I really have no excuse for why I've been so quiet other than NaNoWriMo. I don't even think that's a good excuse, but I'm still using it anyway.
We are nine days into NaNo, and I am almost breaking 20k on Good Criminal Heart. Finally going to see this project come to completion after seven years of sitting on it.
At this point, I am standing on a finished novelette ("My Summer Vacation by Terrance Wade"), a finished novella (The Unanswerable), and three finished novels (RUHE, Where We Collide, and Rioss). Which means I need some realistic goals for myself in order to get these all published/shopped.
I'm still aiming for "My Summer Vacation..." to be self-published prior to the holiday season.
The next few months will be busy. After NaNo, I will get RUHE queried again and work on getting Where We Collide ready for querying.
How is everyone's November going? Are you participating in NaNo?
Also, side note, if you want to keep up with my NaNo progress, I'm posting Main Character Facts along with word counts on my Google+ Page.
Showing posts with label query letters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label query letters. Show all posts
Friday, November 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
YA Sex and Other Things
Author and friend, Brooke Johnson, has this lovely blog and asked me to do a guest post. I talk about the subtle side of YA sex, and also have an excerpt from one of my works in progress, A Good Criminal Heart. I know that I wrote it, but I still say that it provides some insight to how to write YA sex, especially if you are going for a subtle feel and don't want to be so overt.
I submitted my story to the contest on a blog - and I'm sad to say that I didn't make it in... again.
I've decided to change my way of thinking of rejection. Instead of a "no," I think of it as a "No from us." Which, in a way, is healthy, but I worry that it's impeding the growth of my piece.
The intro probably isn't as strong as it could be. I liked my old intro better, but a lot of people told me that it felt too promotional.
Which gives me the idea to incorporate the old intro into my query letter. Right?
I really need to work on my query letter and get it out there again. While this piece has received a few "No"s, it doesn't guarantee a no from everyone. Making runner-up is a "mostly yes," and I did receive a partial request once.
In conclusion: My piece is worth it. I need to start submitting to other places and stop getting so hung up on the "No." I need to stop expecting different results from the same people and circumstances (isn't that what they call insanity anyway?)
And as far as I can tell, I haven't gone insane (yet).
I submitted my story to the contest on a blog - and I'm sad to say that I didn't make it in... again.
I've decided to change my way of thinking of rejection. Instead of a "no," I think of it as a "No from us." Which, in a way, is healthy, but I worry that it's impeding the growth of my piece.
The intro probably isn't as strong as it could be. I liked my old intro better, but a lot of people told me that it felt too promotional.
Which gives me the idea to incorporate the old intro into my query letter. Right?
I really need to work on my query letter and get it out there again. While this piece has received a few "No"s, it doesn't guarantee a no from everyone. Making runner-up is a "mostly yes," and I did receive a partial request once.
In conclusion: My piece is worth it. I need to start submitting to other places and stop getting so hung up on the "No." I need to stop expecting different results from the same people and circumstances (isn't that what they call insanity anyway?)
And as far as I can tell, I haven't gone insane (yet).
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