Look what I made!
Highlights from my amazing DFW conference and tourist trip!
Now I can relive the trip whenever I am on my treadmill (yes, I hung it on the wall next to the computer monitor).
Grey Cup 2011 November 27, 2011
Guess who was there?
Yeah, baby!
BC all the way!
Oh, and Nickelback during the half time show was pretty cool too…
Time to go wash my BC Lions Grey Cup Champions t-shirt so I can wear it to work tomorrow!
SiWC 2011 Interlude October 22, 2011
I cannot bring myself to start talking about the awesomesauce that is Day Three before I have a chance to tell you all about Day Two. That being said, Day Three was so unfreaking-believable (and so oh-my-God long) that I am in no condition to tell you my name, let alone what happened on either day.
I will state for the record, however, that I won another door prize drawing tonight, and unless some sneaky person snuck in at the last minute as I slunk out the door at 10:54 p.m., I may have also won a silent auction item. I will learn the fate of the wireless keyboard and mouse when I arrive for Day Four tomorrow.
Wow, I cannot believe tomorrow is the last day.
I also cannot believe how exhausted I am.
Oh, and I cannot believe the pictures I have on my phone. For those of you who were there (or have learned about the Robert Dugoni shirt auction via Twitter, Facebook, or some other newsfeed), I had a front row seat… you know what I’m talking about.
C.
Book Trailer March 9, 2011
Look what I made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYVk9m4OEDo
The Firestorm Conspiracy is coming out in just over two months. Pass it around!
I have a few more neat things to share over the next week or so, and I should be able to find the time now that NaNoWriMo novels are marked and report cards are mostly done.
C.
TweetDeck September 4, 2010
Um… I may be waaaaaaaaay behind the times, but I finally downloaded TweetDeck today and I am kicking myself. I LOVE IT. There’s an #askintern chat happening as I’m typing this, but I don’t need to stay on Twitter (or TweetChat) in order to see what’s happening. Every time someone posts using the hashtag, a little bubble pops up in the top right of my screen with the tweet in it. The bubble stays for a few (maybe ten?) seconds then fades away, leaving my screen as it was.
I love this! I love, love love TweetDeck! Now I can keep Twitter on without it sucking away my time. SO KEWL!
What other social media innovations are out there that I’m missing? And what cool things can you do with TweetDeck?
C.
#askagent April 30, 2010
The incredibly popular twitter chat, #askagent, raged across the ether this evening. I missed the first hour or so, which was probably good because I am old and cannot handle the speed and chaos of the early hours on a tweet chat. I asked two questions tonight and received an answer to both. I was amazed – in the midst of thousands of tweets, my little peeps were seen and responded to.
Topics ranged from questions related to publishing timelines and times, to crazy conference stories, to marketing, and through anything and everything except queries and trends. I’m sure I missed a tonne of good stuff, but it all flies by so fast! That being said, the agents who wade into the melee are awesome.
The first question I asked was if the sarcastic heroine has been overdone in the suspense genre. The response I got was not that it has been overdone, but that it is hard to do well. The agent said it’s a hard type to write and still have the character be likeable. I have to admit this is a concern I have with my novel. I am worried my main character will come off as unlikeable. I love, love, love her to death, but I’m not sure the qualities I love about her come through quickly enough to win over a reader.
The second question was also related to characterization. I wanted to know if humour works within a suspense novel. My main character has a wry wit and often sees the humour in odd situations, and I wondered if eliciting a chuckle or two from readers is acceptable in a genre focused on adrenaline rushes. The response I received to this one was basically that humour is great in any genre as long as it is seamlessly embedded within the story, and not dumped in for the purposes of garnering a laugh. I was glad to hear this because my main character’s sense of humour is one of her more endearing characteristics, and I’d hate for her to have to lose it.
If you have a burning question you’ve always wanted to ask an agent, sign up for a twitter account, and hold onto your socks. If you don’t have a question, the conversations are worth following for the sheer amount of information on writing and the publishing industry that springs forth.
From beyond the keyboard,
Cheryl.
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