It's been a crazy past month for me, and for that, I profusely apologize for my absence. My editor Erica Spriggs had to let me go due to personal reasons, which left me without another editor. However, I do want to personally thank her for giving me a solid idea of doing a query and a synopsis, something that my past editors had never showed me.
But one thing that she did suggest to me as we were working on the synopsis was to join a writer's club. Now, Logansport might be strong in the arts, but writing? We're not. As far as I know, we don't have a writer's club or alliance in Cass County, and the nearest one would require me to drive out-of-town on a Saturday afternoon in which I would most likely have to be excused early due to my night job.
(Hey, someone has to make a living.)
It also doesn't help that Logansport has been without a bookstore since Borders slapped a huge "store closing" sticker on Waldenbooks in the Logansport Mall at the start of 2009. I was hoping my old day job would boost me in my endeavours and promote Angelic Guardians when the time had come.
But that has all changed.
Last week, my mom showed me a copy of the Friday morning newspaper with the headline "Greensfelder building to house bookstore" in bold on the front cover. No, it's not Books-a-Million. No, it's not Barnes & Noble. And, thank God, it isn't Borders. (I'm still holding a major grudge against them these days, but, hey, they're getting what they deserved.) No, this bookstore will be operated independently with a coffeeshop, gifts, and free Wi-Fi to boot. It's something downtown Logansport needs to attract businesses away from the east side and possibly save several mall fronts from leaving town. (If you've ever stepped into the mall these days, you'd know why... ghost town.)
Now, usually, I wouldn't brag about something like this except Kitty Keswick, author of the Freaksville series, moved all the way from California to Logansport and bought the Greensfelder building to start this bookstore. Yes, that's right, a famous young adult, supernatural, and children's writer is starting her own businnes in dinky ol' Logansport. When I heard about this, I sent her a message via Facebook to welcome her and try to set up a networking relationship so I can get my foot in the door with agents and publishing companies. Sadly, she has yet to reply to the email (which is understandable), but I'm hoping we can get things started and rolling this fall once Some Kind of Wonderful is open for business.
Guess who's gonna be camping out over there between in jobs with her Toshiba and her smoothie?
Kitty (or Marie, as I might refer to her in future posts) has a blog for you to follow, if you are interested: http://wolfychicks.blogspot.com
Also, don't forget to follow up on her progress with SKOW: http://discoversomethingwonderful.blogspot.com
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