Just Living the American Dream

Whoa! It's been nearly a month since my last posting! There's a lot to catch you up on:

First of all, I haven't been writing as much as I've been wanting to due to the fact that I am a full-time student and have been having WAY too much fun lately with homework. :( But there is good news: I am halfway through the semester! Now, as to things pertaining to the matter at hand...

Out of all of the queries I've sent out I've received enough rejections to wallpaper my living room and maybe even the kitchen. They were all nicely written (I even got a few compliments), but they were all rejections nonetheless.

But, I did recieve a letter from ONE agency who is interested in my work, so I sent in the requested excerpt and a synopsis and have been crossing my fingers since! It was quite exciting and definitely brightened my day. I think I couldn't stop smiling for a week straight.

As I wait to hear back, I have been slowly and steadily working on the second book while reluctantly taking stabs at revisions. It wasn't until last night that I decided I should just sit down and get it over with. Surprisingly, it went very well, and I feel that I did a pretty good one-pass revision (http://hollylisle.com/fm/Workshops/one-pass-revision.html) and am quite satisfied. Of course, we'll see how well my editing skills are once I get the manuscript in front of a professional editor!

Also, throughout the last little while I've discovered new music and played around a bit with things, resulting in the revised playlist below. I dare you to listen to it...you know that you'll like it!