Tag: query

First off, I want to thank my regular readers. Apparently there are two of you out there. My blog had two hits for each of the last two days, even though I didn’t post a thing. Maybe I’m wrong, but it makes me think there are some people out there...

What to do, what to do? I’m at a bit of a loss again. After writing more than 1,000 words on Meg and Matt’s story yesterday, I’ve hit a block. If I take a page of advice from the “write quickly and often” book, I’ll sit down and make...

E-mail was not my friend this morning. Remember the agent who requested more of my MS a couple of weeks ago? Rejected. After careful consideration, they decided it wasn’t right for their agency. Sounds like a pretty standard rejection, I suppose. However, there was also an encouraging note. A...

My task for “Operation Treat Writing Like a Day Job” today? Query letters. I sent out 3 more e-queries this morning. Unlike last week, no responses awaited me at the end of the day. But that’s OK. I didn’t expect them to. Not sure what’s on the list for...

Last Saturday, we had our NARWA meeting and I was inspired to launch “Operation Treat Writing Like a Day Job.” Today I capped off my operation, which admittedly isn’t as amusing as “Operation Snag Mike Brad,” with another good day. I wrote 1,421 words on Meg & Matt’s story...

Not long after I finished my last post, I decided to check my gmail account one more time. I certainly wasn’t expecting what awaited me there … … a reply from one of the agents I queried this morning! They want to see the first 30 pages of “Operation...

Checking in again: I didn’t spent quite an hour treating writing as my day job today (Monday), but I did accomplish what I set out to do. That’s right — I sent out two query letters. Yep. You read that correctly. Two agents now have my query for “Operation...

I’d call Day 1 of “Operation Treat Writing Like a Day Job” an unqualified success. I spent about 2 1/2 hours finishing the read-through on my rough draft of “Blind Date Bride” and revised my query for “Operation Snag Mike Brad.” So even though I didn’t get many actual...

Again, I went to my NARWA meeting … and again I was inspired by a great speaker. Jennifer Ashley talked about how to finish that manuscript and get it published. And as usual, I had to come back to Flagstaff and head straight to work when I wanted to...

I got a little writing done today … very little. I’d say I wrote about a page — a far cry from the heady days of November when I was writing 2,000 words a day. Guess I’ll look at the positive: It’s a page more than I wrote yesterday....