Friday, August 28, 2009

Feast AND Famine

It happened again, you know. I just stepped out of another rough agent adventure--this time the agent contacted me, out of the blue, because she'd read a snippet of my novel on a private site. So I sent her the book, but it didn't do what she thought it would. Then I sent her the other, but even though she loves the writing, the characters, etc, it wasn't what she wanted either. So that was hard news, but quickly followed by notice from Cooper Renner that he was going to nominate "Render, or to Transmit to Another" for the Dzanc 2010 Best of the Web anthology. He published the story in elimae in December, and that was thrilling enough, but to have the story make Wigleaf's Top 50 and be nominated by CR--I'm over the moon.

Yes you are a good little story, mommy loves you very much.

6 comments:

Ethel Rohan said...

Ha! I'm sorry re the agent, but congrats re CR's nomination. You gotta love this business :-)

Brava.

Jason Jordan said...

Congrats on the nomination. Good luck in the selection process. :)

Laura Ellen Scott said...

Thanks for the straight line Jason. "It's wonderful just to be nominated!"

It is, though.

katrina said...

Congratulations, Laura!

pr said...

Congrats Laura! Even that agent stuff is good...it means the right one will come around..that's my take.

Laura Ellen Scott said...

oh pb, you make me smile.