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SarahWoodbury
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Post by SarahWoodbury » Sun April 5th, 2009, 4:30 pm

It is. Is this where I tear my hair out? Eat more chocolate? I just hate the waiting. It's been about two weeks since he sent it out to a small group of publishers, probably none of whom have even had time to read it yet. . .

He did send it to a film agent who thought he could sell it, but felt that it would better serve us to have a book contract first. I just find it so exhilarating that someone besides me and my immediate family actually read it and liked it.

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Post by Julianne Douglas » Sun April 5th, 2009, 5:08 pm

Best of luck to you! I hope you have a quick sale. The waiting doesn't get any easier, although you do learn to live with it.
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Post by juleswatson » Sun April 5th, 2009, 5:17 pm

Congratulations, that is so exciting about the film interest! THIS waiting process is excruciating. My agent was selling my last book deal at the exact moment my husband and I had thrown caution to the wind, dumped our entire lives and left all security in Australia, and moved on a whim to Scotland. En route to this new and terrifying life, every time I checked my emails my agent had forwarded another publisher rejection. I was standing mid-journey at Changi airport, homeless, friendless, family-less and possibly jobless, feeling like the rack was being tightened with every one. I seriously hate that bit! And FYI, even with a great end result, it can still take a while sometimes. Good luck :)
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Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
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Post by SarahWoodbury » Sun April 5th, 2009, 6:14 pm

Oh wow! That was brave of you--the kind of thing many people dream of, but never manage.

I almost don't even want to mention any of these possibilities, less because I'm afraid to jinx them, but because if it doesn't sell, it's a lot easier to go back into my hole for another try if nobody else knows what happened. For a long time I never even told anyone I was writing at all.

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