New Year, New Projects

Well, it’s been more than a year since I hopped on the blogging bandwagon. Some experiments went well, some not-so-much, and some were dead before even getting off the ground. I noticed something as I went along, blogs that are great for writing personal “slice of life” vignettes aren’t really the best venue for more structured fiction.

In this new year, I would like to focus more on my writing-for-money, and less on miscellaneous moments from my personal life. I want to talk about the process of writing as a profession, about the industry of publishing, and about the best-of-the-best of the people who have already “made it” from aspiring writer to published author.

So, on this site I’ll post everything from first drafts to final submissions. I’ll talk about cover letters, questing through the dark forest of the lost looking for an agent, climbing the mountain of quicksand that is the dreaded “slushpile” of un-agented submissions, and all the tilting at windmills disguised as short story submissions. I’ll post my rejection letters (and there WILL be rejection letters), helpful comments I might receive along the way, and any successes for all to see.

If you’ve ever wanted to watch someone go the distance and try to make their dreams come true, then stay tuned. I can’t promise that I’ll end up a best selling author; but I CAN promise that I’ll wring all the gut-wrenching humor out of the attempt for all to see.