In belated publishing news, sharing one of my most embarrassing moments in an essay for TODAY.com brought levity and inspired a new passion for pitching essays.
Late last year I was fortunate to connect with an incredible writing teacher, Susan Shapiro, thanks to a comment she left under my post in a private Facebook writers group, Binders Seeking Literary Agents, sharing the aforementioned embarrassing story. It was a cruel but comical twist of fate that the backdrop for my mortifying anecdote was a fancy publishing party in New York. Susan basically said, hey that’s funny, you should write about it.
While I’ve been in the querying trenches for over two years now with my YA novel, Betting on You, my skin has grown thick and I’m keeping busy learning to perfect the art of pitching.
Since reading Sue’s books, The Book Bible and The Byline Bible, I’ve taken two of her classes and highly recommend. She is a generous teacher and the connections I’ve made with editors and fellow writers has been invaluable.
For my fellow peri and menopausal mamas, I hope my story made you laugh and gave some insight into how you can better advocate for yourself.
Thanks for stopping by,
xo Jen
Jennifer J. Cannon 