Guys, I did it! No, I didn’t get an agent, but I did finally finish my revised manuscript and on 1st June I emailed it back to Potentially Interested Agent (PIA). Huzzah, you may say (and I really wish you do, keep the word alive my friends. Our double-z words are scarce enough). On theContinue reading “When The End is not The End…”
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Stolen kisses, kids, and writerly fidelity
Well, last night 3B (Beautiful Baby Boy) slept 10:30-5:30, marking his (and my) first 7-hour stretch of sleep since he was born 7 months ago. 🥳 We are celebrating as a family by having builders in: Current animal count: 4 cats, 16 hens, 1 cockerel, 0 Shetland ponies. Kid status: #3, 4 and 5 asleep,Continue reading “Stolen kisses, kids, and writerly fidelity”
The small hours with The Small
It’s 4:17am. Beautiful Baby Boy (3B) and I have been up since 3 feeding and helping him with the resultant burps. It’s a harsh cycle for the little man – feed, get sleepy from a lovely full tum and mum cuddles, then get rudely interrupted by a tummy that’s still trying to work out howContinue reading “The small hours with The Small”
Birthing Books and Babies
So we are now the Proud Parents of Child #5! We planned to “freebirth” (birth with no assistance) this time, after doing so by accident last time and finding it so special and natural. We learned about All The Stuff to do in various emergencies, I stocked up on herbs and homeopathic remedies and HusbandContinue reading “Birthing Books and Babies”
Suspenseful times
I am ridiculously excited about my zoom call with Potentially Interested Agent (PIA). Which, if I manage not to let my electromagnetic Technofail aura nuke the proceedings, will take place in just under two hours (in 1 hour 47 minutes, but who’s counting?). Key Plan For Successful Call was finding a time and location inContinue reading “Suspenseful times”
Crunch time
A friend’s kid once came to our home for a birthday party, saw the impromptu Digger World that had sprung up around our digging of a natural swimming pond, and apparently remarked to his mum (about me) “She does everything at once”. I’m starting to feel like he had a point. So baby’s due thisContinue reading “Crunch time”
Making Babies
Current child status: Girl (9), Boy (7), Boy (3.5), Girl (2), Unknown (pending) How strange to reduce these complex, strong, willful little people to a gender and age. It’s an easy shorthand, but it doesn’t really tell you anything about them. Child #1 writes me and Husband little illustrated cards about how much she lovesContinue reading “Making Babies”
When you overcomplicate things and get your just deserts.
So in my genius, I have created several versions of my novel, one (the original one) for those open to YA as well as adult, and one for those who are adult only, where my protagonist is 18 instead of 16, because one agent called it too YA leaning for them and I thought maybeContinue reading “When you overcomplicate things and get your just deserts.”
On (not) going to bed
8pm Step 1: stay within earshot of “sleeping” Children 1-4 while polishing an agent submission in my own bed. This is technically resting. 9pm Step 2: check on Child #3 to see if the magic of “ok you can look at your sticker book as long as you STAY in bed” has worked for instantContinue reading “On (not) going to bed”
The submissions roller coaster
Gaaaaahhhhh. Ok, just had to get that off my chest. Let’s all move on. I can’t move on! I know sending stuff off to agents and hearing back from them is all just a Thing, and not on the scale of Life Events the way Child #3 nearly drowning is, for example (swimming out ofContinue reading “The submissions roller coaster”
Country Mum Writes 