I’m sitting here, waiting for my novel to print. Three hundred and fifty five pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point. The stack of already printed pages is staggering already, and there are 144 more to go. I’m going to take it, and my toddler, outside in the hopes that she’ll [...]
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Posted in writing, tagged rejection, writing on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Better Than Rejection
Posted in writing, tagged publishing, rejection, writing on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I heard back from Pink Petal Books today. They sent me a revise and resubmit letter. That’s considerably better than a rejection. My brain knows that. My heart is a little heavy. But I’ll live. At least I know what the problems are, and I can fix them. [...]
Patience, patience
Posted in writing, tagged garden, publishing, writing on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Isn’t it nice to come home? I really love the feeling of sleeping in my own bed after a few nights trying to sleep with a wiggly toddler on a narrow mattress. Especially because my husband is a little bit of a clean-o-holic and I know that I’ll come home to clean sheets [...]
Playin’ in the Garden with Ruby
Posted in family, tagged family, garden, kids, Ruby on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ruby found a lady bug in the garden today. This was after she sat with me at the table on the patio with a pencil and some scratch paper, working on her ’story’ while I worked on a hard-copy edit of mine. So, here you have it: the aphid-eater and the [...]
Rejection
Posted in writing, tagged agent search, publishing, RWA, writers conference, writing on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
About a week before I submitted Devil You Don’t to Pink Petal Books, I submitted it to Samhain Publishing. Last night I this was in my email:
Dear Shaunta:
Thank you for giving Samhain Publishing the opportunity to review your work, Devil You Don’t, for possible publication. Unfortunately, we won’t be extending an offer of publication [...]
Beta Readers
Posted in writing, tagged editing, journalism, romance, short story, writing on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am about two minutes from finishing the short story I’ve been working on. I would actually be done, but it’s only 12000 words and the minimum for the anthology I hope to get into is 15000.
I read somewhere recently that Mary Higgins Clark credits being a journalist with helping her be [...]
This and that and Indie, too
Posted in family, writing, tagged family, kids, writing on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I posted the prologue to Devil You Don’t, the story that is being considered by a publisher right now. I’d love to know what you think.
I’m 11,000 words into my short story for the Pink Petal anthology. I was struggling with it, but finally came up with a solution to my problem that [...]
Waiting Game
Posted in writing, tagged book, publishing, writing on June 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just finished reading my entire manuscript for my first novel, Devil You Don’t, in preparation for sending it to Pink Petal Books. It’s sent.
It’s been a good 18 months since I finished my last edit on it. I was really pleased with it when I re-read it last night and [...]
Umm…Holy Crap
Posted in writing, tagged publishing, writing on June 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This was in my email today:
Dear Ms. Alburger
Thank you so much for submitting DEVIL YOU DON’T. Both I, and another editor, have read it, and we would love to read the full manuscript. Please send it by email at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for thinking of Pink Petal Books!
XXX
Can you hear me squeeing? Can [...]
They Live!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First…all my transplants survived their first mountain night. Everything, even the zucchini, is perky and upright. No wilting! You can’t see me, so you’ll have to take my word for it that I’m doing my happy dance.
I’m 8500 words in to that short story. It’s a different kind of story than [...]
