STATUS: Blogging before noon! It’s happy hour someplace, right? Grin.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? DID YE GET HEALED by Van Morrison
It’s no secret that I love reading on my Kindle but I still laughed at Green Apple Books Smackdown on Youtube—Book vs Kindle.
They’ve gone 8 rounds if you want to view them all.
But here’s the latest for Storytime. Enjoy!
STATUS: I hit the office early today. First up, a UK contract that needs to be reviewed
What’s playing on the iPod right now? ON THE TURNING AWAY by Pink Floyd
Just a heads up that I’m on vacation all of next week and therefore won’t be blogging. If I were smart, I’d do as agent Nathan does and have guest bloggers but I have to admit that I’m not organized enough this week to make that happen. So you’ll just have to live without for a week.
And to kick off the weekend, an excellent funny to share. It’s so juvenile but I laughed and laughed. Couldn’t resist sharing. I don’t know who thinks up these skits but this one is classic.
Enjoy!
STATUS: I think I need another weekend to recover from my weekend. Grin.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? ROUTE 66 by Natalie Cole
Really? Could I blog about anything else today? Enjoy!
So you can track us, I’m wearing a white visor and Simone has on a blue bandanna.
Watch the chick in front of Simone. She ends up falling into the boat. Better than the alternative I have to say.
Lesson of the day: tuck you feet securely while in the raft.
Also, we are going through two sets of the rapids. In the second set, look at the rock to the right of the picture.
My personal favorite is the shot where pretty much everyone in the boat disappears in the spray.
STATUS: Tomorrow is a holiday so I won’t be blogging. Have a great 4th!
What’s playing on the iPod right now? HOUNDS OF LOVE by Kate Bush
Oops. Perhaps I should have clarified yesterday’s statistics because requesting 15 sample pages from 52 queries sounds pretty great.
That is until you hear the explanation. Be forewarned, the real statistics are daunting.
So yesterday I read 52 queries. That is true. However, these 52 queries were set aside for me to read out of three weeks’ worth of queries.
On average, the agency gets 100 to 150 email queries a day. So in the last 21 days, we received 2,625 queries (using an average of 125 queries a day). Out of those 2,625 queries, Julie and Sara set aside 52 queries for me to read and review.
Out of those 52 queries, I asked for sample pages from 15 writers. In reality, I just basically asked for 15 sample pages from 2,625 queries.
Now before you die of heart failure, that’s probably not wholly accurate either. I know Sara has also been requesting sample pages and I actually don’t know how many she has requested from queries over the last 3 weeks.
So I’m guessing the total is more like 30 or 40 requests for sample pages out of 2,625 queries.
Now you know why I’ve spent so much time teaching you folks how to write that silly query pitch blurb!
And because I can’t leave you in doom and gloom right before the holiday weekend, just remember that ‘re’ is a drop of golden sun…
This put a huge smile on my face. I hope it does the same for you!
More than 200 dancers performed their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Railway Station of Antwerp. With just 2 rehearsals, it is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program where they are looking for someone to play the leading role in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.
STATUS: Chutney and I are heading to Central Park. Or maybe we’ll do Riverside today. Either way, I should take at least one picture of her in Manhattan. What’s a New York trip without one gratuitous Chutney pic?
What’s playing on the iPod right now? SILLY LOVE SONGS by Paul McCartney & Wings
Today’s funny courtesy of Sherry Thomas—who despite writing emotionally wrenching and beautifully written historical romances, has a keen sense of humor. Today’s post is perfect coming from her.
TGIF! Enjoy your day.
STATUS: I’m going to be on a plane all day tomorrow so no blogging.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? RIDE LIKE THE WIND by Christopher Cross
I should probably say Friday Inspirational as not all the videos or links that I share on Fridays are funny per se but that’s the tag label so I’m grouping them together.
I love the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. Last year, I shared the video clip of Paul Potts, a rather rumpled looking mobile sales men, auditioning by singing Nessun Dorma and just stunning the audience.
On April 11, 2009, a rather rumpled Susan Boyle decided to take on Simon and the Gang and sing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables. She did, indeed, dream a dream. Here’s the link as the clip couldn’t be embedded.
I admit. I’m a sucker. These types of moments make me tear up.
And speaking of dreams, an agent friend shot me an email to say that the Guys Lit Wire Blog is promoting reading for boys. They’ve learned that the LA County Juvenile Justice Center has no library whatsoever. Nada. Here they’re trying to rehabilitate these kids and they haven’t got a single book for them to read to show them other options for their lives. So the people running the blog are doing a two week drive to try to get the beginnings of a library for the juvenile prison there. Click here for info. They’ve got a wish list set up at Powell’s Bookstore and information for how to purchase and where to send the books, etc.
Because we all have a dream…
STATUS: TGIF! Go and have a beautiful weekend. Spring is officially here.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? CLOUDBUSTING by Kate Bush
Kudos to my client Linnea Sinclair who sent this video my way. Absolutely hilarious take on the editing process by Lara Zielin (whose debut DONUT DAYS comes out in August 2009).
She writes. She sings. She frolics in meadows (which was my favorite part!).
Enjoy and happy Friday.
STATUS: Expecting large snow storm tomorrow so lots of reading time ahead of me I think.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? TAKE A CHANCE ON ME by Erasure
Know no limitation. Have a great weekend.
STATUS: TGIF!
What’s playing on the iPod right now? WHAT YOU NEED by INXS
So, what are you capable of? Can you create three good reasons to pick you?
STATUS: TGIF! Have a great weekend.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? EVERYTHING LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC by The Police
Okay, absolutely nothing to do with publishing but I’m still sick and this just made me laugh. Enjoy!