I recently sent off a synopsis, letter and first three chapters of my novel, A Prawn’s Heart is in its Head, to a small publisher in LA. The letter to the publisher was the hardest: it took me days to write, edit, rewrite and re-edit. But on the big day (of postage), it was all worthwhile, as it was very exciting writing “Los Angeles, USA” on the envelope.
The post office lady wasn’t impressed, though. When I asked her, very politely, “How many international reply coupons do I need?” she shrugged her shoulders and said, “I don’t know.” “Approximately?” She rolled her eyes. “I don’t know how much it costs to send things from the States, do I?” So I bought the same number of coupons to match the postage from here, but somehow $20 in stamps equals $30 in coupons. $50! Gosh, that was a very expensive envelope. Oh well, I’ll have to think of it as an investment: let’s hope it yields results!
I’ve just finished reading Anaïs’s memoir “Henry and June”: fascinating and beautifully written, and very inspiring. I really like what I’ve written so far; I hope Anaïs would like it too.
