Current query count: 10 Submissions 2 Rejection Emails 4 Non-response 4 Pending Something's just not hitting. While I feel I did craft a strong query letter, it's obviously not resonating. The blogs say not to give up hope until you've queried minimally 100 (yes one hundred) agents...minimally. When I was on submission 1, I had no idea what I was doing. That ... Read More
From Conception To (Mostly) Completion
I started this endeavor a little over three years ago. I don't know where the self indulgent need to photograph and journal the experience came from, but on the days where the soul crushing, defeatist voices start to echo between my ears, worming their way in to my brain, trying their damnedest to settle in to my heart; the constant flow of imagery of how far I have come helps ... Read More
Not For The Faint of Heart
Holy Fuck! I was such a fool. I thought early on there would be a point where this would get easier, at least mentally. I was sorely mistaken. When I was writing the rough draft of Ananke's Hand I would coax myself off the edge by promising that; This is the worst of it. You'll be okay once you get through this first step. At the time I had no idea I was selling myself a ... Read More
Chasing The Dream
WELCOME! And thank you for taking the time out to visit my web page. Since you have found your way here, let me catch you up on what's been going on. I have spent the past 3 years laboring away at my novel, "Ananke's Hand". (Click Here for a little foreshadowing.) It's pretty much consumed every free minute of my life since it's conception. It's made it's way through a dozen ... Read More