Tag Archive: submission

Aug
27
2010

The End of the Novella

I finished my first novella this week!! It’s only the first draft, so I know I still have a bunch of work to do with it, but for now it’s done. I have to say it was much harder to write it than I expected it to be. I think it’s because I didn’t spend …

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Aug
13
2010

Thick Skin

A writer has to have thick skin to make it in this business. It hurts to get critiques. It hurts to get rejections. It hurts to wonder if you’re good enough. If you want to be a writer, you walk away when it gets tough. You get a critique and you take it to heart …

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Aug
05
2010

Moving On…

…or forward, but never backward. I’ve sent my query out to three new agents. Three seems like a reasonable and manageable number to me. So, it’s out in the world again and now it’s time for me to sit tight, cross my fingers and toes, say a little pray. Hopefully I’ll hear positive responses soon, …

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Aug
03
2010

And…Done. Again.

I think I’ve finally finished the revisions I started based off of both the critique I got from my RWA chapter members and also from the Agent that read my ms. Whew! That was a huge job!! I went into these revisions with a clear idea of  what needed to be changed, added, deleted, scenes …

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Jul
26
2010

Agent Feedback!

Finally! It actually hasn’t been that long, it only feels like forever to me. I heard back from the one agent that had my full ms today. Overall, I think the feedback was of a positive note. They didn’t say that it sucked or that I should find a day job, so that’s positive, right? …

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