Good Bye, Maya Rock

Fast turn over on the rejection. She did not feel it was the right project for her. I'll get this out again to someone else shortly, maybe this afternoon.

Catherine

Out into the Universe Again!

Next submission of Substance to Stephen Barbara of Donald Maass. Here's hoping that he will like the fact that one of my main characters is named Stephan...

I understand his turn over is also quick. Stay tuned.

Catherine

More Turn Around

Good bye to Stephen Barbara, who thought I had a good query letter, but that the project was wrong.

Hello to Ethan Ellenberg. I will wait until Halloween for Mr. Ellenberg, because if I haven't heard in that 2 week period, I won't.

Next up: Nathan Bransford.

Earnestly, I don't expect Ellenberg or Bransford. They are very popular and get a ton of submissions. But, you gotta knock on the doors, right?

Ooookay. Dinner, papers for tomorrow, and a chapter of actual editing. Seriously.

BTW, this:

http://www.querytracker.net

has pretty much eliminated my need to do a big list of agents. While I'll still look through Agent Query and Preditors and Editors, this service found me 216 agents to research AND helps me keep track of my queries. I will, as soon as I get the chance, send them $25 dollars to support the site. I could do it for free, but then I'd be a lowlife, and that wouldn't be cool.

At least email makes the whole query/rejection process so much faster. Remember kids, just because it's getting rejected doesn't mean it's not good. It means a lot of things, but it doesn't mean that.

Catherine

Beginning Chapter Seven

After a day of lots of niggly things, lots of meetings, two rejections, and even almost choking to death (/drama), I actually managed to get home at 8 pm and orally read a scene. It's been heavily edited for action and conflict, which were lacking.

Stick a fork in me, because I'm done today.

Catherine