In just a few days, a few of us will headed north to Madison to bare our souls.
Pam, Shounda and I (along with Meri from my other Writers’ Group) will be pitching our manuscripts to agents. Professionals in the field. We’ll be holding our babies up for the offering – to be laid bare along with the rest of our person.
To those haven’t done it before, it’s nerve racking even before you step up to the Registration/Check In Desk. There’s knowing your book. That’s the crux of it. To know it. To believe in it.
So you do things to give yourself the confidence to sell your book and yourself. You dress nice (but comfortable). You practice your elevator pitch (your book condensed into two paragraphs with a hook for enticement). You peruse your first three chapters and create a synopsis (a fate worse than death – so far). You create and order business cards (harder than choosing what clothes to wear).
This week, the nerves, if they haven’t gotten to you yet, will start to ramp up. Time will tick by faster – STOP ALREADY!! I already need an extra two days and they aren’t coming!
Now I’ll stop myself, stand tall and say, “Look out Madison and The Writer’s Institute, here I come!”
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