The frustration of waiting
The agent I talked to posted in her blog that she wanted to see my work (see below). This confirms that she wasn't just being nice (which, from her critical demeanor, I had hoped to be true). My critique group sent the link along to me as a huzzah. But right now I am feeling so stymied and frustrated and delayed by day to day life, which I want to sweep out of the way in order to immerse myself in the book....
And now my mom, who is in town, is reading over my shoulder and demanding that I delete out any negative thinking. So I will just leave you with the quote below and let you draw your own conclusion about my feelings :)
"Yesterday afternoon I had a critique workshop. I had been sent the first 10-pages and a one page synopsis for eight different books and yesterday I had an hour and a half to sit with all of the writers together (they also received the material) to critique and discuss. I've never done a critique workshop before, although I have done one-on-one critiques and I was a little unsure about how it would go. You know what? I was really impressed. I thought all of the authors were professional and had interesting comments and I thought every piece of material I read was well done and had some real possibility. In fact, I requested that one author send me her material and I know at least another two, with some revisions, will find publishers at some point."
There. My mom can't object to that :)
And now my mom, who is in town, is reading over my shoulder and demanding that I delete out any negative thinking. So I will just leave you with the quote below and let you draw your own conclusion about my feelings :)
"Yesterday afternoon I had a critique workshop. I had been sent the first 10-pages and a one page synopsis for eight different books and yesterday I had an hour and a half to sit with all of the writers together (they also received the material) to critique and discuss. I've never done a critique workshop before, although I have done one-on-one critiques and I was a little unsure about how it would go. You know what? I was really impressed. I thought all of the authors were professional and had interesting comments and I thought every piece of material I read was well done and had some real possibility. In fact, I requested that one author send me her material and I know at least another two, with some revisions, will find publishers at some point."
There. My mom can't object to that :)