Monday, September 14, 2009

The Search Begins

The querying has begun in my quest for an agent. The star of the show, It's Coming Down! is a middle grade novel set in the early 1900s during the height of coal production in Carbon County, Utah.

This story means a lot to me. Inspired by my dad who spent hours talking with me about his experiences in the mines and living in a coal camp in Spring Canyon, I have tried to bring to light the every day life of a coal miner in the early days of mining.

I hope those who are reading my manuscript (or parts of it) are enjoying the story of Mitch and his struggle to find his place in a world from which his pa has tried to protect him.

4 comments:

  1. Traci, congrats on the blog, and the book sounds great. I think that it is so meaningful to write about something close to you. (But it probably can be a more painful progress, since it is so close to you!) Good luck. I can't wait to hear how the next step of the process goes.
    Heather (I followed you over from Verla's)

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  2. Traci, congrats on your first blog post. Your mg novel sounds great. My husband's grandfather was a coal miner, and my father-in-law tells some really interesting stories. Good luck with your agent search.
    nan (like Heather, I came over from Verla's)

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  3. Good luck on your querying. I'll be starting that in a few months myself. Your story sounds interesting. My family and I just took a tour of a lead mine a few weeks ago. It is amazing how the miners lived.
    Yay for your new blog, too!

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  4. Thanks everyone! It was fun seeing my first comments here and to bask in all your encouragement. I think this might be fun. :)

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