Christine Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Today I received very exciting news I want to share with you!Some months ago I wrote a thriller and when it was finished I asked myself how to go on with it now. I decided to contact an literature agent. In the internet, I found the address of an agent in Berlin. I wrote a mail to her and she showed her interest. She asked me for an exposé and the first 30 pages of the thriller. But she told me to be patient because it could take about six or eight weeks until she answered.Four weeks later, I received a mail from her. She asked me to send the whole manuscript to her... and to be patient again.Today, I received another mail from her. She wants to speak with me on the phone on Wednesday because until then the manuscript will be checked by all her employees.I think that these are thrilling news. She wouldn´t ask me for a call if she only wanted to send the manuscript back. So, maybe one of my biggest dreams can come true! I´m so excited and I just can´t hide it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vice-girl Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 freut mich für dich:clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2morgen Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I really hope everthing works out and that your book get published!!!I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 That is really awesome Christine! I hope you receive great news Wednesday… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 That is really awesome Christine! I hope you receive great news Wednesday…Me too , hope you recieve great news,! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks for your good wishes. It´s really exciting to get closer to one of my biggest dreams and I can´t await Wednesday to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted June 8, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 That's great! Hope it works out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER&BURNETT Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 You deserve it. Please let us know what happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yesterday at noon, I had the very important conversation with the agent in Berlin. She told me that she and her team (they are seven all together) were really enthusiastic about the thriller. She absolutly wants to offer it to a suitable publishing house, and as she thinks that it´s very good, she wants to offer it to the big publishing houses.Yesterday, I signed the contract :DAs the publishing houses fix their programs somewhere at the end of September, we have to hurry because she wants this book to be in the program, then. Of course, there are corrections to make. Even though she likes it, it isn´t perfect at this time.And maybe I have more luck. While speaking, she told me that she dislikes publishing houses who need three months to read a summary of three pages. I answered that this is nothing and that I´d been waiting for an answer of a publishing house in Hamburg for 2 1/2 years before they turned my manuscript( it´s a fantasy tale for children) down. Then I told her that I had sent this mnuscript in January to a publishing house in Stuttgart, and that i hadn´t heard from them until now. She became attentive before she replied that she was closely working with this publishing house. She asked me for the books content, made a note of its title, and promised to take care for it, too.I think you all can imagine how happy I am. It seems as if one of my biggest dreams is really coming true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysmallz Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yesterday at noon' date=' I had the very important conversation with the agent in Berlin. She told me that she and her team (they are seven all together) were really enthusiastic about the thriller. She absolutly wants to offer it to a suitable publishing house, and as she thinks that it´s very good, she wants to offer it to the big publishing houses.Yesterday, I signed the contract :DAs the publishing houses fix their programs somewhere at the end of September, we have to hurry because she wants this book to be in the program, then. Of course, there are corrections to make. Even though she likes it, it isn´t perfect at this time.And maybe I have more luck. While speaking, she told me that she dislikes publishing houses who need three months to read a summary of three pages. I answered that this is nothing and that I´d been waiting for an answer of a publishing house in Hamburg for 2 1/2 years before they turned my manuscript( it´s a fantasy tale for children) down. Then I told her that I had sent this mnuscript in January to a publishing house in Stuttgart, and that i hadn´t heard from them until now. She became attentive before she replied that she was closely working with this publishing house. She asked me for the books content, made a note of its title, and promised to take care for it, too.I think you all can imagine how happy I am. It seems as if one of my biggest dreams is really coming true.[/quote'] oh my god that great news you msut be so happy... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjako Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Excellent! A great way to leave a footprint on this earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yes, I´m very, very happy! I remember the time when I was a child. I think I was about eight or so. I was sitting at the table in the kitchen and writing a better end for my favorite book. I always wrote little stories and thought about becoming an author in the future.Now this dream comes true and I´m thrilled, but also feared that my book couldn´t be as good as the agent had told me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Christine, this is really great, I am so happy for you!!!! Congratulations:flowers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Good luck with your manuscript. I hope your dream comes true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2morgen Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Congratulations!!!!:flowers:I hope everything works out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Today it started! I received a mail from my agent with the revised exposé. I don´t agree in everything she had changed, but I´m confident that we´ll find a way.Besides that, she told me that she had gotten in touch with the publishing house in Stuttgart where I had sent a fantasy manuscript for children to. They had promised to take care for the manuscript immediately.I´m so happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted June 14, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well that's great news! Looks like your dream is finally coming true. Best of luck to you with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Thanks to everybody for your good wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Now the first correction is done and the manuscript has returned to Berlin. I´m curious about what the agent will say to the changes I´ve made and to my suggestion for a title.My daughter had suggested to name it REVENGE which is absolutely suitable. I´ll keep you informed about what happens next. Would be great if this thriller would also be available in English one day. So, I keep on dreaming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Ãesterday, I spoke on the phone with my agent in Berlin. She told me that all corrections are finished now and that I would receive the manuscript that day or possibly next day. That means today.When I returned from the nursing home yesterday evening, I switched on my computer immediately, but there was no mail and no manuscript.The same happened today. But a few minutes ago, somethin very funny had happened.I found the expected mail in my email account. She wrote, "Shocked from the ending of the story I send you the marked version of your manuscript. Thanks for the exciting text..."That sounded really good o me, but there was a little problem!There was no mansucript!Therefore, I sent a mail back to her,"Thanks that you liked the text. Is it possible that you, in your shock, have forgotten to send the manuscript? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Rich Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Cool.Are any of the characters names Sonny, Rico, Cooper, Burnett, etc. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 No, my friend, but the thriller is playing in Miami as this is my favorite town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cageyJG Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I would like to be the token hot American bachelor-man in the movie version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Sounds good Christine. Hope that means you will soon be a published author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 cageyJG, I´m very sorry, but I think that you couldn´t play the main role because Captain Michael Thanner is Afro - American.Yes, Jim, it means that my book will be published soon. I hope that it happens before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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