I thought as a way to keep myself honest and to offer encouragement to others, I'd try to do a monthly update on my writing projects and what I'm attempting to accomplish. I'm going to plan to do this on the 3rd Monday of each month, but it may occasionally be more or less frequent.
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Little Xander was born in July. He'll be two months old tomorrow.
I'm still editing.
I was fortunate to finish reviewing a critique while on vacation at the beginning of the month and taking appropriate action on it, but as of this writing, I'm still working on the second critique. Then, I've got someone who's agreed to do a critique of it if I mail her a copy. *sigh* Maybe by Christmas, this book will be ready to go out to agents. Which may mean that a couple agents I'm wanting to target may be reopened to queries, so that could be a good thing.
In the interim, I've got two other projects that are sitting: Cora's Song and Beyond Dead. I've started the rewrite on Cora's Song, and it's coming along, though I stopped working on it for a while right before my son was born. Beyond Dead I thought I may be able to find time to whip into shape so it could go to Port Yonder Press in January when they open up submissions.
Right now, I'll feel lucky if it makes it there for 2012 submissions.
On the good front right now, I continue to write reviews for Christian Children's Book Review, and I feel that's going well. Getting back into the swing of things where that's concerned after having my son have been interesting, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it before much longer.
Other than that, I can't think of anything. Just need to keep my nose to the grindstone and get things done--difficult when one is managing a household and raising two kids under two years of age!
Until next time,
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2 comments:
I know how you feel. I wanted an agent for my first book, but I queried just about every legitimate agent in the industry who represents what I wrote. In my opinion, the letter itself was badly written, but it's still discouraging to shelf a project and start a new one. Stick with it, though! You're not alone in this :)
Thanks, Giles! And, welcome to Word Wanderings! :)
I still have a few of my original rejection letters from WAY back in the day. (They're over a decade old now.) I set aside my publishing aspirations for a while after I got those, focusing on improving my craft. I think (hope!) I'm finally there!
Good luck with your writing!
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