who reads it tells me it would make a great movie. I think you should show the manuscript to Steven Spielberg I know he is gonna flip when he sees it. I know it would appeal to a very large audience, since it is really fast paced with lots of action as well as having a great love triangle; there is an alien who is also in love with the female werewolf. I can’t tell you about the aliens, it would ruin the suspense. You just need to hurry up and read the manuscript I had tied to the puppy’s collar. It nearly choked him? Aw poor little guy!  Yeah that is the one, with the scented orange paper. I know orange is your favorite color, you can tell I did my research huh? So when do you think you can get back to me? I am really busy, I have already started the fifth book in the series but I have three more to write. When you do contact Steven…you know, Steven Spielberg? I just told you about the movie based on my novel remember! Like I was saying, when you talk to Steven ask him to check and see if Tatum Channing is free to play the lead role. You don’t think they would be interested? Why? Well they’ll be sorry later when they read the headlines about the movie breaking all the records. I think Emma Stone would make a great werewolf, try her. So when do you think you will get back to me?  I was hoping the novel could be out by the fall, so work on the movie could start by the end of the year. What do you mean you only represent non-fiction?

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Just Write It

I have been avoiding writing. I wrote night and day to complete my novel and now I am stuck in ‘the space between’ that Marilyn blogged about in Communicating Across Boundaries and I just didn’t feel like writing anything. Reading her post reminded me that everyone gets stuck there and that’s life! Then I read another  motivating post, ’10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer’ by Writerlious. And some advice was ‘write when you don’t want to’. So I am writing randomly about…

I went to get my eyebrows threaded. I have thick eyebrows. So thick, Brooke Shields would be jealous. Actually she would be grateful God didn’t paste a thick strip of fur across her forehead.  I usually don’t worry too much about these things but since my teenager has started calling me Russel  I thought I should get them threaded. 

Unfortunately I realized we also share the same hairstyle. This is not good. I am glad my husband doesn’t know who Russel Brand is. So I got husband to drive me to a beauty parlor and found out that they don’t open on Monday. So I still look like Russel. At least until tomorrow.

Travel Theme: Oceans

Reblogged from The Urge To Wander:

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Ailsa's Travel Theme this week to mark World Oceans Day, highlights the urgent need to protect our marine environment. It goes without saying that the oceans that cover more than 70% of the earth's surface, are home to more than 80 % of all life on this planet, provide more than 60% of our food and energy, generate half our oxygen and control weather patterns across the globe, are vital for the survival of our species and all other life forms.

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I thought this was a great post and something that is easy to overlook but important that we don’t so I reblogged it.