No More Dilly Dallying

"Fringe Benefits" is out there.

For those of you (all of you, really), new to this blog, let me tell you that I used most of last year's sabbatical writing a novel, then editing the novel, then trying to figure out how to sell the novel.

This week, after months of beating myself up for not having written a better book, I went back to it, re-read it, made a few adjustments and, you know what, ended up quite happy with myself. It is not "War and Peace," but it's quite a readable book. I happen to enjoy it. (But, of course, I wrote it.)

No, I'm not yet close to authors I admire. And, Yes, I have written a book in a style I do not read. I can't explain why, other than I had a story to tell about this HR lady who sleeps around and makes mistakes as her agency is getting sold and resold... Wonder where I got the idea?

This week I started sending it to editors, for their consideration, hoping that one of them might want to represent me and get the book sold. Four queries have gone out.

Sample Query

One rejection came back quickly.

In preparation for many more rejections to come, I will research the self-publishing thing. Many recommend it. I had signed up for a conference in February that should have taught me all about it. But I, who never get sick, was sick as a dog for the duration of the event. I learned nothing.

In the meantime, I am officially launching this blog that I have been writing, thus far, mostly for myself. If interested in my thoughts, scroll down and see what's already here--8 posts I started entering in November.

Going forward, I'll report on my progress, and will share my thoughts on anything that comes to mind--mostly my literary jealousies.

And, when Alana and Tess come back from Argentina, I'll have them help me clean up the design.