Transition

Jeff and I got back from the cottage (and a canoe trip) late last night. Whenever we go up north for more than a few days, it's always a bit of a culture shock when we come back to the city. In some ways, it reminds me of how I feel when I step from a darkened theatre after seeing a good movie, back into the chaos of light and noise. On the other hand, I always return with a renewed appreciation for high-speed access and flush toilets.

Today's goal: unpack, do laundry, and attempt to catch up on the mountain of e-mail that's accumulated over the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to get into my admin page to update my publishing news column for WritersMarket.com, probably because of a site revamp last week; I've let the people at WritersMarket.com know, so hopefully the problem should be fixed soon.



Just before we left for the cottage, by the way, I sent off my rewritten manuscript. As I mentioned a while back, a publishing house expressed interest (but not enough for a contract yet) and I've been working with one of the editors there. I'm grateful for the one-on-one critique discussions, and learned a great deal that I'll be able to apply to my other writing projects.

Anyway, the ball is back in their court, and I'm crossing my fingers very, very hard. Whatever happens, I'm happier with the mss now; it's stronger and more likely to find a publisher...hopefully sooner than later. Wish me luck, eh? Meanwhile, I'm excited about plunging into my next fiction project.



This time I plan to a lot more outlining (probably via Scrivener) before I start writing. The novel I just sent off was originally written for NaNoWriMo, but I did only cursory outlining; I could have saved myself several rewrites if I had taken the time to do more detailed background and plot outlining first. I know some authors can write books without much of an outline; I'm just not one of them. :-)





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