Adventure Eddy...

Well, I got my second rejection today... Adventure Eddy has officially been kicked to the kerb twice.

And you know what?

I've sucked it up. I think the book in it's present incarnation is not publishable.

This doesn't worry me as much as it should. Working in media for the last couple of years, I've learnt a lot. Taking a lot more interest in the publishing industry, I've learnt even more.

The fact is, RULE NUMBER ONE of publishing is that books need a hook.

You need to sum them up in a single line. The hook is....

Da Vinci Code? Guy discovers Vatican have hidden secret of the Holy Grail.

Harry Potter? Teenage boy discovers that he's a wizard.

What was the hook of Adventure Eddy? There wasn't one.

You see, I'd made the mistake of thinking about character and story before concept. And in today's world of 30 second attention spans, CONCEPT is everything.

So I need to rewrite Adventure Eddy.

And it's not just CONCEPT that needs to be looked at. It's the whole thing. But I think step number one is how to make people hear about the book and want to pick it up. In one line, I need to make Adventure Eddy exciting.

So I have a story. I have characters. But I need to reexamine how I tell it.

I have had two ambitions recently. To move to America and to get my book published.

I've SO nearly managed to achieve one of those. Now it's time to look seriously at the other.