The Flip of a Coin ��� Lynne Garner

In my last post I shared how I'd collaborated with a specialist proof-reader/editor to hone some of my picture book stories. And that I planned to create a list of agents and publishers to contact. I���ve managed to create that list but not taken the next step. Which was to send my stories out to those on the list. My plan didn���t quite go as planned. I became a little, well a lot, side tracked by working on another two projects. 

 

Project one:
In January 2022, I wanted to learn how to turn my short stories in scripts. I was lucky enough to find a wonderful mentor. With his support I���ve rewritten one of my Moon Meadow Farm stories as a short film script. My mentor suggested I should hone my new skills and repeat the process. So, I chose one of my Brer Rabbit stories and have rewritten it in script format. This script is now in its first draft and resting.
 

 

Whilst it���s resting, I���ve been working on my other project. 

 

Project two:

During the pandemic I treated myself to a guitar like instrument called a Merlin M4. In my teens and early 20���s I used to play, badly, the classical guitar. But I haven���t played an instrument since. Once out of the box I quickly realised I had a steep learning curve ahead of me. It was during this learning curve an idea formed for a non-fiction book. An hour or so before writing the first draft of this blog I completed my final draft of my music related book. I���ve found a proof-reader/editor and a beta reader and plan to send my draft to them and return to��� well I���m not sure what to return to. I want to find new homes for my picture books. I also want to get my second script to the point where I feel confident enough to send it to my mentor.

 

Which one to do?

 

Decision made!

 

I���m going to let fate decide and flip a coin. Heads it���ll be my picture books. Tails it will be my script. 

 

I���ll let you know in my next blog which it was.