Richard has just gone through a line edit of Apocalypse, which means a couple fixes and it's ready to go into Query Mode. It's a very different book than the one that failed in querying. I think I've grown a lot from when that was the second (and third) book I've written.
One thing I've discovered: Nobody's impressed that I'm a writer. I'm secretly amused by this, because there's this part of me who dreams of impressing people. In reality, it's "Oh, you're a writer? You're not published yet? Have you tried children's books?" I have nothing bad to say about children's books, but unless they involve ancient lore, preternatural bad guys, and the reincarnation of King -- Oh, sorry, that's Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence. Loved that stuff.
I stay optimistic, maybe because I've won one short story contest and been a runner-up in another. (I've been rejected by three times this many zines and contests, though).
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