Happy Thursday All!
Yes, I know...normally I would post my monthly blog post earlier, but this time it's taken me more than one day to write this post. At first, I needed to figure out what I wanted to post about. And then, it kept feeling like it (the post) wasn't ready.
Querying: Sugar & Frost is the "book of my heart" so far. I had the most fun writing it and I totally fell in love with the characters. I really believe in this story. It's just so sweet and fun. Like a warm blanket on a cold day. I got asked by an agent to send some more pages (I had done some not-insignificant editing--after asking this agent if I might revise & resubmit--I don't know what will become of that; and it wasn't a full request, but still, it was nice that the agent wanted more pages). Despite the situation at hand, I did have one agent comment that "the writing is solid". So, that's something. As I said, this story is incredibly special to me and I do believe in it. I don't know what readers will think, I only know that writing it was one of the best experiences I'd had with writing in a while.
Writing: I've got several new manuscripts in various stages of incompletion--I have yet to meet an author who doesn't have a file folder of such things. Currently two of them have been taking my attention. I started off the first one--and it was flowing nicely. Then, one day, I had an idea for a sequel/companion story, and off I went to write book 2 (yes, before book 1 is finished). I got approximately 35k to 40k written on book 2 and then...realized I had ideas for book 1, so now I've been working on book 1 (again) and have gone over 60k words so far.
I don't know if I'll keep them to amuse myself, or try to get them published. I do write a bit with the idea that they might be out in the public one day, but I also try not to let that be a focus. It's been really nice because it keeps me writing and the old imagination going, without the pressure of me thinking "Okay, I want to get this done by x, and into querying by x." I've got no set schedule for them, just getting the story onto the page and then I'll take it from there.
Reading: Recently, I re-read an old favorite of mine (I've loved this particular story since...oh gee, before I was a teen, I think). It's Beverly Cleary's Fifteen. One of the sweetest, gentlest, most heart-warming tales I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I've read it several times over the years and it still makes me smile. It's not particularly long, but it does have a satisfying ending.
As for everything else--real life just keeps moving forward as it seems to always do.
Have A Terrific Tuesday!
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