Back to Work

As a writer it can be easy to become obsessed with the next big project and I am definitely one of those types of people who can become easily obsessed with a project.  Now I've dragged my wife kicking and screaming into helping me edit a book that I wrote a while back and put on the back burner when it didn't take off.  Recently, I found out that a renowned publisher is opening up a two week window starting in October and they will accept "unagented" submissions. 

Read more: Harper Voyager

So I've taken a book off the shelf and started the maddening compulsive editing process again.  In the past, the book did get me a bite from a potential agent who politely declined after reading it.  It also received a terrible review on a book review website but at least the reviewer did offer some constructive criticism.  Although it took me a few months to see the constructive criticism through the admonitions.

Anyway, I want to thank my wife for supporting my madness and for reading the 5th draft (or is this the 6th?).  We've got to get the book down to less than 120,000 words and it's currently sitting at 130,000.  Maybe this time the book will be more palatable to a wider audience than just the two of us.

For those who read this blog, please wish us luck and we'll see you on the otherside of this crazy, frantic process called "editing".


     

Cackling Crow

"This morning I awoke to the cacophony of cackling crows.

They sounded like a group of farmers gossiping over coffee.

I wish I could figure out what they found so funny.

Perhaps they know something profound, some great secret -

And they're laughing because no one else gets it.

Or, maybe they just need to shut the hell up."

A Nerdy Equation

Numbers of princesses rescued =  4,197

Number of monsters vanquished =  4,233,580

Number of quests completed =  12,098

Number of worlds saved =  346

Living out childhood dreams through video games = Priceless

Battlespace Update and Photo

Today, I received an update on the Battlespace Anthology and a photo.  It made me smile to see this photo and realize that something featuring a piece that I wrote is helping others and (I hope) is being enjoyed by others.  Anyway, here's the photo and a caption from one of the editors of the book and a member of the Science Fiction Show.  If you haven't ordered a copy, it's not too late.  Click here

From Jason Tudor:

Finally, attached is a photo. It's your book in the hands of Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and the senior non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces -- the nation's top enlisted man. He, like us, is committed to helping wounded soldiers. He thanks us for our work -- and by us I mean ALL of us -- and had some very nice things to say about Warrior Cry and more. A humbling experience indeed.

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