To start this post, I just have to say how excited and invigorated I am right now with the possibilities that are all around me! I had a meeting about my book last night with a woman who was a Consumer Relations Manager at Barnes & Noble. It also doesn't hurt to mention that I currently work with her (its so good to have an "in").We spent a few hours digging through the Children's section of a local Barnes & Noble, revisiting my inner-child past, and I began to actually see my name among the others! We pulled out books like The Giving Tree and Where the Wild Things Are--which by the way, they recently made a movie about that will be out this year (get excited!). I realized more and more how great Lunchbox Adventures is going to be.
It's still insane to me that I am writing in this blog about such a thing. I never in a million years could have seen myself writing a book, let alone a children's book. I've always had a unique imagination and have been super creative, but I only used that talent toward music. Now that I've had this idea and decided to run with it, its all I have been thinking about since then! I've talked to a lot of people who think that this is going to be amazing, so thank you to all of you who have been supportive of this.
Just a little bit of a background as to what I am up to at this point. Lunchbox Adventures is going to be directed to 7-12 year olds. Of course, younger readers could probably pick up a copy and follow along quite well. It will be a series of books, each one with a new adventure and packaging concept. I am going to have the book published on eco-friendly/recycled paper (because being green is awesome!). I am in the book proposal phase of the book, which is the step before getting hooked up with a literary agent, and then eventually a publisher. Click here if you'd like to see how the proposal breaks down. The meeting I had last night consisted of putting those pieces together. The woman I am working with is going to be contacting 2 literary agents from the area, and a local publisher who she has worked with in the past. Did I mention that she also helped Paula Dean get her first book in the Savannah Barnes & Noble? Super cool! So far, this has been the latest.
I will be posting another blog once the final copy of the book proposal is finished. A lot might change in the storyline until then, so I want to make it as current as possible. You can get a feel for it in my earlier post if you'd like. I can't wait to see this book on the shelves! Please comment if you'd like. Any words of wisdom/encouragement are welcome!
God is love,
Rev Run---haha, just kidding (you have to watch the show to get that)
PS. I own the rights to Lunchbox Adventures, so don't even get any ideas!
If you haven't noticed the title of my blog site yet, its called "Lunchbox Adventures". It actually has several meanings to it. The first being a nickname that I developed while in my last musical project, Amber's Diary. Yes, I know...that same nickname is used for the character Silent Bob from the infamous Jay & Silent Bob comic duo. But I just simply got the name from my band mates for being chubby, and for my fixation for tasty treats. It got to the point where merchandise was going to be made because of it. So needless to say, I still use the name today and am reminded of my thicker days. (side note: since losing weight, nicknames such as SnackPack have surfaced..being that they are in smaller portions!) Do you see the torment I endured from months and months on the road with these people? It was all worth it, believe me. And I'm going to be writing a lot about my time in Amber's Diary, and in music in general. Its a passion of mine, and I have yet to share it cryptically with the masses yet. This is going to be my first shot at doing that.