The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine

Oh, and there are some fist fights and kissing but way after the choking happens. (Modified PM blurb) THE PROMISE OF AMAZING is a story about a girl trying to break out of her shell, a boy trying to reform from a troublesome past and what happens after she saves him from choking. What’s your debut book about? Can you share any cool details with us?

Donna Bray was interested in my book! After a nail biting week and a half, while all sorts of scenarios danced through my head and no Christmas shopping was done, my manuscript sold! Best. I’d been in the middle of shopping online for a hard-to-find Lalaloopsy doll for my niece when my phone rang. When I got the call from Tamar, it was honestly surreal. I tried not to obsessively check my email because I figured chances were I wouldn’t hear anything until after the holidays. THE PROMISE OF AMAZING went out on submission the Monday after Thanksgiving. Undaunted, I wrote another novel and over the course of a year went through several rounds of revisions with Tamar until we felt it was ready to submit. I polished that manuscript even more, sent it off and about two weeks later, she offered representation. Even if I didn’t win, I knew I’d get valuable feedback. Well, I won! The agent for my category, the fabulous Tamar Rydzinski of The Laura Dail Literary Agency, requested a full. There were two judges, one agent and one editor, for each category. At the same time, a writer pal suggested I enter The Get Your Stiletto In The Door contest run by a sub-group of RWA,.

When my second YA novel was polished and ready to submit, I began querying agents. I kept writing.įast forward to Spring 2009: Another kid.

Got some “good” rejection letters on my first YA manuscript. I joined SCBWI with the hopes of writing picture books but soon found my heart (and my voice) was in young adult. Not chained to my desk, hammering-out-a-word-count kind of writing, but seriously pursuing this dream of being an author since about 1997. I’ve been seriously writing for fifteen years. Hey, you’re getting published! How’d that happen? Today we’re talking to Robin Constantine, author of THE PROMISE OF AMAZING, coming from Balzer + Bray Winter 2014. We have a lot of fantastic authors at OneFour KidLit and are excited to introduce them all to you.

The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine