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lydamorehouse) wrote2018-04-18 10:08 am
lydamorehouse) wrote2018-04-18 10:08 am
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I'm Such a Stereotype...
I've determined today to get a decent start (well, re-start after talking to Wyrdsmiths,) on my proposal for a mystery cozy that my agent was looking for. I'm a four pages in and all I want to do is... anything else.
In fact, I just got back from running an errand and am eyeing up the dishes. I hate doing the dishes. The only thing that makes doing the dishes bearable to me is the fact that I usually watch anime while doing it.
I even started the laundry, another job I loathe.
All to avoid writing.
I'm SUCH a stereotype.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned the cozy here before. There's no real "interest." All that happened is that my agent was talking to an editor (as per her job) and the editor said something to the effect of, "You know what *I'd* love to see....? I'd love to see a cozy mystery set in the craft beer brewing community" and my agent, being an actual decent person who seems to legitimately have my back, passed on this bit of industry gossip. I'm probably the absolute worst person to try to write this. For one, I don't drink beer. AT. ALL. I grew up in a brewing town and the smell of hops kind of makes me think, unpleasantly, of overly hot, swampy days. So I never bothered to acquire a taste for it. I've done some home brewing of wines, but never (obviously, since I don't drink it) beer.
HOWEVER, the universe seems to want me to give this a try, because, by absolute chance I met a woman at Minicon who not only is a craft beer enthusiast, but ran her own craft beer brewery. So, I contacted Kathleen on Facebook and she's agreed to be my expert advisor. In fact, we got together a couple of weekends ago and talked about the local craft brewing scene. I learned a lot of interesting stuff and immediately got an idea of how the murder could happen.
So, I've been diligently poking at this proposal for several weeks now. I really want to get it done so that I can start on the part that's going to be the most difficult for me: writing the sample chapters. I should probably just start writing those, too, but [insert typical writerly whine, aka "WRITING IS HARD!"].
Who thought this was a good career for me, anyway? Oh, wait. I did.
In fact, I just got back from running an errand and am eyeing up the dishes. I hate doing the dishes. The only thing that makes doing the dishes bearable to me is the fact that I usually watch anime while doing it.
I even started the laundry, another job I loathe.
All to avoid writing.
I'm SUCH a stereotype.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned the cozy here before. There's no real "interest." All that happened is that my agent was talking to an editor (as per her job) and the editor said something to the effect of, "You know what *I'd* love to see....? I'd love to see a cozy mystery set in the craft beer brewing community" and my agent, being an actual decent person who seems to legitimately have my back, passed on this bit of industry gossip. I'm probably the absolute worst person to try to write this. For one, I don't drink beer. AT. ALL. I grew up in a brewing town and the smell of hops kind of makes me think, unpleasantly, of overly hot, swampy days. So I never bothered to acquire a taste for it. I've done some home brewing of wines, but never (obviously, since I don't drink it) beer.
HOWEVER, the universe seems to want me to give this a try, because, by absolute chance I met a woman at Minicon who not only is a craft beer enthusiast, but ran her own craft beer brewery. So, I contacted Kathleen on Facebook and she's agreed to be my expert advisor. In fact, we got together a couple of weekends ago and talked about the local craft brewing scene. I learned a lot of interesting stuff and immediately got an idea of how the murder could happen.
So, I've been diligently poking at this proposal for several weeks now. I really want to get it done so that I can start on the part that's going to be the most difficult for me: writing the sample chapters. I should probably just start writing those, too, but [insert typical writerly whine, aka "WRITING IS HARD!"].
Who thought this was a good career for me, anyway? Oh, wait. I did.