Before I start, I'm just confirming that it was definitely a glitch that decided it could claim my Sunday post was posted on Saturday. That post took me much longer to write than 60 seconds, Blogger. -.-
Today is a day where I find myself with nothing to say. I've never been fond of Tuesdays, and today certainly wasn't an exception. It was typical. Wake up, go to school, go to Drama club, go to piano, go home, do homework. With the added bonus of 'eat chocolate,' of course.
Well, one exciting thing did happen today.
An Na, the author of A Step From Heaven, the book we are reading in English, visited my school today. That was pretty cool. She read aloud the first chapter of the book as well as the climax. I have this thing where I love to hear books read aloud by their writer. I think it's because the book sounds so much more alive. No one but the writer can convey through voice how they wanted their book to sound. I didn't truly feel immersed in the book until An Na read it aloud. It was through her voice that I discovered Young Ju's voice, Young Ju's world.
It was a little bittersweet, though. This is the second author who has visited my school (the first being the author of Habibi). I always ask how they went about getting published, and I'm always discouraged by how easy it was for them. That sounds weird, but it's true. Naomi Shihab Nye sent in poetry to magazines that got published, and one thing led to another for her until Habibi was a reality. An Na's mentor in college sent A Step From Heaven to an editor she knew (Roald Dahl's editor), who loved it and offered to publish it.
Everything I read about publishing boasts of agents and rejection letters and more rejection letters and, oh yeah, rejection letters. The amount of trouble I've gone through looking for publishing companies that don't require agents is astonishing. I was looking at the Penguin Imprint Speak for a while for my first novel(la), but it just didn't really fit. So I don't know what to do.
Provided, I'm just a girl who's nearly fourteen. I'm not looking for a job. I have this feeling that writing will become my job as soon as I'm published. And I just don't have time. I'm starting high school in September. The last thing I need is an editor slamming me with deadlines on top of my teachers.
Before anyone mentions self-publishing, I'm halfway there for my first NaNovel. Amazon CreateSpace wants a lot of information I'm not sure if I'm willing to give out, plus I need to do a ton more editing and have some people read it to see if it's even good. A good number of people were egging me on to make it available on Amazon, but I just don't think it'll ever happen. Sorry, student body.
Well, that's my rant. I have reading to do and chocolate to eat. I'm a very important person. XD
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