Doh!
As the weekend draws to a close and the boys (all of them) “rock out” upstairs, I’m blogging, dear reader, to comment on the supreme irony that touched my life yesterday. I ended Friday ten pages away from the rewrite (first-person present POV -> first-person past POV) an agent had suggested back in November, and on Saturday I got a reply from her on the rewritten first thirty pages. Guess what she said…drumroll please: it still wasn’t quite what she was looking for. Doh! Oh well. I do think it’s a better version, so anyone I query from here on out will get the new version. And, if I decide to ride the wave of the future one more time via self-publishing, this is, I feel certain, a better book.
Meanwhile, I have a Barnes & Noble gift card burning a hole in my pocket and an Amazon order on the way. Not to mention a meaty library hold list… So, I’m drowning my sorrows (mostly I’m just all talk) with books. Oh…and these look really good. And I just happen to have both a brownie mix and a B.C. cookie mix in the pantry. Things are definitely looking up.
And thank you all so very much for all your encouragement–I truly appreciate it!
02/23/2009 at 3:59 am
Well done on being so close to finishing the rewrite and knowing that it is better. It’s so tough when agents come back – after reworking- and still say no. Take heart with a better script.
02/23/2009 at 5:07 am
Sorry it didn’t work out, but when it does, you can make those brownies again! They work for every occasion.
02/23/2009 at 1:54 pm
So, do the rewrites get easier when they’re being directed from an agent (as opposed to being self-mandated)?
02/24/2009 at 12:11 am
Good job on the rewrite! Can I have a brownie? Pretty please?
02/24/2009 at 12:55 am
Keep working hard…
And good job on the rewrite.
Enjoy the yummy brownies and your B and N gift card.
02/24/2009 at 2:10 am
Revisions. I feel your pain. Hang in there. All this trauma prepares you to deal with the publisher. The fun just goes on and on. Makes me think I should go into something like plumbing- but alas- love the writing thing.
02/26/2009 at 4:43 pm
i only shop at B&N when i have a coupon. too expensive at full price!
but a gift card is always a good thing!