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Monday, September 25, 2006

Eyeballs and Agents

My right eyeball hurts right now--chalk it up to being Monday, I suppose. Still...weird.

Anyhoo, what's going on in the life of your soon-to-be-favorite (I hope) author? Well, after a wonderful weekend visit with my sister and her family, I'm settling down to work on the chapter outline for DEVON'S PLAYGROUND. Earlier this weekend, after an incredible read of some of my Critique Partner's new stuff (she's brilliant...seriously), my CP read DP (oooh...it rhymes!) and gave me her happy (well, creeped out...which is good) blessing. So now I'm pretty positive that I know what I'm doing, and that my fabulous agent will love it.

Vlad has busied himself with his own blog, of sorts. So if you're looking to get to know him better and want to truly understand how the lack of O Positive in the fridge can make a guy angsty, then check out Vlad's Notebook. (And while you're wandering around my site, don't forget to ask me for free Minion Bling and enter the Bat to School contest!)

Later this week (for all you hopeful unagented writers out there) we'll go over some basics. Namely, how to get a reputable (and perhaps fabulous) agent.

But today, me and my throbbing eyeball are going to sit down with Stephen and Devon, and work on that chapter outline.

12 Comments:

Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Whoa! AND your name is Devon... *cue spookier music*

Of course, this could only bee spookiest if my name were Dixie.

6:52 AM  
Blogger EJ said...

You could try not looking through the right eye for a bit and only look at the left side of things. Could make reading a book difficult though...........:-)

EJ

7:12 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Yeah, then I'd only get half the story. ;)

7:33 AM  
Blogger Ewoh Nairb said...

I can't wait to see what you have to say for all of us unwash... I mean unagented writers :)

I hope your eye feels better soon.

On a similar note, I started the day with ibuprofen... no, it wasn't a hangover. I busted my hump this weekend working on the pantry remodel. The wife is happy though.

11:37 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

The eye's all better (apparently, working on scary stories fixes that). Congrats on the new pantry!

3:02 PM  
Blogger Jackie said...

Eeee! I can't wait to read DP! And EGB! And...and...and EVERYTHING that you write!!!

5:56 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Awwww, Jax wins the sweetest Minion of the day award. :)=

5:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm. I look at those photos by each other and wonder...is Vlad Jackie's son? Or will that be revealed in a future book?

8:42 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Uhhh, nope! Vlad is the son of Tomas and Mellina Tod. And Jackie is a paranoraml romance goddess. And I, of course, adore them both. :)

9:03 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Wow...that's a fairly nasty typo on "paranormal"...

6:05 AM  
Blogger Alyssa Goodnight said...

I look forward to the agent tips!
Checked your site--very creepy-cool!

8:40 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Glad you like it, Alyssa!

Tips coming soon!

5:32 AM  

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