tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739096170783821093.post1507400712024948296..comments2023-05-16T02:16:30.726-07:00Comments on On writing, living and loving: WaitingTwinsmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07009305623601049437noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739096170783821093.post-2213424096079715292009-08-16T13:29:54.731-07:002009-08-16T13:29:54.731-07:00Thanks for the words of encouragement! I emailed m...Thanks for the words of encouragement! I emailed my agent and told him I couldn't stand being totally in the dark any more. I want tidbits of info, but I don't want all the details. So we're having a phone meeting in two weeks.Twinsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009305623601049437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739096170783821093.post-14214295220649303482009-08-11T14:03:46.519-07:002009-08-11T14:03:46.519-07:00For all the waiting and the trying to distract you...For all the waiting and the trying to distract yourself...you are living something incredibly awesome. :) You wrote a book and somewhere in the world another human being, an objective agent soul, had to have it. Liked it and decided to focus their days on selling your book so more people could read it.<br /><br />Just knowing that has got to rock, right? :)<br /><br />I know, I know, you've described a sort of waiting room purgatory...but it sounds like a heaven I'd like to be in eventually. :)<br /><br />So CONGRATULATIONS :) and good luck sticking it out :) And I think you missed a spot with that wallpaper. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739096170783821093.post-80441817294651028552009-08-07T08:01:50.687-07:002009-08-07T08:01:50.687-07:00Well, you're not quite as naive as I was. When...Well, you're not quite as naive as I was. When I finished my first book, I thought...."There it is. I'm done. The hardest part is over." Ha!<br /><br />I had no idea what the publishing world was about. No idea at all.<br /><br />So, here I am, ten years after writing that first manuscript, five years after my first book hit the shelves, thirteen books published, four more contracted....and I still don't know squat about this business.<br /><br />And I still hate the waiting. Because even after your agent snags you that wonderful contract, you'll wait. And wait some more. And wait again. Sigh.<br /><br />Worse, you're still going to imagine a whole bunch of editors saying, "Nah." <br /><br />Me? I stil doubt my writing, I still always think it can be better and I still wonder if my editor is snickering as she reads my overwritten prose and lackluster descriptions. I guess that's part of what being an author is about - always wanting more from ourselves, always pushing for something better.<br /><br />BTW, I found you through the Coultiers adoption blog, and was excited to see a fellow writer who's got a fairly large family!Shirlee McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10662958794531584917noreply@blogger.com