While attending Dragoncon in September, I met the senior editor for a pretty well known fantasy publisher. She invited me to send her my Boar Band manuscript. Well, my test readers made some suggestions and gave me a unanimous thumbs up. SO, after two final edits, I sent it in.
Pretty much immediately upon receiving the file, the editor wrote me back and said that she did remember talking to me and was looking forward to reading the manuscript when she could. I was flattered, elated and beside myself. This was in October.
Well, I made it past the deadly first two weeks without any rejection. November came and went, bring and taking NaNo 2007 with it. Still no word by December, but I'm patent. I mean, it's the holidays and whatnot, so I kept my game face on. I did send in a Holiday card saying best wishes and everything, and while I didn't expect it to inspire an immediate response, I did hope that after the holiday hubbub, maybe the second week in January or so.. I'd hear something.
Alas, no.
So, Exactly a week ago today, I sent my official, allowed by tradition, two-month check-in e-mail. I was polite and everything, and even mentioned that I have not simultaneously submitted my manuscript.
It's not that I couldn't handle a rejection letter, I just want to know so that I can proceed. If they don't like it, that's cool, there are a few other places I'd like to try. If they DO like it and just need more time, great! I'd just like to know that so I can put my mind to other projects.
I just feel pigeon-holed at this point, and that feels worse than rejection.
Trying not to lose heart.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
@set 2008=_better_than_2007?YES!!!
2007 was… ugh. You’d think the year of the golden piggy would have been better to me.. Well, I shouldn’t speak so fast, cause it’s not over till February :P So, let’s talk about 2007 instead. My official word for the year is fiasco, 2007, in retrospect, was just.. stupid. I mean, some good things happened, some crappy things happened, but top to bottom, what’s really changed except for $3.00 gas?
Throughout most of the year, I edited All Star Boar Band. Now, I’m waiting to hear from the editor, to see if it’s been bought or not. In the meantime, I’ve written the second in the Piggy Moto series, The Accidental Activists. Im taking a break from it for a while before I begin the edit process- just to clear my mind a bit.
In the novel downtime, I’ve been working on the ongoing, Fate’s Cold Hand story, and at this point, I have the first two segments completed and uploaded here:
http://nicholasmcrae.com/id11.html
I’ve gotten a little bit of feedback already, and it’s all been encouraging. A very generous musician who goes by Lazz is also interested in doing a soundtrack composition for me, so that’s very exciting! I can’t wait to hear it.
There’s also about to appear an art gallery on my website, so keep an eye for that. It’ll be for the story related work I’ve made and will be making in the future. Dunno really when that will be up, but it’s coming.
A friend and I recently worked a bad habit banishing ritual over the new moon, so let’s see if that will help me get things under control. For the up and coming full moon, I’m thinking of doing a little luv ritual, or maybe just something for general good luck.
Throughout most of the year, I edited All Star Boar Band. Now, I’m waiting to hear from the editor, to see if it’s been bought or not. In the meantime, I’ve written the second in the Piggy Moto series, The Accidental Activists. Im taking a break from it for a while before I begin the edit process- just to clear my mind a bit.
In the novel downtime, I’ve been working on the ongoing, Fate’s Cold Hand story, and at this point, I have the first two segments completed and uploaded here:
http://nicholasmcrae.com/id11.html
I’ve gotten a little bit of feedback already, and it’s all been encouraging. A very generous musician who goes by Lazz is also interested in doing a soundtrack composition for me, so that’s very exciting! I can’t wait to hear it.
There’s also about to appear an art gallery on my website, so keep an eye for that. It’ll be for the story related work I’ve made and will be making in the future. Dunno really when that will be up, but it’s coming.
A friend and I recently worked a bad habit banishing ritual over the new moon, so let’s see if that will help me get things under control. For the up and coming full moon, I’m thinking of doing a little luv ritual, or maybe just something for general good luck.
Well, the official Dragon Wagon, is now the official Puppy Wagon.
Yesterday, two friends and I went out and traded in my ’98 Plymouth Grand Voayger for a ’99 Saturn LS2. One of the guys used to work for Saturn, so he looked it over top to bottom and gave it high marks. The brakes need some work, but I think he wants to work on those this morning. So, that’s all cool.
He’s a standard (the car- who’s name is Raphiel, by the way), so my other bud took me around in him to teach me how to drive a stick. It’s not so bad, after all. Yesterday I took him out by myself and drove down to catch a bite with a couple friends and show him off to them and a couple more. It was a good evening, and by the time I got back home, I almost felt comfortable shifting.
Besides the brakes, the only things Raph needs are a new headliner and all new speakers. The previous owner blew them all out. It’s the one thing we didn’t check on our test drive. But, the radio and cd player work fine. There’s no tape deck, though, so no more listening to the Ipod while I drive :P.
So that’s it about that. I’ll make another post about the writing.
He’s a standard (the car- who’s name is Raphiel, by the way), so my other bud took me around in him to teach me how to drive a stick. It’s not so bad, after all. Yesterday I took him out by myself and drove down to catch a bite with a couple friends and show him off to them and a couple more. It was a good evening, and by the time I got back home, I almost felt comfortable shifting.
Besides the brakes, the only things Raph needs are a new headliner and all new speakers. The previous owner blew them all out. It’s the one thing we didn’t check on our test drive. But, the radio and cd player work fine. There’s no tape deck, though, so no more listening to the Ipod while I drive :P.
So that’s it about that. I’ll make another post about the writing.
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