pawn of the dead

Your Input Wanted!

Howdy All– I’m preparing for an eventual rejection on my latest novel (not because there’s been any indications of that, but because I want to be prepared for the worst, just in case), and so I’m working on a query letter for it. However, I have very little experience with those little beasties, and so I’d like your help with it. The following is an EXTREMELY rough draft. Any and all comments are most welcome. Thanks in advance! Dear INSERT EDITOR/AGENT’S NAME HERE, When you get down to it, it wasn’t Parker’s fault. After all, what self respecting, movie loving, […]

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What I Learned this Groundhog Day, and Writing Progress

The party was a big success, and everything went well. That said, I still need to work some on the Interactive Movie Experience. Singing along with Sonny and Cher was great, but do you have any idea how many times they say the name “Phil” in that movie? A lot. I lost count, and I ran out of animal crackers. I’m thinking that’s going to have to be tweaked next year. 🙂 In other news, I have now finished the revision of ParkerBoy (now titled Pawn of the Dead) and already submitted the complete manuscript to an agent. It feels

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Weekend Update

As is too often the case, my weekend went by much too quickly. What did I get done in those two days? I taught DKC how to use the snow blower, practiced bass guitar, got some writing done, watched the kids, watched the Eagles beat the Giants(!), made some phone calls, drove in hazardous weather, kept the wood stove cranking out heat, watched the Golden Globes, and managed to polish off three movies, while I was at it. When I put it like that, it actually seems like I did something! At the time, I just felt busy. And cold.

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Revision

So I’m in a bit of a quandary. I’m working on the revision, and I have to decide primarily what to do with the beginning. Almost all of the comments I got focused on the first chapter or so, with most saying it was too slow. So what’s the debate? Well, it’s do I trim it, or cut it altogether? I’m going to try to work this out on screen as I type–we’ll see where it goes. When facing a decision like this, the first question I have to ask myself is what exactly is the first chapter accomplishing? For

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I have a headache

And I don’t think any amount of blogging is going to make it go away. Oh well. I’m having a downer of a day, so I think I need to post some positives: All my Christmas shopping is done I almost have the family newsletter finished The ice is melting from my driveway I get to go home in 40 minutes I have no meetings on tonight My sound system is now fully operational Probably the highlight of my day came this morning, when my good friend Becky “Rebecca” Garabed sent me her comments on ParkerBoy. A lot of my readers have

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