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When I was a kid (probably middle school age), I bought this postcard at my local Hallmark store. It was so pretty and magical, I just fell in love with it. I still have it, framed, and keep it on my writing desk. I've studied it over the years and tried to figure out what exactly made me love it so much. Not only is it very charming visually, but the sentiment makes a lot of sense to me.
I generally am a pessimistic person. I try not to be but I've been that way all my adult life. This querying process doesn't help my "glass-half-empty-ness" so I'm trying to find little gems of optimism where I can. This postcard is one of them.
If I want my dreams (of becoming a published author or any of my dreams) to come true I have to nourish them and put work in on them and not just expect them to happen. Sure, I've written two novels now. That was relatively easy. It's THIS part, the getting noticed and getting represented part, that seems to be the challenge. I can't just abandon all that I've done because I keep getting rejections. Some day I may just get a YES! It just takes one, after all!
Working on more editing for SHADOW GIRL. Just got through with Chapter 6. I've edited SG a couple times already but have always find more mistakes each time I read through. I want to get through at least page 50 (which will probably be around Chapter 10 if I remember correctly) this weekend. Several of the agents I want to query want the first 50 pages sent in with the initial query.
Also need to get that synopsis done. Why is that so hard for me? I just need to sit down and WRITE IT!! It's like an annoying monkey on my back right now. I could easily just DO IT and get it off my back but...I'm procrastinating. Will send more queries this coming weekend too :) Definitely need to!
Thinking about starting a cookbook project. I love to cook and, frankly, am pretty darn good at it :) I love to make up my own dishes and alter existing ones. As a vegan I'd love to do something to "spread the word" about all the fabulous, tasty, healthy (and easy) foods one can eat while causing no/minimal harm to animals, the environment, and themselves.
A cookbook isn't exactly a "paranormal romance" but hey...might be fun to do. This would definitley be a long-long-long term project as I'd have to do a ton of experimenting and food testing. Still, might be something cool to explore.
Just an update for my two blog readers (ha ha ha!) Sent out three more queries today. That is a total of 34 sent so far. I've heard back from 14 agents (with 14 rejections) but onward I go. I'm thinking it may be time to rewrite the query letter. I'll suffer through a few more rejections and then revisit it. "Life" seems to be sucking up most of my energy right now and I'm in a bit of a writer's funk. Need someone to cattle prod me! More soon!
Just reporting in on my progress since last time my last post (where I ranted about my germophobic issues and book-buying obsession.) I sent out six more queries today which, for some reason, always makes me feel very hopeful. I realize that 99% of these (if not 100%) will meet with rejection but I just have to remember that IT ONLYTAKES ONE YES to make my dreams come true. Yes, I know that the query process is a trial. Getting an agent to read my book is just the beginning. However, I'd like to at least have a chance at that. Wish me luck as I continue to send more...
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