…when I’m on the phone with my agent or my editor. I get hot and worked up, filled with restless energy. I’ve learned it’s best not to reply when on the phone with my editor because I just blurt out a bunch of useless idiotic crap that has her going, “Okkkkaaaayyyy…” Not really, she’s too careful with my fragile feelings, but you can hear the “huh?” in her tone. I betcha she does everything possible NOT to have to get on the phone with me. A couple of days ago I was looking forward to meeting her in Reno, but now I think I should make myself scarce. *g* She likes my writing. Why ruin it with my “foot-in-mouth” syndrome? Not kidding. 
Now my poor agent, on the other hand, he gets the full-on “Sylvia, take a valium and have a martini” self. (And if you think I’m kidding, he’s actually said that to me before.) No worries about our communication, I speak my mind (a scary place). However, I guess he’s okay with this. He says he’s okay with this. Says I’m a fabulous client. (Of course, I pay him to say stuff like that. *g* And he’s naturally charming.) He knows me, knows I’m going to talk about ten years from now and where I want to be. I never take a deal at face value. A deal is only as good as the next deal it nets you. It’s never just, Let’s take this deal for now. It’s got to be, If I take this deal, what will the next deal be like based on this one? I have dreams, you know. Big dreams. And I haven’t been writing long enough to have been told they’re not realistic. So I’m going for it. There’s also timing. The things I write are selling now. I have editors who treat me good and are happy to have me. (And I’m super lucky with Kate and the historical sales, no doubt about that.) A year or two from now, will the romance landscape be different? I don’t know. Better strike while the iron is hot and all that.
I’m too impatient for the publishing world, you know that? I still don’t understand why things take so darn long to get done. This, of course, is because I only see the picture with me in it. I forget sometimes that there are 9000+ RWA members and countless non-members doing the same thing. I have to wait my turn. I’ve been lucky so far in that I’ve skipped ahead in line a few times, but then there’s been a few times I waited longer.
What the hell is this ramble all about, you ask? I have no idea. *g* This past week has been a lot about the business side of writing. And I’m still learning. People have different ways they handle situations. Some will sit down with a pen and paper, and be coherent. Others, like me, pace, wave their arms around, and talk too fast. Those of you going to Reno will see me either quiet as a wallflower or bouncing off the walls. Or ducking behind a potted plant when my editor walks by. *g*
In other news, RWA cashed my check for the Passionate Ink chapter affiliation fees. While I haven’t heard anything official yet, I’m taking that as a good sign. Part of my “If I dream it, I can do it” attitude.
I like your attitude. If it’s going to happen you have to make it happen!!:clap:
by Teresa June 30th, 2005 at 2:49 amPatience is probably the biggest thing to learn in this business. If you didn’t have it before, you’ll be acquiring it soon. Goodness knows I’m still working on it.
by Jordan June 30th, 2005 at 1:50 pm