@Sonya--Thanks for asking. LitSpouse has got her groove back at last--she's both working and working out, both of which are vital for her mental health. The lingering lung and heart weakness from COVID seem behind her at last.
My agent forwarded a lengthy rejection/revision note from a publisher this week. They had an objection to plot direction that I think is a misreading, but a reasonable one. That means I've got work to do. I'm going to do another revision pass thru the mss that's been on sub to remove grounds for this critique because I don't think the objection will be limited to the one publisher who has raised it. There have been several rejections after full mss requests at this point, and I wonder if we've finally learned why. It costs me nothing other than time to deal with this, and I very much like the opportunities it gives me to flesh out my world more. But I can't go crazy! Mss is already 91k, and I can't go over 100k and still present a svelte debut writer appearance.
And everything is still on fire here. We're in the "keep your windows closed zone" and not the "keep your car loaded with essentials/valuables" zone, which is something to be grateful for at the moment. I'm sure all of us working with dystopian futures don't need the daily reinforcement of what a BladeRunner future looks like
My agent forwarded a lengthy rejection/revision note from a publisher this week. They had an objection to plot direction that I think is a misreading, but a reasonable one. That means I've got work to do. I'm going to do another revision pass thru the mss that's been on sub to remove grounds for this critique because I don't think the objection will be limited to the one publisher who has raised it. There have been several rejections after full mss requests at this point, and I wonder if we've finally learned why. It costs me nothing other than time to deal with this, and I very much like the opportunities it gives me to flesh out my world more. But I can't go crazy! Mss is already 91k, and I can't go over 100k and still present a svelte debut writer appearance.
And everything is still on fire here. We're in the "keep your windows closed zone" and not the "keep your car loaded with essentials/valuables" zone, which is something to be grateful for at the moment. I'm sure all of us working with dystopian futures don't need the daily reinforcement of what a BladeRunner future looks like