Kristy Dempsey's Blog, page 6
July 12, 2010
Oh, Gravy. Good Gravy!
Look at that! It's been three weeks since I've posted. Oh the shame. Rather than allow you to believe I've just been sitting around eating bon-bons (ahem.) let me catch you up to speed on what's gone down in Casa Dempsey over the past three.
1. We are actually back in our home in Brazil after being away for almost a year. We had a great number of bags to unpack and an entire house to organize. Bags unpacked, check. House organized? Moving on . . .
2. I have written several thousand words on my WIP since our return. I have an August 1st deadline to show something to my agent, but um, I'm getting sort of shy about showing it to her. I'll be finished by then, I'm positive, with the first draft. But it is a messy draft. There are gaps and threads that I just dropped. And it's not the book she thought I was writing. (Or at least it doesn't need to be once I start revising this draft.) So I'm wondering if I need to do a revision before she sees anything. You know, a book only gets one chance to make a first impression.
3. EXCITING NEWS!!!!!! Did I get your attention? I am so excited to announce that I have accepted a job as the librarian at The American School of Belo Horizonte, an International Baccalaureate Pre-K through 12th grade school. You are hereby invited to visit! And be sure to point me toward books that I need to include in our collection. I have lots of planning, preparing, organizing and development work ahead of me. I will be surrounded by books! I will be surrounded by children and teenagers! I have a feeling I'm going to love it.
1. We are actually back in our home in Brazil after being away for almost a year. We had a great number of bags to unpack and an entire house to organize. Bags unpacked, check. House organized? Moving on . . .
2. I have written several thousand words on my WIP since our return. I have an August 1st deadline to show something to my agent, but um, I'm getting sort of shy about showing it to her. I'll be finished by then, I'm positive, with the first draft. But it is a messy draft. There are gaps and threads that I just dropped. And it's not the book she thought I was writing. (Or at least it doesn't need to be once I start revising this draft.) So I'm wondering if I need to do a revision before she sees anything. You know, a book only gets one chance to make a first impression.
3. EXCITING NEWS!!!!!! Did I get your attention? I am so excited to announce that I have accepted a job as the librarian at The American School of Belo Horizonte, an International Baccalaureate Pre-K through 12th grade school. You are hereby invited to visit! And be sure to point me toward books that I need to include in our collection. I have lots of planning, preparing, organizing and development work ahead of me. I will be surrounded by books! I will be surrounded by children and teenagers! I have a feeling I'm going to love it.
