It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and thought it might help to think about what I’ve accomplished since I first started this venture into the world of trying to become a published children’s author. I have three manuscripts I feel pretty good about – Clara Finds Her Roots, Cross My Heart, and Chasing Tornadoes. I actually got a request from an agent for more stories after submitting Cross My Heart to her. She said she needed to “fall in love with” three stories from an author before she is willing to represent them. It sounds like she loved two of my manuscripts but not the third one. Got a couple of editors who said my story Cross My Heart was a very sweet story, but perhaps not what they were looking for right now. My last one-on-one critique with an editor at a SCBWI Conference went well. He thought my story Chasing Tornadoes was very exciting. He recommended a few changes – which I made – and I submitted the story to him. Still waiting to hear from him.
I’ve learned a lot from the each conference I’ve attended and from each critique I’ve experienced. My local critique group has been supportive and very helpful! When we read our manuscripts to each other and then bounce around ideas, I find my mind whirling with new ideas and ways to make my stories better.
So, I write on…
Lou and David Sears 