The Anomaly

I have a writing anomaly.

It's this adult book I've written that is a strange, twisted little story. I am convinced it's the greatest story I'll ever write. And I am excited to one day see it in print, because I know deep in my gut that it's a good story.

But it's the only one of it's kind in me.

By that I mean, this is an adult romance/suspense. And everything else in me is contemporary young adult.

This is where the idea of a career comes into play. If I wanted to sell this book first, I'd get an agent that fell in love with this book and a publisher that fell in love with this book and a bunch of readers that fell in love with this book. And I'd be sitting there, pleased as pudding, but with nothing else to tell that is similar to this book.

I mean, it's an epic modern love story type of shit. Also a little throwback epic love story. It's epic. Oh god, am I fourteen?

See what I mean. I write young adult. I am stuck at seventeen. For my anomaly, I had to step into my husband's head to write something that did not undercut every dramatic moment with humor. Wait, that's actually exactly what my husband does. Never mind. I don't know whose head I was in for that book.

Instead, I'm choosing to build my career on young adult. I don't want an agent who will love my anomaly, I want an agent who is going to love the other 99% of my writing. I figure, when the time comes to publish my anomaly, I'll figure it out. This way, it stays an anomaly.

But I have a feeling whoever lands me for young adult, will also fall in love with this one. I am serious. It's just the feeling in my soul that I've written something good. Like the same feeling when I know the gender of my kids (two for two) or when I know something bad is about to happen (unfortunatly I'm pretty good at sensing drastic change in my life).

I say all the above with the understanding that I could be totally wrong and it's a pile of shit. But that's cool too *shrug* it will still be the best story I've written, to me.

Do you have anomaly books? Does it affect how you envision building your career?

My Pinterest for my anomaly (also known as BLACK MOUNTAIN CRANK)