Monday, July 26, 2010

A Contest!

Just entered a contest. Contests are great because they sharpen the writing tools. This particular contest is for short fiction (250 words or less) and it's hosted by a writer/photographer who seems to have garnered quite a following.
Here's the link if you want to check it out.  Clarity of Night Writing Contest  

Sunday, July 25, 2010

LURE to OTHERS

So LURE 1850 is done...again.  Hahaha. How many times have I said that?  Enough to double the size of the book.
Right now I have it out to an editor who's giving it a final go through.  I've given serious thought to how I want to approach getting the work out there, and I've decided to roll with it this way:
I haven't queried or sent the book out for over a year, and even then it was to one agent and the Delacorte book contest. Since then the book has doubled in size and taken on a new life (who knew?)
I'm not sending LURE out to a gazillion agents. There are a handful of agents I feel would be a great fit with me as a writer. I'll query them and see what happens.  If nothing happens, then I'll get things going myself. 
The book is great, the time is right, I have no fear!

Now it's time to finish OTHERS.  Ahhhh, dystopia. Gonna get my sci-fi hat on and start cranking!  No rest for the writer.