Refining my query letter

After reading such blogs as Miss Snark and the query section on the Nanowrimo forums, I'm overhauling my query letter so that it can go find me an agent.  Not much else to say about it, but as it's taking up the majority of my evening, I thought I'd mention it.

I've also removed about ten thousand words from the novel I wrote in November.  Yes, it's a lot, but a whole lot more are going to come out before I'm finished with it.  (Also, I'd like to apologize if any of the people I emailed my first draft to are reading this blog: parts of the novel are painful, aren't they.  It's very wordy.  It's very "tell-y".)

But I'm having a good time, and I can't wait to go back through my story to smooth it out -- to make it actually GOOD.  All in good time.

Submitting Fiction

That time has come again. I've written a novel, edited it, got my mom to read it, got a few friends of mine to say, "I'm too busy to read it, but I promise I will", and now I'm querying literary agents.

I've also taken advantage of NaNoWriMo and CreateSpace's free proof copy offer, so I should be seeing a paperback of The Silent Treatment in the mail in a little while. Even though it's just for me and won't actually be on sale, it's quite exciting. I'll be able to put it on my bookshelf in the "S" section.

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