Midsummer Madness II - Halfway there!
I started the Midsummer Madness II Workshop at Liberty Hall on July 5th. Now it’s July 26th. Time flies. Especially with one of the participants where their novel takes place in another dimension where Mr. Time (a former working name) lives.
What have we gone through? We’ve worked on novel concepts with 20 paragraph summaries. We’ve [...]
Finding a Market
So I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, especially after 6 rejections for Panix. I thought it was a pretty good query letter, but I don’t think the concept is thrilling agents. I know, I know my writing is still evolving, but I do want to sell a novel. I remember speaking with James [...]
Shorts and Retorts
My short stories are still floating around in slush piles everywhere. I’ve got six out at present. A few rejections have come in. I’ve been going back into my WIP and doing some rewrites of promising stories. Some are out for their fourth submission.
I’ve had to write a couple of stories to decide what to [...]
June: Subs & Queries
So far since I started to submit again and sent out nine queries for Panix, I’ve gotten back two story rejections from big markets and two form query rejections. Nathan Bransford actually sent me two form query rejections in two days after I emailed them out. That’s fast turnaround time.
I’ve got about five short story [...]
