PiBoIdMo

Tara Lazar says:

Sharpen those pencils, open a Word document, grab a crayon. It doesn’t matter what you use, what matters is that you get an initial idea down. You might get such a great idea you can’t help but write the story immediately, or you might just record the first entry in this month’s idea file and leave it for a future burst of creativity.

Everyone who takes the December 1st PiBoIdMo pledge (“I do solemly swear that I have 30 ideas stashed in a Word doc, doodled in a notebook, or scrawled on the back of grocery receipts”) will be placed in a random drawing for a grand prize:

A literary agent will review your best five ideas and suggest the picture book concepts worth pursuing.  The agent will tell you if an idea has been done before or if it’s unique and well-suited to today’s market. Then the writing is up to you. This isn’t a critique, but simply an agent’s best professional opinion regarding which ideas are worth your time. And time is gold in this industry.

And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, there’s THREE grand prizes!

One winner will be assigned to Jill Corcoran of Herman Agency Inc.,one will be shipped off to Lauren E. MacLeod of Strothman Agency, and the third gets Elana Roth of Caren Johnson Literary Agency. Thanks to the agents for their time (remember, time=gold) and expertise!

So, as you’re formulating your ideas this month, make an effort to flesh them out. The agents will want at least a sentence about each concept. You can only send five ideas if you win a grand prize, so polish them like you would a trophy! A grand prize trophy!

December 1st: Take the PiBoIdMo “30 ideas in 30 days” pledge
December 4th: Grand prize winners chosen at random from pool of pledgers, receive agent assignment
December 7th: Grand prize winners must contact agent by today
December 14th: Grand prize winners receive feedback by today (this date subject to change)

Great idea!  If you are just seeing this today, you have to play catch-up.  You need 30 ideas by the end of the month.  If you haven’t checked out Tara Lazar’s blog you should.  I call her the Queen of Blogging.

And Remember to write down some ideas and visit Tara on December 1st and take the pledge.  I thought of five today.   Kathy