Back In The Saddle
Jul. 20th, 2010 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuI haven't posted in a while, as my lovely and talented wife pointed out to me today on the phone. So, here's a post.
I haven't posted in a while because I haven't written anything of consequence in a while. What with illness in June, and then editing my novel and getting it out the door, I haven't done much writing. But today I jumped back on the horse, working on what I hope will be the first of two stories I hope to write and get into the mail this week.
I got about 3,000 words written today. Not all of them usable--it required a little pump-priming before I started producing, but hey. It's still in the right ball park.
I received a rejection the other day (for "In Adversity"), so I need to get that story back in the mail. I've already picked out the next market, I just need to print it out, assemble the submission (story, cover letter, SASE) and take it to the post office. I also need to resubmit a story I'd sent to the Writers of the Future contest; the new quarterly contest has started, so that story is available again.
No word on my new novel submissions yet, but I don't expect any news for a while.
In other words, my lovely and talented wife had a lovely birthday. We (and Twoson) went out to lunch, then out to a movie (Inception), then out to dinner, then out to a second movie (Eclipse). She also received some nice presents, including a Nook e-reader. I actually bought that for her last month as an early birthday present, and she's been enjoying it quite a lot.
My thumbnail review of Inception: for a movie all about going into peoples' dream worlds and monkeying around, there's nowhere near enough reality-bending to suit me. In that respect, The Matrix was more my cup of tea. This was "Mission: Impossible" played out in dreamscapes. It wasn't a bad movie, by any means. It was very well crafted. But it wasn't what I'd been led to expect, and so I was disappointed. Your mileage may vary.
Stories in Circulation: 10
Rejections: 46
Stories Accepted: SEVEN
Stories to Resubmit: 2
Novel Queries: 2 Novels in circulation, 8 queries out
Novel Rejections: 7
I haven't posted in a while because I haven't written anything of consequence in a while. What with illness in June, and then editing my novel and getting it out the door, I haven't done much writing. But today I jumped back on the horse, working on what I hope will be the first of two stories I hope to write and get into the mail this week.
I got about 3,000 words written today. Not all of them usable--it required a little pump-priming before I started producing, but hey. It's still in the right ball park.
I received a rejection the other day (for "In Adversity"), so I need to get that story back in the mail. I've already picked out the next market, I just need to print it out, assemble the submission (story, cover letter, SASE) and take it to the post office. I also need to resubmit a story I'd sent to the Writers of the Future contest; the new quarterly contest has started, so that story is available again.
No word on my new novel submissions yet, but I don't expect any news for a while.
In other words, my lovely and talented wife had a lovely birthday. We (and Twoson) went out to lunch, then out to a movie (Inception), then out to dinner, then out to a second movie (Eclipse). She also received some nice presents, including a Nook e-reader. I actually bought that for her last month as an early birthday present, and she's been enjoying it quite a lot.
My thumbnail review of Inception: for a movie all about going into peoples' dream worlds and monkeying around, there's nowhere near enough reality-bending to suit me. In that respect, The Matrix was more my cup of tea. This was "Mission: Impossible" played out in dreamscapes. It wasn't a bad movie, by any means. It was very well crafted. But it wasn't what I'd been led to expect, and so I was disappointed. Your mileage may vary.
Stories in Circulation: 10
Rejections: 46
Stories Accepted: SEVEN
Stories to Resubmit: 2
Novel Queries: 2 Novels in circulation, 8 queries out
Novel Rejections: 7