Head on over to Write Bravely to read Stephanie Humphrey’s thoughts on Bumpy Landings.

Yesterday’s post on pitching the MS that would eventually become Bumpy Landings generated a couple of interesting comments, essentially summed up as, “Pitch a novel? No way!”

I have to admit, sitting in the same room as an editor and trying to describe my book was a very uncomfortable experience–never mind that Kirk is a great guy and worked hard to reassure me during the pitch. It was an experience that fell way-way-WAY outside my comfort zone.

So why do it? Because signing up for the pitch gave me a deadline; a commitment. I had to have my book ready in time, and having that deadline worked wonders at making sure I did the work. Self-imposed deadlines can be pretty soft, which is why the word count on Into the Wind hasn’t changed since November. But a pitch session? That kind of deadline is hard and fast–very difficult to ignore.

Would I pitch again? You bet. My future plans include branching out into YA SciFi, so don’t be surprised to hear me stressing about a pitch session at Storymakers 2013.

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