Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Career Change Has Begun

I've been working on a career change for a while now except I always knew this one was going to take some time to germinate. My long term desire is to be a full time writer of fantasy fiction. And I'm one step closer to that dream. I've finished a manuscript and it has been accepted for representation by a literary agent. Now don't get all excited because that doesn't mean it will be published. But it's a lot closer to being published than before.

I'm onto my second novel now. I have this wonderful idea (well of course I think it's wonderful) and my characters are developing nicely. The sad news is that all of this creativity in print and a full time job means I rarely get time to think about sewing these days.

I miss my sewing adventures a great deal and hopefully the approval of some leave in Feb this year will see me creating a new corset or something similar. I've still got those hat patterns and all that silk and a myriad of ideas for pretty, pretty things. Not to mention pounds of red wool which really needs to find it's way into a lovely coat for winter which will be upon me all too soon.

6 comments:

  1. Wow - congratulations! I know what you're saying, but hey, getting an agent is a great step in the right direction. Good luck!!! I think I must have missed that you were a fellow fantasy writer-type - stupid me :/ Glad to hear the writing bit is going well, even if the sewing bit isn't. Again - best of luck to you, my dear. Would love to hear (well, read) about your WIP!

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  2. I didn't know you were a writer either! But isn't getting an agent interested *extremely* good? Best of luck!

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  3. Hi! I've been thinking about you lots this week and am excited to see you back on the blog -even for just a little bit!

    Major congrats on getting an agent. I've heard that is a big part of the battle!

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  4. Thanks for the support. These past months back at work and the crazy daisy life that is living out of a suitcase has driven me insane. All the more inspiration to get a wriggle-on with the writing. Ha! I am excited but I don't want to get carried away until the day I get an actual publishing contract. Fingers crossed!

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  5. Oh that is wonderful! I'm very impressed. My goal is to get all or part of my dissertation published. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I look forward to your sewing projects; I don't sew myself, but I appreciate the craft as my mother is a very accomplished seamstress. Of course I love all things 18th century. I'm thinking I'll start an 18th-c blog soon, but I haven't even been keeping up with my silly little animal blog very well! Good luck to you!

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  6. Any chance for rococo-era steampunk or clockpunk fantasy?

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