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”
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”
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.”
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”
Submitting!
Oh my goodness, well hasn’t it been a while since my last post 👀 well here’s why: I have finally, finally started submitting my actual book to actual agents. On the one hand, massive yay! On the other, it was the first time I actually started to hate any part of the writing process. IContinue reading “Submitting!”
On writing success, sickness, and the absence of lambs…
Had a good mini-streak of writing/editing again late last week, which was so reassuring! Was starting to worry after the Partying Frenzy of Easter and C2’s birthday whether I’d lost all my writing drive and if Writerly Self had finally been vanquished by Pregnant Self, etc. Happily, not so. Once we emerged from Partying FrenzyContinue reading “On writing success, sickness, and the absence of lambs…”
Country Mum Writes 