I don't know why I like to do these email things, but they're fun. So here are 37 things you didn't know about me:

1. Do you like Blue cheese dressing?    On Buffalo Wings

2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes?    Nope, never.

3. Do you own a gun?  Nope, well a tazer gun…does that count?

4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite?   Red! That is SO a ( Read more... )

As I was talking to some of the fabulous writers on Absolute Write forums, we got to talking about writing the dreaded synopsis. I've managed to widdle mine down to 1 page, single-spaced. So I told them I would share it. Now, I can't really gage the sucsess of this synopsis, but as I have had requests for 5 partials and from those, two fulls, maybe ( Read more... )

So I got another rejection on one of my queries for Light Bringers--it's the 50th rejection! Should I celebrate? Well I'm going to see Star Trek tonight so I guess that's sort of a celebration...raising up a glass to the 50 agents who didn't want my novel ( Read more... )

Well, I've been working on the second book in the Light Bringer series and I've got a good amount going. I've discovered something about myself...I'm not one of those writers who can just write 1000 words a day. I suspect this will be different once I can write full time (one day soon DAG NABIT!), because I have most of my ideas and inspirations ( Read more... )

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I'm not actually burnt out on my queries and my quest for the perfect agent. I am, however, burning low on my day job. I know it's the fantasy of all aspiring writers to be able to quit their job the moment their book is sold, but I know that is not case, especially with the first book. With that said, I still dream of it. I don't hate my job, not ( Read more... )

So, I joined a new gym...Brick Bodies. Let's hope I get a brick body soon enough. Well, do I really want a body like a brick? They're pretty hard and no curves whatsoever. But I digress, I really enjoy the gym so far. I have my first meet with a personal trainer on Tuesday. Apparently, they take all of my measurements, height, weight, BMI and feed ( Read more... )

Someone just punch me in the face please! As another rejection just came in, I still wasn't too down about it. I mean, rejection is a part of this business and I am determined to be published so I have to take the good with the bad, right?

Well, for some reason I just read over the email (from Sara Crowe) on my phone (yup, I have a Blackberry so I ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've sent off NINETEEN queries today and man, am I TIRED! Well, I started last night after midnight then went until about 2am and then started again this morning. It's an exhausting task especially if you are like me and check the websites again for just to make sure I got the information right. I'm glad I did that too because I ended up ( Read more... )

Well, I'm just about to start my...well, I guess this would be my second attempt to query this manuscript. Right now I'm sending out to agents who only want query letters and no sample chapters. As I look through the websites and query submission guide lines (even though I've thoroughly checked all of these before when I compiled the list) I am ( Read more... )