Carolyn and I just returned from a couple of days away. I’d hoped to spend more time writing than I did, but the few hours I managed to carve out were very productive. I’ve been stumped trying to get the outline for NHI started, but with no distractions (read: no Internet access) I was able [...]
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Outline Underway
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
On to outline
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Last week, I completed a three page synopsis for NHI and started expanding it. I didn’t quite make five pages, which was my original target, but I have enough to start working on the outline. Since I know the synopsis will most likely change by the time I finish the outline, anyway, I’ve decided to [...]
Tags: NHI · The Shadow in Her Eyes · Writing
Either not too sycophantic, or just enough
August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Apparently, my attempt at personalizing yesterday’s email query wasn’t as bad as I’d thought, because the agent responded today with a request for the first 30 pages of my manuscript.
Tags: The Shadow in Her Eyes · Writing
Queries on the old, progress on the new
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m finally getting off my butt to send query letters out for SHE. It’s not fun. Even though I have a solid query body ready to use more or less as-is, I tried to personalize the one I just sent and realized as soon as I’d clicked Send that it was less “personalized” than “sycophantic.” [...]
Tags: NHI · The Shadow in Her Eyes · Writing
That’s better
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments
After Monday’s gripe-fest about how I wasn’t making sufficient progress on NHI, I immediately summoned my inexhaustible reserves of discipline and focus and…
HAHAHAHAHAHA
No, actually, I instead wrote half of a rough draft for a short story unrelated to NHI except that it takes place in the same city. But that’s OK. It gave me time [...]