Well the blog has been lagging lately. I do realize. Last weekend was the writer’s conference in Austin. The trip was an enormous success I feel. The agent I wanted to talk to the most also showed the most interest in my pitch! She asked me for a synopsis and 50 pages. I am more than eager to comply. The events going on right now are what I have been waiting for for weeks. It is time to send out query letters, synopsis, etc. to agents. It’s been fun writing and editing this book, but now it’s time to sell it. Or try to at least.

Tuesday Night Story has suffered, but I promise it will be back and running in July. And it’s going to have an upgrade as well! I’m going to wait to tell you guys about it to keep the surprise going. The anticipation will be eating you up soon, I know it!

I’ll leave everyone with some words about how difficult it is to be a writer.

I can see why all authors suggest you give up trying to be a writer if you don’t truly love it. The amount of work that you have to do just to be a writer, let alone a successful writer, is pretty intense. I hope to learn how hard it is to be successful, but for now I am struggling to keep up with the first.

Beyond writing a book, going through 5 drafts, and reading it 7 or 8 times, there is the business side which some suggest is even more important! Creating a professional query letter, condensing your work to a 1-page synopsis, and doing a speed read of your book hoping to find any last minute errors that could be lurking.

I love it, every last minute of it. And I can’t wait to do it again on the next book. I had the idea to post some perspectives on writing query letters and a synopsis, but should I wait to find out if I even did a good job? I think so. If an agent asks for the rest of my manuscript then I will jump around and share the secrets I stumbled upon and the great advice I found in research.

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