It's been five months since my last post. In that time, I've done probably 100 edits, totally rewritten chapter one 3 times, gotten rejection letters from everyone at the conference I attended in June, got requests and rejections from everyone I pitched to at the conference in July (I'm up to more than 30 rejections), finished the text to a picture book I've worked on off and on for the last 6 years, had surgery, found out I needed more surgery, and lost another friend to old age and cancer early this morning.
I've had my first chapter book doctored, my query doctored twice, and my synopsis doctored twice. I've had one agent ask me to send her anything else I write in the future and one agent actually give me some constructive feedback as well as tell me that my idea is marketable. It took a thriller writing class and was told to definitely start writing one of my two ideas. People loved the other one as well. The class was taught by a guy I sat next to at the June conference. He must be my muse as he gave me an idea for another book that night (that makes a total of 3 book ideas, in case you're counting!). I'm currently working on fleshing out the plot and the characters and will be going to New York in January to do some research.
In the meantime, I'm going to stop sending out queries for the next few weeks. I'm still waiting for feedback on my last doctored synopsis. She's currently in China to bring home her new daughter and I'm thus way down on the list (as I should be!). Both my kids are struggling with stuff and I need to focus on them and not the constant rejection I'm getting. I can sit back and enjoy Sex and the City (it's research!) and try and figure out what music Angela likes (I already know she's addicted to brownies and loves a good pomegranate martini).
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