El Libro

(The Book)

I feel like I've used that post title too many times before, so I thought if I wrote it in spanish it might mix things up a bit.

There's been some questions lately from people in my world that I thought should already know what's going on with the book. Apparently I'm a little elusive on the details. Lemme shake it down for ya:

I'm writing a book.

A memoir. Of our journey from infertility 6+ years to a crazy adoption.

I have no experience other than teaching 3rd and 4th graders how to write a seriously rockin' 5 paragraph paper. And writing a blog. That totally qualifies me, right? Not many people write blogs. {Chuckle, chuckle}

I started writing while still in Guatemala. If you're keeping track, that was over 2 years ago.

I'm almost to chapter 30.

My goal in writing it is twenty-fold. To document our journey for me, for eliot. To finish something I started. To put one more pro-adoption thing out in the world. To tell our story. To finally start eating dairy as much as I want. To give people a peak into the reality of two difficult seasons, etc.

I've been reading memoirs, adoption and otherwise, like they're a sale on earrings at Forever 21. (Hopefully the book is better than that analogy.)

I've written a book proposal and when I get the nerve, will submit it to agents. There's actually research and stuff involved. I have a couple of "connections" to agents but will probably send it to as many as I can. Once I pick one (or get picked) they will then market it to publishers. In an ideal world.

The other option is self-publishing. Still getting info on that.

Already have a title and a cover made by some guy at ArtInStereo.

I already have one unofficial editor who is way smarter than me and whose ideas I already value like crazy.

Anyway, there's a start. Feel free to ask me questions I may not have answered in this little shake down.

You guys are awesome.