No story writing has taken place today.
Not a single, solitary word.
However (and this might be my brain’s saving grace), I have gotten
considerable work done on the project package I’ll be sending to the literary
agent on Monday.
Yeah, me!
(Tooting one’s own horn is an acceptable practice in a writer’s life.
It is. Really.)
I have jazzed up the query letter, the synopsis and I’m currently
working on perfecting the first three chapters of The Sun and the Sand Cat,
my f/m Romance Thriller set in modern day West Africa. I have 40k written on
the novel (about 2/3 to ¾ of the expected total word count). This is the book I
had planned to use to launch my new and final pen name of Cora Douglas Sands. I
think it’s good. I guess we’ll see about that.
It’s amazing how much one’s writing improves just through the process
of writing. I last worked on The Sun and the Sand Cat (www.coradouglassands.com) last year
and while I believe it was the best I’ve written up to that point, I read
through it now and see how many places I can tweak it to make it just a tiny
bit better.
Hopefully, all those “tiny bits” gleaned from years of writing will
finally pay off. Keep your fingers crossed for me, please.
I am currently fighting through a headache the size and breadth of Ben
Hur, so I will be keeping this short tonight.
Consider the brevity a gift from me to you.
You’re welcome.
*winks*
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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