I'm a writer.
I write weird stories about people with strange powers.
And it freaks me out to talk about it.
There's an opportunity coming up, care of my RWA chapter, to pitch to an editor. The idea of sitting there and telling someone about my writing--selling it in person--is seriously freaking me out. I know that this is something I'll have to get over as I foray more and more out to agents, etc., but it just feels weird to talk about my stories.
Like when I'm at my RWA chapter meetings, and someone asks me what I'm working on, I can feel the blush start to rush up my neck and into my pale, freckly Irish complexion. (World-class poker player, I am not.) I have this irrational urge to apologize for my stories being odd.
Except...they're not really all that odd, considering that paranormal romance is a pretty hot sub-genre right now. I mean, are my stories any weirder than a werewolf named Kitty?
Does anyone else have this problem? Please?
Update: December 2024
2 weeks ago
4 comments:
Oh hell yes. YES. And now you've got me freaking out over it, too. Thanks.
Well, if I have to freak out over it, it's nice to know I'm not alone. Mwahaha.
When I THINK about it, I freak out.
But...
I'm one of those strange, uber shy people that suddenly shines in the spotlight, having people scratch their heads and say, "Where the HELL did that come from?"
And then I go back into my cave or cubby hole for another month or so.
But the last time I talked about my book to another person, it was to my therapist... so. Yeah.
Well, my boyfriend too. I recently died my hair and he accused me of trying to be Fury in my story. I raised an eyebrow and said, "Fury is BLONDE, Jake. I'm trying to be JADE. She's the redhead."
Lol.
(And I've totally rambled. Someone spiked my iced tea again.)
ROFL, Brandi...er, Jade. ;)
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