LIFE UPDATE: I’ve signed with my dream agent, Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties, Inc. to represent my fiction and book-related art This team up is all thanks to the very first edition of #DVPit’s author-illustrator event. I pitched my graphic novel SQUALO & MAGE, which I comped as NIMONA + DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. It follows the story of a young mage named Mage and her best friend shark Squalo as they travel Mundo on a magical adventure to seek out the Bakunawa. So excited for all these projects I have lined up and I can’t wait to share them with you guys!! Continue Reading
My first book has gone through 4 rounds of revisions (so far). Round 1, the revision after the shitty first draft. Then Round 2, which features major changes done with my editor Kate Angelella (the biggest change there was shifting the whole story from past to present tense). Then Round 3, the stretch of indecisiveness whilst querying, until my agent Caitie Flum plucked me from the Twitterverse on the night of #DVPit. This is Round 4. I spent a total of twenty-one days (not consecutively, because I have a day job, books to read, ukuleles to play, and video games to finish) wallowing in Round 4, and like every round, this one had its own challenges. The biggest–cutting down on word count. Killing your darlings is hard, especially when you have scenes that you feel need to be in the story to progress. Luckily, this is the part where things get a little less lone wolf-y and a bit more of a party. Earlier on, Caitie told me that after I finish with my revisions (based on notes from her edit letter), I should pass the manuscript along to someone who’s never read it or to my writing critique crew before handing […] Continue Reading
IT’S OFFICIAL: I am incredibly excited to announce that I’ve taken a huge leap in my career as a writer! *squeals* Straight out of the query trenches (actually in this scenario, the #DVPit Twitter trenches) after the longest wait any writer must face, I’ve beaten the dragon’s lair and signed with Caitie Flum of Liza Dawson Associates. Ms. Flum will be taking charge as she guides me through the fast (not really) and furious (oh, totally) road of traditional publishing—crossbows, katanas, and all. It’s been a crazy ride so far, and I am thrilled to finally get things rolling to see my first novel on the shelves of our favorite bookstores. Goddamn—it feels so good to finally say it! At last, the saga continues… Continue Reading
