Happy Tuesday Everyone!
It's...July? Yep. July. Can you believe it? I know I often say this, but it feels like the month went by very quickly. Or maybe it just seems that way because of all the weird things happening in my life. And, yes, it's hot. (But when isn't it during June and July in Texas?)
Real Life: At the end of May, lightning hit my car (at least, that's what we think happened, didn't SEE it, but based on what we know, that's what we think). Nobody was in it, but the car got damaged and wouldn't work properly. Insurance had it towed and thus began a saga (which is still going on at the time of the writing of this blog post). It's been about 3-4 weeks. We had a rental for a few days, and then had to return it. Then my husband's car had a problem and had to be towed to the dealership. So, husband talked to insurance and told them we were getting a rental because we needed transportation and he needed to get to work. Hopefully all this gets resolved SOON.
Writing Life: I'm currently not working on writing a novel. But I've been editing Sugar & Frost and it's getting critiques, so I'm excited about that. I love this story. I really do. I feel it's very whimsical (purposely so) and sweet. Yes, there is some serious stuff in it, but mostly I'm hoping my readers will leave with "warm fuzzies". I do have other WIPs (Works In Progress) to be written, but for now this is most of my focus. (I did take some time off from it for a couple or so days just to not get too burned out and be able to find where I need to tweak/adjust/take out, and/or add stuff).
Querying: I still have a couple of queries out. As for what I'll do with The Forgotten, I haven't made a complete decision. I did some edits on it, but right now I'm just taking a "wait and see" attitude with that one. Who knows? Maybe something will come of queries/pitches for it.
Other Author Stuff: So, I found out about a new pitching event on X/Twitter called #UnhingedPit. This was incredibly fun. It was meant to be completely unconventional--so you didn't pitch your manuscript the way one normally would and you used older comps (generally comparison titles are ones that were released 5 or less years from present day), so the comparison titles for #UnhingedPit were ones that were older. So far I haven't gotten any agent likes on my pitches for that, but I did have fun with it and I made some new author friends, so to me, that was a success. There are other pitch opportunities coming up (I'm planning on participating in at least one) but this was a fun thing to do.
Blogspot is being weird about font color, so if you're seeing black for some parts of the post and purple for others, I apologize. I tried to make it all purple.
The 4th of July is coming up for the United States. So, Happy Birthday, USA!
Plans for the July? Pretty much what I've been doing.
Do you have any fun plans for July?
Have a terrific Tuesday!
Hope your July is Joyful!
