Welcome back! Ready for the second half of the fortune-telling game? If not, go back one post and prepare your fortune sheet.
For those who have a prepared sheet, here's what happens next:
That number you first selected and wrote in the top right hand corner? That is your fortune number. Say I picked number 4. Starting with the first box, I would count four slots and cross out the fourth one. Count down four, cross out the next fourth. Keep going over and over through the document. When all but one slot in the boxes have been crossed out, circle the surviving slot and skip that section as you count through the rest of the boxes. When all of your boxes have one slot circled, stop.
Example:
SI M
A E
Now for the fun part: interpretation!
Box #1, the letters stand for:
Self-Publish
Indie/Small Press
Major Publisher
Anthology
Ezines/Magazines
Box #2 determines who your agent/agency will be. If the blank slot was circled, it means no agent.
Box #3 tells you how many query letters you'll end up sending.
Box #4 tells you how many months you'll spend querying.
Box #5, the letters stand for:
Single offer
Multiple offers
No offers
Box #6 tells you which publisher you'll end up with. If the blank slot was circled, it means no publisher.
Box #7 indicates what your advance will be. Just add a dollar sign.
Box #8 tells you which social media site will have your strongest word-of-mouth campaign regarding your book.
Box #9 indicates which city you'll start with on your first book tour.
Box #10 tells you where you'll sell foreign rights to first.
Box #11 tells you which object from your story will be the focal point of your cover.
Box #12 tells you what the main color of your book cover will be.
Box #13 is your book's average rating from readers.
Box #14 is the infamous ill-fortune rub. If you circled ...
#1 - You end up losing your editor for one who isn't as enthusiastic about your project.
#2 - You lose your agent and have to start the query search all over.
#3 - The movie made from your book tanks.
#4 - No one takes on your manuscript. Back to square one with a new manuscript. All other numbers and predictions are voided.
#5 - One of your fans starts stalking you.
#6 - Your publicity campaign is scrubbed.
#7 - You get a lot of bad reviews.
#8 - Your second book dive-bombs the success of your first one.
#9 - A bad cover.
#10 - You signed a bad contract that gives you few rights or say in the publishing process.
So - what did you come up with? Share your results in the comments section.
For those who have a prepared sheet, here's what happens next:
That number you first selected and wrote in the top right hand corner? That is your fortune number. Say I picked number 4. Starting with the first box, I would count four slots and cross out the fourth one. Count down four, cross out the next fourth. Keep going over and over through the document. When all but one slot in the boxes have been crossed out, circle the surviving slot and skip that section as you count through the rest of the boxes. When all of your boxes have one slot circled, stop.
Example:
S
Now for the fun part: interpretation!
Box #1, the letters stand for:
Self-Publish
Indie/Small Press
Major Publisher
Anthology
Ezines/Magazines
Box #2 determines who your agent/agency will be. If the blank slot was circled, it means no agent.
Box #3 tells you how many query letters you'll end up sending.
Box #4 tells you how many months you'll spend querying.
Box #5, the letters stand for:
Single offer
Multiple offers
No offers
Box #6 tells you which publisher you'll end up with. If the blank slot was circled, it means no publisher.
Box #7 indicates what your advance will be. Just add a dollar sign.
Box #8 tells you which social media site will have your strongest word-of-mouth campaign regarding your book.
Box #9 indicates which city you'll start with on your first book tour.
Box #10 tells you where you'll sell foreign rights to first.
Box #11 tells you which object from your story will be the focal point of your cover.
Box #12 tells you what the main color of your book cover will be.
Box #13 is your book's average rating from readers.
Box #14 is the infamous ill-fortune rub. If you circled ...
#1 - You end up losing your editor for one who isn't as enthusiastic about your project.
#2 - You lose your agent and have to start the query search all over.
#3 - The movie made from your book tanks.
#4 - No one takes on your manuscript. Back to square one with a new manuscript. All other numbers and predictions are voided.
#5 - One of your fans starts stalking you.
#6 - Your publicity campaign is scrubbed.
#7 - You get a lot of bad reviews.
#8 - Your second book dive-bombs the success of your first one.
#9 - A bad cover.
#10 - You signed a bad contract that gives you few rights or say in the publishing process.
So - what did you come up with? Share your results in the comments section.
I'll get an Indie/small press with an agent from Writers House. I'll send three queries(already over that) over ten months. (I'm lazy, apparently.) I'll get multiple offers, but accept one from Scholastic with a $5,000 advance.
ReplyDeleteThe word will spread from AQC. and I'll tour from New York after selling book rights in Russia. There will be a burnt orange cover featuring a ruler. My average reviews will be scored at 2 and will feature a lot of bad ones.
Hmm. If only.