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…