Okay, so today was a productive day. I made every attempt to go back to bed after Michael left for school but it just wasn't in the cards so I eventually made myself get UP and start moving around.
I finished polishing my first three chapters for submission and then did a little research and realized that I needed to hit Staples for better quality paper to print it out on and to get address labels so that everything would look professional. By the time I did that AND hit Target - because really, it's the law. If you go to Staples, you have to hit the Target that is right next door. Then I came home, had a little lunch and THEN sat back down at the computer to do the rest of the work.
The dreaded Synopsis.
It is a filthy, eight letter word and I HATE it.
This is my downfall with all of my submission, well, that and the query letter stump me pretty good and wouldn't you know it, I took classes on BOTH of those things in the last two months and it was with the same SUCKY teacher who taught me NOTHING. Thank you, sucky teacher. I almost feel the need to print your name here so that no one else will take your stupid classes and waste their money.
But I digress...I sat down and stared at the blank screen as if I was in a coma with my eyes open for about two hours. Then, I reached a decision: I could type or I could throw up. I hate to vomit and clearly I hate to do that MORE than the Synopsis so I started to type. And I sit here now so you know I survived it!
I typed up the cover letter and printed out the first three chapters AND the synopsis, banded it all up in a rubber band (because that is what the publisher asked for) and put it all in a Priority Mail envelope along with a SASE and cruised on over to the post office and let it fly.
Now my friends...we wait.
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2 comments:
I am truly excited for you. I hope it all works out. GOOD LUCK!!!!
Good luck!!!
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