Weekly update – a day late a dollar short? 6/24/2010
Yeah, yeah, it’s not Wednesday. I know. I’m late. Sorry. I’ve been obsessively busy. See below.
Rejection Queen Status Update:
– Rejection Count as of today – (drum roll please) 12 Deb – I think this puts me in the lead.
– Number of outstanding Queries – 9
– Number of outstanding partials – 1
– Number of agents researched/waiting to send – 12 (these are the ones sitting in my binder waiting for me to get off my uhm… butt and write them letters. 🙂 )
Other Writing:
– The reason my blog is so neglected is I have been breathing new life into an old manuscript. First I added about 38,000 words to the story, adding a completely new plot line, new characters, a car bomb, kidnapping, and fight scene. Then I had to go through two edits to cut over 3,000 words. All this over the past two weeks. I am currently working on the third edit – I still need to trim about 960 words from this puppy to get it ready for the contest I want to send it to.
Personal Notes:
– My children are no longer in school, this means two things- more time with my kids, and less time to write. 🙂
– Vacation is quickly approaching and I can’t wait to see one of my first readers who lives on the other side of the country from me. Oddly she is in Florida and I am in Seattle – the two settings in which the novel I have been working on for the past two weeks take place. It makes me miss her more.