Category: quest

  • Moving ahead

    Since RWA Nationals ended, much talk has been going on amongst my Starcatcher Sisters about fear … of submission,  rejection, inadequacy — you name it and we’ve probably felt it. Aislinn, who recently sold not one but two books, wrote an excellent post on writers’ fears just the other day. Her conclusion? I must sit […]

  • Two rejections in two days

    Now I remember why I’m so glad to be off the dating scene. Rejection hurts. A lot. I’m sure I’m not the only one to equate the search for an agent to the search for Mr. Right — but it’s an apt comparison. You try to make a good impression on your dream man/agent. If […]

  • Writer’s roller coaster

    An e-mail arrived in my inbox today with the subject line: “Your Submission: …” Since I was at work at the time, I had an argument with myself. “You can’t open that! You’re supposed to be working,” the me with the Midwestern work ethic said. (It’s the same me that never calls in sick because […]

  • Something else to worry about?

    Thanks to one of my NARWA sisters, I found another contest to enter … a chance to win a pitch with a Harlequin American editor. Since I’ve long envisioned “Operation Snag Mike Brad” as an American Romance, I decided to go for it. I can’t say I always envisioned it in that line. When I […]