A new blog…and a proper writer’s website! *sound of cork popping*
Welcome to my new home. Apologies for the mess…I’m still settling in. Sorry…do you mind taking your shoes off? Thanks. Now, grab a champagne cocktail and curl up on the sofa…just scoot the kitties out of the way…and let me tell you what I’ve been up to!
If you followed my blog, Living as a writer for 365, then you already know I spent the last couple years working on my first novel, the first Penzey Brighton mystery. What you wouldn’t know if you hadn’t visited is that after multiple revisions and much agonizing the book is ready for submission! Which means, it’s time to find an agent!
Yesterday I participated in my first #mswl Twitter event…when agents and editors share their manuscript wish lists while writers frantically take notes, drink cappuccinos, and scroll through tweets. There was amazing energy and enthusiasm, and Jessica Sinsheimer of manuscriptwishlist.com and the Sarah Jane Freyman Literary Agency was an absolute gorgeous hostess. I never thought Twitter could be so much fun, and came away with a legal sheet full of agent names and wishes I want to make come true!
And today is the first of July…the first day of a four-day weekend…the first day of the second half of the year. In other words, a good day to say good-bye to the old ship, as my old blog was affectionally known, and welcome you all into my new virtual home.
So, please, have another cocktail. *big band music plays* Appetizers should be out of the oven any minute, and games will start soon. Let’s celebrate, because tomorrow we get to work!
Shelley Masini 