Monthly Archives: March 2010

Mar
3

Check Me Out On GalleyCat!

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https://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/behind_the_deal/how_to_find_an_agent_for_your_urban_fantasy_novel_153847.asp Heh – I did send a real picture, but it looks like they used my avatar. How funny! And thanks to my agent, Colleen Lindsay, for being full of win. 🙂… Read more
Mar
2

Revisions

Posted in craft, editing | 15 Comments
I got my first set of revisions yesterday. Or more to the point, I got the revision letter emailed to me. The hard copy of the manuscript in all its full red-pen glory should be waiting for me on my doorstep when I get home today. I’ll admit I was a tad knocked for a loop when I first read it, but then, I’m not really sure what I was expecting. Okay, there’s a small part of me that was hoping I’d have a few easy edits and then I’d sail right on through. Naive, eh? Although @SmoulderingSea put it best when I chatted with him about it. “Welcome to being published, honey.” I detect a touch of sarcasm in there, but I could be wrong. (Poor dude has become so busy lately…) And it’s an eye-opener for sure. As an aspiring author, you hear so much about polishing up… Read more
Mar
1

Frog Princess

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I hate getting my picture taken. Always have. Probably always will. Which sort of defeats the purpose of getting photos taken for my official “Author” picture. (Gotta have one for the back of the book, anyway. And probably for the official website, whenever I manage to get that up.) Jeffe was nice enough to bring her camera this weekend and help get me all gussied up. The pic on the left there was the best of the bunch, but I’m not entirely sure I’ll use it. And part way through the photo-taking, mr myn came home and decided to take some too. But he agrees that my posed pictures usually suck – and you can tell which ones they are, because I tend to tilt my head to my left, just so. Connor does it too, goofy boy, so maybe it’s genetic, but chances are if you see a photo… Read more