End of May Update

I've been getting myself stressed out again.

It's mostly because of my current job. It has been... let's say special. Those who know me well know enough of what is going on that I won't go into details. Because of this annoyance I just filled out fafsa and am going to call the financial aid office tomorrow. If I can get even a little bit then I won't need to work the full summer. That would be an enormous relief.

If I can kick this job to the curb I can spend the summer working on my current novel, Zix. Zix is just the working title, it will get a real title later. Zix is the name of the main character. I named her that because it sounds cool. Zix. Awesome.

Meanwhile I'm still waiting to hear from the agent who is reading of Piper's Debt. I really hope she wishes to represent me. If she does, I wouldn't mind doing another big rewrite to that project. Heck, if she doesn't I might still do a rewrite. I think the book still has hope. Same with Death to Life. I think I'm getting much better about writing things like resumes and query letters. I just need to think of them as tiny artworks as well and then they're more fun. I'm sure they're more fun to look at too.

And that's it that's going on with me right now. Still trying to become a teacher. Oh yeah, I was admitted into both the college and the credential program. And my application to student teach went through. If nothing it should be an interesting year, one that I am rather excited about. Just gotta figure out this annoyance at work. Then all will be joyous again. Hooray.

Happy Day

Good news!

At the end of march I sent out ten letters to agents. Seven of them came back with negative replies. Two I haven't heard from.

One wants to read the rest of the manuscript.

So I spent all of today doing a surface edit. Yes, as soon as I got the letter I sat down and spent my day reading the whole novel, making tiny little changes all over.

I'm excited because I have never gotten a request for a full before. It doesn't mean anything really, just that there's a little interest in the general story, but I feel it's a step in the right direction. But at the same time I'm panicking. I suddenly want to rewrite the first ten chapters. Instead I'm sending it out in the mail tomorrow. Maybe I'll rewrite the first ten chapters later, just in case this comes back in three months with another rejection.

I'm trying not to over think it. I have a third novel in the works, working title "Zix." It's very different from the other two. I was supposed to spend all of today working on that, but this letter got me sidetracked. I want to allow myself to get excited about this, but as I said before it may mean nothing.

Or it could mean I'm that much closer to getting an agent. Oh me oh my!