Purgatory's Pit of Doom

(((Mario)))

Madder, I think Farrah hair is in -- not where I live, but in California. All those Beverly Hills and Orange County housewives have it, and there's a new sitcom where the female lead looks almost exactly like Jaclyn Smith (definitely a good thing).

"My mid grade that crashed and burned (it's currently being used to keep that lopsided table over there balanced, the one that had part of its leg chewed off by a hell hound) had no less that five comments from eds saying they'd *just* signed something similar."
THIS! THIS THIS THIS! THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME MADDER! It was so frustrating!!!!

{{Madder}} Ack to the R and the Farrah Fawcett do

{Ink} I'm feeling dead curious today, can you rep me what that agent said? Glad they replied to your question, even if the news did suck

{Mario}

And eew eew EEW to cat pee slippers! Damn Madder you're batting a million today

(((Mario)))

(((Madder)))

So, as I whined in purgatory, a water main broke by us yesterday. We've been without water at home since yesterday evening. Plus the town was jackhammering up the street right outside our bedroom window all last night to fix it (9-10, p.m., 1-2 a.m., 4-5 a.m., so not kidding, wtf?), so I got no sleep. Am at work, exhausted and stinky because of the lack of showering.

Oh jeez, Inky. January is really just piling on the joy for you. I better not meet that bitch in a dark alley.

Mornin', Pit

{{{Madder}}}

{{{Mario}}}

And a *pinch my nose* then {{{Ink}}}

As I mentioned yesterday, I got another Full R. That puts me down to 2 fulls oustanding, which aren't promising. I'm almost in Ink's boat about what to revise, but the thing is, 2 of the 3 Full Rs were form so they're no help and the one I got yesterday only commented on the first chapter. So, obviously, the agent didn't read the full. The thing is, I attached the first chapter to the original query so if it had been an issue the agent should have just rejected the query.

Oh well, it's all BS anyway.

Yeah, Steve, that makes no sense to request a full and then reject it after having only read one chapter if you attached the first 3 with the query.

I'm sorry ink but you telling us about being stinky made me snicker DON"T KILL ME!
That sucks about your water and WTF with their repair schedule?? So your city's solution to fixing the problem, essentially, is to work on it ALL NIGHT ensuring that no one gets any sleep AND they're unwashed? fail!

Another day in the pit.

Ink, that sucks about the night work. Did they fix the thing?

Poor Stinky. I hope you have running water when you get home from work. That's really lousy.

Steve, ugh. That's not much help.

I'm really hoping we will have water by the time I get home from work. Or I will be most unhappy. And might need to get a motel room for the night.

Soul, I figure the town needs to fix the pipe asap so I can't blame them for working all night. Just sucked that it was right outside. Probably sucked just as much for the workers too - one of the coldest nights we've had this winter and it was snowing. (I'll feel more sympathetic if I can shower when I get home.)

random mumbley pit post.

2nd book has yet to be reviewed and it's been out for nearly a month... 1st book was reviewed three times by the time I got the cover art -- they're with different publishers yes, but damn, silence is worse than a shitty review.

(((Cheeky))) Does your pub submit for consideration, or is that something you do? Is this a busier time of year for releases maybe?

kellion92 said:

(((Cheeky))) Does your pub submit for consideration, or is that something you do? Is this a busier time of year for releases maybe?

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ty.. They have a list to send - and I'm not sure about releases. No clue.

That's what I was wondering, Kell--who's supposed to be out drumming up reviews? Could you do some of that, Cheeky, or is that outside your bounds?

I'm about to find out which sites they've sent out to so I can start sending a few of my own (or request the pub to send reviews to sites. )
It's just frustrating.

Just checked - they've sent it out to about a dozen places... so... I guess it's just nothing so far. :shrug:

(((Cheeky)))

{{{Cheeky}}}

Yeah Ink, I can see your point. It's gotta be done and for sure the workers weren't happy about it. I guess it's just one of those random shitty situations where no one's happy.

{cheeky}

kellion92 said:

Madder, I think Farrah hair is in -- not where I live, but in California. All those Beverly Hills and Orange County housewives have it, and there's a new sitcom where the female lead looks almost exactly like Jaclyn Smith (definitely a good thing).

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Slight correction, I'm from Cal (Northern) and Farrah hair is only in down south. this state is so huge that I think we should split into two.....



On the writing front, I send the Agent who requested my book in SEPTEMBER a nudge since she doesn't do "no response means no". Nothing. So then I lied and said that I have another agent who is interested in my book, maybe give her a slightly harder nudge one way or the other. Nothing!!!!!

And I came home with a cold from The Boyfriend.

yays...............


The only good thing is my computer is back up and running. The power supply died, so I had to replace it.

{{Leigh}} an agent has had my ms (partial) since October or November. I haven't nudged yet 'cause since they requested it I've totally re hauled it. But now I'm wondering if I even want to contact them. I'm assuming it's an R at this point and I'm wondering if I should bother wasting time to contact someone so inconsiderate? I'm just glad it didn't turn into an offer for rep which I accepted and THEN they chose to ignore me *shudder*

(((Leigh))) I don't think it hurts to nudge but saying there's agent interest is sort of like an ultimatum -- you've got to mean it.

Maggotinis for all.

{{{leigh}}}

ink wench said:

So, as I whined in purgatory, a water main broke by us yesterday. We've been without water at home since yesterday evening. Plus the town was jackhammering up the street right outside our bedroom window all last night to fix it (9-10, p.m., 1-2 a.m., 4-5 a.m., so not kidding, wtf?), so I got no sleep. Am at work, exhausted and stinky because of the lack of showering.

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If I'm understanding yesterday's Purgatory thread correctly you could stick sanitary napkins all over your body to hide the smell. (Thank you, Happy Camper for blowing my mind!)

(((Cheeky&Leigh)))

Soul! I know. I still feel if it had been good enough then one of the other pubs would have snapped it up as competition or to ride on the coattails of one of the other books' successes. I was told very nicely that books set in a foreign country are a wee bit hard to sell (at first). After you get your foot in the door, they're easier to place.

madderblue said:

After you get your foot in the door, they're easier to place.

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That's what they say about everything! And then when you get your foot in the door, it's something else.