So I'm currently 'on submission' with my current manuscript, and the best way to suppress the anxiety is to start the next writing project.
My current project is to write a book that compiles several (~15-20) inspirational stories from individuals who have overcome some kind of significant obstacle to complete a full IM. The aim of the book is to serve as a source for individuals who have a dream/goal of completing a full IM and who can look to the stories in this book for inspiration.
Yes, NBC typically highlights several people at Kona who have overcome significant difficulties. But I want this book to be more in depth for each individual as well as spanning a wide range of obstacles (e.g. medical, financial, marital, etc). The intent is to outline how people had an obstacle but were still able to achieve their goal of completing a full IM.
The plan is to have interested people fill out a short form outlining their story, and then I would 'hollywood' each story up before sending back to you for approval. Then after all stories are compiled along with an introductory chapter outlining and reviewing the IM I would submit for publication (which is ultimately up to the individual agent or publisher, depending on which route I go).
There's still a lot of prep work including working with the IM front office in order to use their logo, story, etc. But I'd like to lay out some ground work to see if this is feasible. If you think you have an inspirational story that leads up to you completing your FIRST full IM, please PM me a 3-4 sentence description. Thanks!
My current project is to write a book that compiles several (~15-20) inspirational stories from individuals who have overcome some kind of significant obstacle to complete a full IM. The aim of the book is to serve as a source for individuals who have a dream/goal of completing a full IM and who can look to the stories in this book for inspiration.
Yes, NBC typically highlights several people at Kona who have overcome significant difficulties. But I want this book to be more in depth for each individual as well as spanning a wide range of obstacles (e.g. medical, financial, marital, etc). The intent is to outline how people had an obstacle but were still able to achieve their goal of completing a full IM.
The plan is to have interested people fill out a short form outlining their story, and then I would 'hollywood' each story up before sending back to you for approval. Then after all stories are compiled along with an introductory chapter outlining and reviewing the IM I would submit for publication (which is ultimately up to the individual agent or publisher, depending on which route I go).
There's still a lot of prep work including working with the IM front office in order to use their logo, story, etc. But I'd like to lay out some ground work to see if this is feasible. If you think you have an inspirational story that leads up to you completing your FIRST full IM, please PM me a 3-4 sentence description. Thanks!