inspiration from successful authors

The Publication Blues by Ray White

I've queried and networked, till blue in the face
Submitted, submitted all over the place
Read my rejections (and some made me cuss)
"Great Concept,""well written"-"just not right for us."

Then what, I would ask, does it take to succeed?
If "Great Concept," "well written" won't get me a read
Persistence, it seems, in the face of rejection
Is the only sure path that leads to selection.

The odds are quite simple- you will or you won't
Those who will, do--and those who don', won't.

inspiration from successful authors

(Excerpt taken from F. Paul Wilson in ('How I Got Published')

"That- the satisfying conclusion part- is, I believe, the best reason for an utline. Count how many novels have done this to you: You're sailing along, digging the prose and the plot and the characters whe, about three-quarters of the way through, you start to notice it falling apart, eventually concluding not with a satisfying bang, not even ith a whimper. It doesn't really end, it just seems...to...dribble...away..."

Ok.

So this happens to me...except, upon completeing 'A Coincidence Away', I figured there just has to be a part 2. Possibly, part 3.

Dear Literary Agents....

I'm still waiting!!

love,
christina rozeas

author inspirations

(Taken from J.A. Jance's excerpt in 'How I Got Published')

"When my second husband and I first married, he supported all of us- the two of us, is kids and mine. It was a long time before my income from writing was anything more than fun money- 'The Improbable Cause' trip to Walt Disney World; the 'Minor in Possession' memorial powder room; the 'Payment in Kind' memorial hot tub. Seven years ago, however, the worm turned. My husband was able to retire at age fifty four and take up golf and oil painting."


dear husband:

i am at least working at getting the fun money.

and i am waiting for disney to call me.

;)

<3
christina rozeas

inspiration from other authors

(taken from Christopher Moore's Excerpt in 'How I got Published')

One night, the week before Thanksgiving, my Hollywood agent called me at work, w hich he had never done. He said that Disney wanted to buy the rights to my book outright for $300,000, but they had to have an answer by 8 p.m. or the offer was withdrawn.
(eventually....)

My agent called an hour later. He said, "We closed at $400,000."


dear literary agents looking for new blood-

hi!! i'm over here- i have more ideas than you can possibly imagine and it's not in my blood to give up or to lose a fight.

and-- disney? are you out there?

i know you'd love my stories! harry potter be damned ;)

warm regards,
christina rozeas

dear sophe kinsella:

my all-time favorite author is Sophie Kinsella.

Her books, especially the Shopaholic series, seriously put a smile on my face. It's not that I could relate to the heroine of the novels; but I could relate to the language and tone of her books.

I love Sophie Kinsella.

Seriously, it was one of my morning missions to locate some of her information so that I may send her a letter up front about how much she's inspired me. do you think she'll take on any mentees?

pray she writes back...or at least one of her people reads my letter. if anyone can help me with my books, stories and ideas, i know she can.

i'm writing, ms. kinsella!

catch me if you can

i've been on this website, promoting my books...

this one, promoting me and a worthy cause...

on facebook, here, here and here...

but not here:


yet.

supermoon nuttiness

i hope yours is going much better than mine is. i feel cold, and i am extremely irritable..i kind of want to rip the face off LML but i'm sure he feels the same way.i ran my errands this morning and couldn't seem to shake this feeling of crankiness. i figured it HAS to be a result of the supermoon, which is blinding me at this very minute. LML suggested i remove the alias from my book and put it under my name..so I did.

Check me out here.

i figured there are things i need to get going; please be prepared because i believe this list is ridiculous:

• 
  *i need a scanner to help me with some of my book ideas
  *need to get the ball rolling with my GIVEAWAY
  *i'd like to interview inspiring people within the community
  *i need to get back to my freelancing position ;)
  *my blog? i need tabs, and maybe an interesting but clean backdrop. generally, blog help?!
  *i need a publisher to recognize i have so many book ideas i've never seen anywhere before that they should just sign me.
  *i need to take a cooking class, writing class, and i'd like to go into graphic design.
  *oh yeah, #1- finish and self publish all children's stories- and fictional stories *this should take about a year or longer by myself*
  *i need a vacation to get this all done.
  *perhaps an IPad i can take wherever i need to/have to go.
  *i need to market or somehow publicize my books... check them out (and follow!) here and here.
• finish entering my list of writing contests

oh, but my happiest news?!MY FOLLOWERS! I LOVE Y'ALL!

on this blog of mine, i am hoping to include a few giveaways with them soon once i get the above list done!

anyone know a way to help me? you lovely bloggers have much more expertise in this stuff than i do