The story caught our attention but after consideration we’ve decided it’s not a piece
we can use.
Not too shabby, I say.
My distractions are piling up, but writing is still happening. I've been mainly editing novels and frowning at my legless story. It'll all come together. The part that's sticky right now is that I've got all of four days to send out an agent query or I'll have failed my goals for the month. Ackity ack acka ack. I always procrastinate with those things. But I haven't been idle. I've been reading Query Shark, and thinking about what the strongest thread in my novel is so that I don't muddy the synopsis with dumb stuff. You know, the stuff that everyone, especially me, feels is so critical to the story but everyone with a few synapses firing in their brains and a somewhat-accurate memory of what the novel is about knows is just window dressing? That stuff, the stuff I want to leave out. If only it was color coded or something.
Anyway, I'll get it done soon. I'd better, or I'll owe the group a buck at a time I really ought to be saving my bucks. Four days may seem like a lot of time, but it really isn't, especially since I want to try a fresh take on that synopsis. It's not quite right as it stands. I can do better. I will, and I must do better.
Gee, I haven't even got to the hard part yet, you know, the part where the book is out and I'm trying to build interest while still working on other books. This is the easy part, y'know, even though it drags on and on.
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