Another response, less woo.

Well, I did get the final rejection from the publisher who asked for my revise and resubmit. It sucks, but being forced to look a little harder at my own writing is kind of eye opening. I would never have thought of some of the things the editors pointed out. Or the less than polite agent who just sent me an email that said "your book is too short." All in all I know all of this will make it a better book, but it's a tough pill to swallow sometimes. It's hard to be proud of something and then realize how flawed it is and how much improvement it really needs. Be nice to editors though, they sometimes will give you  helpful hints when they reject your manuscript. I can't really explain how grateful I am to those patient editors who wrote me personalized rejections instead of sending me a form letter.

Response! Wooo!

While I am aware it's by no means even remotely certain that my book will be published I am excited to have gotten a response. The lovely editor informed me this morning that my manuscript has been passed along to a content editor. I'm not completely sure what that means, but it seems like the next step and that's encouraging. Here's hoping it makes it all the way down the chain!

Also, I managed to come up with a title for my second book, which is nearing a complete first draft. Closing the Breech. And no, I don't mean breach. I mean breech like a gun. So, it will be The Nightblade Saga: Forging the Bond, then Closing the Breech. Not sure what to call the other five, but they're not done yet so it's not really urgent.

Still No Answer, so putting out more feelers

This is sort of an exercise in second guessing and torture. I still have not heard back yet from the editor. So, I'm going to try and put out more feelers. I'm redoing my synopsis and trying to shorten it up. Hopefully I can manager to make my submission packet a little more attractive. Turns out Harlequin has a Digital First imprint that I'm going to try and submit to. I didn't hear back from Samhain either, which was weird. I sent them back an email to make sure my stuff didn't get lost. It's been four months, so I waited out their standard time period before sending another email.

Waiting waiting

So it's back to the waiting game again for me. I resubmitted my manuscript on saturday, but I haven't heard back yet. It's one of those nail biting things where I can't expect somebody to breeze through my manuscript, but I'm still checking my phone every five minutes to see if I have an email. Then, every time my phone goes ding and says I have an email, I'm rushing to check it only to see it's just spam. Oh well, here's hoping I either get a response quickly or that that response is favorable.