Another Day, Another Bunch of Ideas

I’m getting antsy again and Katherine seems nervous when I am, because it usually means I’m thinking up more things to do…

Here’s my thinking…

If publishers aren’t willing to open the doors for new authors, we just have to find someone who could blow open those doors for us.

One of the first persons who came to mind was Ellen DeGeneres.  She’s very personable, funny, fun, entertaining, and talented.  She has a lot of energy and resources.  She seems to be very interested in helping talented people become discovered.   Why don’t we ask Ellen for her advice?

What’s the worst thing that could happen?

•  Well, she could tell us our book stinks, I suppose; but Ellen is too nice a person to do that to us. 
•  She could completely ignore us, but she’s too nice to do that.  Most likely, her inbox is full of thousands of emails that it would take months for her to get back to us.  I don’t consider that being ignored.

What’s the best thing that could happen?

• She could take an interest in our project, and guide us on our way to a publisher.

What will probably happen?

• Most likely, we won’t hear from her for a long, long time.  When we do, we’ll receive the nicest encouraging letter of hope from someone on her staff, wishing us luck in our endeavors.

What do we have to lose? 

• Nothing. 

It was settled.  We emailed Ellen DeGeneres and asked for her opinion on our book project, and we’re waiting a couple of weeks for her reply before we move onto our next creative plan.

We know she is a very busy person, and has thousands of loyal fans writing to her daily, asking for favors, giving suggestions, wanting to be on her show, etc.  I know that we will end up being one of the thousands of emails she’ll receive, so we don’t expect a quick response from her, if we receive one at all — but it’s nice to dream.

In the meantime, we are researching and creating a list of possible potential publishers that we’d like to contact.  We’re following the same strategy we did with the literary agents.  We are also sending out copies of our manuscripts to various people Katherine has encountered through her speaking engagements and associations, to see if anyone in those groups can help us in our pursuit.

We also started this blog, hoping that some angel out there would notice us.  If any of you know of someone who knows someone who knows someone, please tell them about these two delightful ladies who deserve to be published… and to clear up any confusion, those two delightful ladies would be us.