People wonder what a writer’s life looks like. Especially when that writer has a complicated and stressful day job the way I do. Some days, I work only 6-7 hours, and on those days I typically try to get some writing done. Some days, I work 12 hours, and on those days I just have…
Had one agent send a rejection the day after I queried … I question whether she actually read my synopsis. I also had an agent turn me down because he has too much on his plate at the moment … I can actually sympathize with that one.
I’ve been sending out more queries to keep the total up to about 5 agents at a time. Heard back from one today, but she said it didn’t grab her interest in the right way. I’ve redone Chapter 1 with more tension and conflict, so I’ll just keep trying until I hear something more specific.
Got a very nice letter from an agent today: “Thank you so much for letting me review EARTHBEAT, but Iām going to decline at this time. Unfortunately, your beginning just isn’t pulling me in the way I had hoped. I know you’ve put a lot of time and effort into your project. Take heart: the…
Toying with the idea of making the novel into a screenplay and putting it up on InkTips while I wait to hear back from the agents I queried. Scrivener has a screenplay option which is accepted by producers, so I’m sure I could do it once I figure out all the proper abbreviations.
I’m querying three agencies to start – might up that to five if I spot two more agents who are looking for character-driven sci-fi. I was told at a conference not to approach more than five agents at any one time. That way, you can keep track of where you are and who’s got your…
I seem to have reached the end of the novel. Great, you say — now what? Now comes the hard part. I need to get the novel professionally edited – that will cost some money. I’d especially like to find an Irish beta reader to check on Tell’s character and make sure he acts and…
Hard to believe it’s already March! What happened to February? I’m working on Chapter 17 at the moment. Part of my problem when writing a novel is that I tend to read back over the previous chapters and edit, which I know I shouldn’t do until I’m totally finished. I also get distracted by Real…
I’ll be keeping you appraised of progress, along with whatever else I think about to post on the website. I started the novel about three weeks ago and have been working steadily for several hours a day. This is an unusual time in my life. I’m between jobs, so I figured this was the perfect…