Contests - We love Contests!

Hey fiction writers. If you haven't already done so, check out the BookEnds Literary Agency's blog - www.bookendslitagency.blogspot.com -- They're running a contest, divided by fiction categories, to evaluate the first one-hundred words of your manuscript. The MS doesn't have to be finished and the winner of each category will have their query letter and synopsis evaluated by the agents privately. The first 100 words, however, have to be posted in the comments section for the whole world to see.

But isn't that the point anyway?

Good Luck!

It's not gonna happen: Me blogging on a regular basis

So much for writing new posts. It's just not going to happen, not as long as days are restricted to a lousy twenty-four hours.

Oh well: I probably would have sucked as a blogger.

But good news is that I'm almost ready to send my second novel, now (and likely temporarily) titled: Plagues: the Sequel, out to my beloved and beleaguered beta readers. Then, after receiving a major beat-down from them, I'll rewrite and edit again. After that, I'll start submitting to agents as I begin the process of writing a brand new novel (Mudder) while watching my perennials poke from the ground as they return from their long winter's nap.

I'm really excited about Mudder. I have some research yet to do, including learning more about family annihilators and the underground railroad. But I'm giving away the plot by telling you that. So I'd better stop right there and get back to work.