NOVEL PROBLMES
I wrote this novel, (Texas Triangles) while I was still working nights at CPS. I was also substitute teaching at Bryan Adams High fairly regularly and did the writing through a group that met every other tuesday at the Farmers Branch Library Branch. Incidently that is where I met Traveler Trisha, later her husband Jean Francois and Raf and Natasha. JF was teaching at SMU in Dallas... not a happy camper.
When I "finished" TT I did some rewrites by my self and the with the group and got an agent who turned out to be a dud who did not follow through on much. My problem seems to be that the novel is too short to really be a novel and the answer may be to expand some areas or go in some other direction. Maybe matt needs to get resolved with Tom, or maybe he needs to find his own direction away from the crew he has been "playing with" Maybe some other section needs more detail.
Also marketing this story has been a problem. What kind of story is it? Action, adventure, sex? When I descrribe it it sounds like I have mostly put down a sexy escepate, but it also has much more than that. It tells a lot about abuse, abusive vamilies CPS, Foster care, growing up in foster care and abuse and what it does to you. It is not as raunchy as it "depicts" for marketing, but is the story of a woman who grew up not knowing much about how to relate outside of using sex, and having poor concepts of boundries. Maybe some of you could help with this/. Charla and others may have to write for me when I can't.. I guess I can send large sections of the novel by email attachments. Let me know what you think and if there is some way to participate.
When I "finished" TT I did some rewrites by my self and the with the group and got an agent who turned out to be a dud who did not follow through on much. My problem seems to be that the novel is too short to really be a novel and the answer may be to expand some areas or go in some other direction. Maybe matt needs to get resolved with Tom, or maybe he needs to find his own direction away from the crew he has been "playing with" Maybe some other section needs more detail.
Also marketing this story has been a problem. What kind of story is it? Action, adventure, sex? When I descrribe it it sounds like I have mostly put down a sexy escepate, but it also has much more than that. It tells a lot about abuse, abusive vamilies CPS, Foster care, growing up in foster care and abuse and what it does to you. It is not as raunchy as it "depicts" for marketing, but is the story of a woman who grew up not knowing much about how to relate outside of using sex, and having poor concepts of boundries. Maybe some of you could help with this/. Charla and others may have to write for me when I can't.. I guess I can send large sections of the novel by email attachments. Let me know what you think and if there is some way to participate.