Posts Tagged ‘my novel’

Got a letter back from one of the agents I submitted my full manuscript to and — BAaaa! (sound of buzzer)
Ah, well. It was a long shot…but definitely worth a shot. Time to get the next batch of queries out.

(at least as much as any writer can be “done” tinkering around with her masterpiece)
Yes, I finished my latest round of polishing! The manuscript is being copied at Kinko’s as I type this, all 352 pages, 68,300+ words of it. (I’m not saying every word is a jewel, but it is something to see this [...]

Good news:
I received a request for my full manuscript from a second agent. Woohoo!
Bad news:
I haven’t figured out how to clone myself…and I still have a few more chapters to go with the polishing.
Good news:
I’ve matured tremendously (cough, cough) in the 2 weeks since turning 40, so I now accept that I can’t do – and shouldn’t attempt to [...]

pol-ish (vb): 1: to make smooth and glossy usu. by friction : BURNISH  2: to smooth, soften, or refine in manners or condition  3: to bring to a highly developed, finished or refined state : PERFECT
I realize I’ve been remiss in blogging since the month began, but it really hasn’t been by design. I’ve been polishing my manuscript instead [...]

Over the weekend I finished revising and sprucing up my query letter, synopsis and first three chapters of my manuscript — again…I think I’m up to at least my fifth draft. Today I mailed the package to the agent I pitched to a few weeks ago. Wow – what a feeling… of panic, then calm, then full-blown anxiety:
Susan thinking to [...]

[Social Networking - Take Two]
Well, I asked for it. I’m searchable now on MyWTF, all right — and getting some interesting friend requests. Hmmm. I suppose I should be flattered, but when a guy with only symbols, no letters, in his screen name contacts me, or a married guy emails me “your hot!!!!!!!!!“ I’m just [...]

Conference Synopsis:
Well, I wasn’t selected to pitch to the one agent I mentioned in my last post — she saw only a handful of people — but I DID get the opportunity to pitch to another agent this morning. Our ten minute session was done before I knew it, but I was fairly relaxed and [...]