Two of the greatest experiences of my week:
1. Walking down to a quaint little used bookstore with huge picture windows. I love used bookstores; they always put me in the best mood.
2. Finishing finals. End of story.
It’s hard to believe that I’m officially done with my first year of college. It’s even harder to believe that I’ll be in New York next week. I should start packing up for move-out, but it doesn’t feel real yet. And also I’m lazy.
I’m vowing to make this a productive summer, however, so keep me to that. I want to read 50 books, write, perfect, and hopefully submit a couple of pieces of short fiction, do some volunteering, hopefully find a job, learn Thai, and, if I can manage it, get some sleep. We’ll see how that goes.
From Elizabeth:
When you talk about publishing, do you mean PUSH will publish the piece as a novel on their website, electronically? Do they ever intimate that they will publish a hard copy for sale?
When I talk about publishing, I mean the traditional hard-copy-on-the-Barnes-&-Noble-shelf kind. That’s why the question of Scholastic taking on a young writer remains up in the air. It’s a big investment of time and money, and they want to be relatively sure, like any good business and any good publishing company, that they can get a return. They also have a name and a brand to protect.
That said, they’ve certainly done it before. Hail Caeser and Magic City are both by Gold Key winners, and I know that there have been a few others.
