Opportunities and WrestleMania 2022

I sent The Mustard Prince in the Condiment Kingdom to a publisher even though they were not asking for any such content. My thought processing was simply that I have already faced a lot of rejection from Literary Agents, so I have nothing to lose and have learned to take rejection in stride. However, my friend told me that I am presenting them with something that they did not know that they wanted. It was simply an opportunity that I could not pass up, and I will wait and see what happens. It is a longshot, so I do not have much in terms of expectation anyways.

I also watched WWE WrestleMania Night 2 with some friends. Many did not know the current product but used to watch it in its heyday. I am admittedly a big fan of professional wrestling, and as I got older, I got more into the stories that are being presented. Now, we are not getting Tolkien or Shakespeare in the ring, but when done right, professional wrestling can provide entertaining stories. There is a good guy (the babyface) and the bad guy (the heel). There is a story that leads to a match between the two, and there is the story that is being told in the match itself. Despite not being current on the product, my friends seemed to enjoy themselves and had a good time.

That type of distraction and escape really is a basic tenet of any story. I make stories hopefully to entertain and create a vehicle to escape to a different world in my stories. If done well, the characters become “real,” and the audience feels a personal connection to those characters with a vested interest in their journeys, not unlike professional wrestling when it is done right.