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Contract is Signed!

So I got my contract today for Z-Boat, probably one of the more exciting moments in my life.
I thought perhaps after finishing it and having it accepted (which was a pipe dream to me) I would then be at a loss as to what to do...then an anthology opened by Ryan Miller 2012 Doomsday, which I had to submit to.  Also Wolfology being done by Twisted Library Press and another novella type deal for Wicked East Press.

On top of that I have started to write the sequel to my first book, outline a different book, am now a contributing editor and Hidden Thoughts Press and will be editing their Anxiety collection..and doing some marketing and PR work for them and Evil Jester Press.

I am not sure if writing is feast or famine, or if it one of those things where once you break through the barrier you keep going setting higher and higher goals.  Either way I am enjoying it and also meeting so many wonderful people along the way.

A few years ago if someone asked me if I thought I would write a book, and get it accepted for publication I would have blurted out NO! without hesitation..now things are different..

I have some more confidence, and done something a lot of people say they are going to do.

Here's hoping to more barriers being broken!

Blogging about what....

As I have mentioned before, writers need to master the art of waiting.

I have tried distractions such as painting, staining my deck, walking the dog, biking swimming, but nothing seems to take the edge off.  In the back of my mind I always know, there is the slightest possibility I might have an e-mail about one of my submissions, and now about my book.

I admit to never thinking I would get a novel published and now after a week to let it settle in and let my grey matter absorb this news I have to say it is very uplifting.  I feel renewed in a way, not because I am published, but that someone saw my writing as good enough to publish.

I have a blog post to write for a friend and have a pretty good idea what to write about now, and no I don't mean my book, I plan to write about how it happened, and all the people who made it possible.  how the forums and the writing community is one of the most positive and supportive I have ever come across.  I am proud to be a part of it.

I hope to write two more books in this series, and work on another one a different publisher asked for.  I also have some other projects I want to do and still want to submit to anthologies and what not. I also know that the friends I have made will make it possible.. a big thank-you to all.

It is Official

I just got the e-mail, which I was expecting in a couple of months..

My book is going to be published by the Library of the Living Dead, and edited by Bill Tucker himself.

No words can say how happy I am right now..more later

A new day

So I think with all the personal things as well as outside work that stress got to me yesterday.

I am tough, and one rejection is not going to throw me over the edge, I have 37 acceptances in 6 months, that is pretty darn good and a manuscript out for consideration.

All in all things are going well, also writing a novella/novel.

Time to move along, less anthology and more book work.  Will mean longer wait time, work time, but I think it is a smarter move.  I do not want to become a caricature hobby writer.

I forgot the whole reason I started writing was to be a novelist..

So still waiting on several acceptances but am going to work on other things and remain upbeat.

Another Rejection

I know that part of writing is rejection, writers are supposed to have thick skin.

I got yet another rejection today, and am tired of them to be honest.

They make me feel bad and I don't like feeling bad.  I had a lot of success in the beginning, but now seem to be getting many more rejections than acceptances.

I think it is time to stop, would rather go out while doing well, then try to stay alive in a game I am obviously losing.

Most likely won't update much..unless I get an acceptance which the way things are going, is highly unlikely.

The art of Waiting

I think most writer's become neurotic during their careers as they wait for responses and looming deadlines to approach.

I don't think anyone starts out neurotic, just what I think.  The more I write, the more neurotic I get.

In fact today I await a contract so I can announce it, and I also found out the big news I thought would take a month or so...will actually take three.  Thus I have gotten several new gray hairs, and feel myself becoming more neurotic.  More proof for my theory.

I have several stories in rejection/acceptance limbo and wonder how to deal with it in a healthy way.  I used to take my mind off of it by writing for other submissions or working on my book, now that is not working because it is a vicious cycle.  The more I write and submit the longer my wait to hear back list gets.

So I sit here, trying in vain to find something to write for, and checking my inbox obsessively in hopes at least one answer comes my way.

There has to be a better way? Then again if there was, writers would most likely not be so neurotic.

As of Today June 7..

I have received one rejection and once acceptance..will list them when contracts are all sent in and squared away.

Still waiting to hear back on about 6 more...will let you know as results come in.

One will come in for sure on Thursday and I have fingers and toes crossed for that one, also still waiting on the big news..it has been a long week and may take a few more...hopefully sooner..but need to be patient, it will be worth it if is is good

Will keep updated as the day progresses

Encore une fois - Update

So it is Thursday night and out of the 6 anthologies I am waiting to hear back on, I am still waiting.

On a good note thought, I have sent my book off for publication consideration.  Not sure if it will happen, but they wanted to see it even though I emphasized it had not been fully edited.  I am told that is a good sign.  The publisher called the concept "intriguing".

Another good note, one of the rejections I got last week turned out to be a blessing.  I saw an anthology call that my story with a lot of tweaking and returning to the original idea I had would fit.  I sent it on with a brief summary of what it was about and the publisher wanted it book length, it fit what he was looking for "like a glove"

So a few anthologies left to submit for, then I am book woman, finishing the editing on one, and starting to outline the other.  Sometimes rejections lead to much better things.

I still wait to hear about the other anthologies, but the momentum forward with books is taking the stress out of it a bit.