One of the working definitions of insanity runs along the lines of "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting to get different results."  In a nutshell, this represents my own swimming upstream struggle in the publishing world.  Ergo, it's time for a change in the game plan.

I started doing this "troop down to the book store and sigh ( Read more... )

Not only did I return our old fucked up Sirius radio equipment, I also submitted The Phoenix Initiative today.  When I walked into the post office I was the only person in there, but within about three minutes, a line had formed behind me going out the door.  The comedian Louis C.K. has a great bit he does about the lines at the post office and how ( Read more... )

I've submitted again.  I know I say this every time, but I have a good feeling about this one.  We'll see if that theory holds water.

A couple nights ago while talking to my friend Jen, we got on the subject of what the odds are of getting published in the writing business.  There's no official stats posted, only a lot of guesswork and educated blue ( Read more... )

So on either Friday or (more likely) Saturday, I will sending Salvation off for the inspection of a could-be publisher.  Quick inspection of the last cover letter I sent off shows that a shameful five months has passed since I last tempted the Publishing Gods, which is... well, it's pretty fucking lame.  The great writing career doesn't happen ( Read more... )

There comes a time in everyone's life when they must do a re-evaluation.  Sometimes this is too little too late, others it comes just at the right time and enables one to avoid a whole boatload of misery.  Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result... why, that's just crazy.

No, this does not mean that Salvation is not ( Read more... )

So  if any of you have a direct hotline to the Publishing Gods or just have the appropriate karma not get a busy signal when contacting the Supreme Being, go ahead and drop them a line on my behalf.  I have followed through on my earlier threat and snet off Salvation to DAW Books, home of Tanya Huff and an army of author authors that play in same ( Read more... )

Since it's been about two months following my follow-up letter to Elder Signs Press and I haven't gotten a response yet, I am scratching them off my list.  I mean, if you submit to a place, wait six months, don't hear anything, send a polite follow-up letter and still don't hear anything two months after that, they are officially fired.  See this ( Read more... )

Woo-hoo!  I don't have cancer!

Backing up slightly, I'm sure y'all remember when I got the lump cut out of my arm.  Well, today I managed to pin down the medical assistant to the surgeon and found out that it was in fact just a gross, fatty lump that while totally annoying, is also completely benign.  Major relief there.

Also, something we haven't ( Read more... )

Total word count for Underworld done yesterday:  1,004 words.

I did it!  I successfully navigated the fuck scene and strangely enough, I really like this one.  It was done in one sitting without any of the usual getting-up-and-hiding-in-the-bathroom breaks I usually do where I review what I've written and try to decide in my mind whether or not it ( Read more... )

I've finished Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher.  Lady Jade has said I can go ahead and buy the hardcover version of White Night as soon as I want to, but I'm keeping that at bay... not because Dresden #8 ended badly (far from it), but because I have a difficult time justifying paying 25.00 for something I'm going to tear through in two and a half days.

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