Just Another Day

October 4, 2006 | HellHound,life,Writing

Monday I received a request for a full manuscript from an agent I’d queried in September. Yay! So since then I’ve been tweaking the last two chapters about a million times (I’m exaggerating a little, but not much.) and rereading and printing each chapter out individually so I can be fairly certain there are no mistakes (hopefully).

My house looks like a bomb hit it, the laundry is mounting up with frightening speed and all other writing projects, including my WIP, have been put on hold. Oh, and HellHound got into the garbage this afternoon and scattered it across my kitchen floor.

Just another day.

The Empty Mail Box

September 29, 2006 | HellHound,Writing

I find that whenever I have submissions out, I become somewhat obsessive about checking my mail. Today I checked it three times before giving up and accepting that there would nothing. Then, at nearly four o’clock, (our mail normally arrives between nine and one) I hear HellHound going ballistic at the front door. I emerged from my office just in time to see the mailman hightailing it away from our porch. (Not that I blame him.) The mail at last. But when I check, all that’s there is a bank statement and two fliers. Sigh.

This, of course, begs the question, isn’t no news good news where submissions are concerned? And the answer is yes, but I have to admit, the whole hurry-up-and-wait in this business is probably the hardest thing for me to deal with. I can handle the rejections. Don’t get me wrong I would much prefer to be offered the contract of my dreams, but one step at a time. Still, I find the months of waiting very frustrating.

I’ve had a full with an editor since the end of May and really that’s not very long. I’ve heard of writers with submissions at publishers for up to and over a year. That’s a lot of empty mail boxes.

Mood: Tired
Music: Diana Krall