The Pursuit of Getting Published (and other stuff)

I Blame Taylor Swift (Straps on feminist skirt) Yes, I've had time to remember my many inspirations for writing a YA sci-fi/romance novel. Taylor Swift was one of them and she contributed to it...not directly, though. I do have a couple of her albums, though - full disclosure - not because I sometimes get the feeling to listen to some Taylor. (Fine, I have three of her albums, Fearless is the best, IMHO) She was able to relay in a very dorky, but honest way what teenage naivete feels like. For me, a big dumb male, the first album (Fearless) was a heart on the sleeve offering of what exactly goes on in a typical 16 year old girl's head. It's like entering a fantasy world. From this I began to extrapolate how the other half of humanity thinks. I also started thinking about the different lives the two genders lead. Gender, Fear, and Love   Your average common white male hardly ever needs to fear anything. If I ask any white man when he last feared for his safety...

Ok, before I continue regaling you of my adventures in publishing, a quick review: The book I mentioned in the last post that wasn't geared for publishing is titled CONSTANCE AND ALEXANDER. Some lucky few of you out there have read this. It's also somewhere in the bowels of Amazon.com as an e-book (under the pseudonym of William Falstaff). Happy digging if you want to read it. The book I will be pitching to agents soon (again) is titled ABBIE'S PLAYLIST FOR HARRISON. The sequel to this book is already in the works. Why am I reviewing? Last night a best friend of mine and I were driving down to see Dunkirk (Awesome war movie! You HAVE to see it in IMAX! Nolan shot the movie in 70mm wide format. You literally get lost in the situation, just like the Brits were in 1940 on the beaches.) We were talking about what we're working on and he brought up CONSTANCE AND ALEXANDER and what my plans were with it. I said no plans, maybe an edit in the future to fix any of my b...