In the interest of pretending I don’t care, no, that friendly email I received from Mystery Agent this morning in response to my news that I was posting things off didn’t give me that thrill of excitement and woohooness. Nope. Uh-uh.
Gods, what a rank amateur we’re dealing with here…
Status then. FYI, Mystery Agent isn’t the only agent with Substance. Another agent still has the full read, and is still considering the manuscript. Trisha Telep also has to reject me properly yet. And there is YET another agent I can submit to, should I get a hankering.
Also, Abby and Vince’s little story is out at Drops of Blood. Wanted to support their first efforts as an Urban Fantasy ‘zine, even though cash is not an issue there.
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What next? Obviously, Hulk Hercules.
I want second draft done before I take my wrestling road trip to Chicago on the 15th. Then I’ll come back and tweak it with what I’ve found out. I’ll be looking for some readers once I’m done with the second (and viewable) draft, before the tweaks. Kizmet, you’re in for sure, and I’ve got your email address from before.
Anyone else? I’ll need it back no later than November 25th, before all turkey breaks loose, so I can send it by its due date.
I should have my professorial paper proposal done as soon as Mr. Iwahara gets me his short bio. I’ll have to nag starting Monday, maybe. I know there will be additions to that in January.
Two more winter projects if there’s time with HH:PW. One is a story for the Interfictions annual based on the last days alive of Susy Twain. I would love to get that in. I also have wig making articles to get off to AniCoz.
Then I intend to begin a short story barrage! I want to go through some old short stories and update them, send them out, and write a couple of new stories. All this with an eye of applying to a writing workshop for professional development.
Of course, plans are totally subject to change, based on any trains that pull into the station. We writers must be flexible.
I need to decide on my next long term project. It was going to be YA vampire killers. I’m not sure if after HH:PW, I’ll want something deeper to do. Maybe it’s time for Dead Grrrlz after all. Who knows what the mood will be.
So, more for me, this post, than you. Do you guys like projecting yourself into some far flung, pre-planned future of what you’ll be writing?
Catherine
