That’s what the email said. The email just received from my literary agent, currently on holiday somewhere hot with unreliable internet access. The email that said my agent has received a bloody handsome offer to publish Songs of the Earth and the next two books in the Wild Hunt series. Fuck.
Tag Archive: submissions
Aug 30 2009
Bolly? Don’t mind if I do
On Thursday I had a further phone call from that nice literary agent to see if I’d received the client agreement in the post. I know it doesn’t mean anything yet, in the grand scheme of things, but this is indeed A Step in the Right Direction. On the way home from work I bought …
Aug 24 2009
Refreshingly free of elves
That’s what the literary agent who phoned me this afternoon said. He’d thoroughly enjoyed reading my opening chapters, and could he see the rest, please? Hmm, let me think about that for a moment… I carry a USB memory stick with my ms on it. All the time. Yes, I am that sad. Naturally I …
Aug 20 2009
Ac-cent-uate the positive
The first of my SAEs plopped through the letterbox yesterday. I had a bit of an ohshit moment, and had to put it to one side until I’d remonstrated with myself and got my wibbles under control. Rejection, obviously, but what sort? Would there be an encouraging note, or just a form letter? Gingerly, I …
Aug 07 2009
Ooh, shiny
New toys arrive tomorrow <bounce>! It’s sad getting this excited over a humble laser printer, that stalwart of the office environment, scarred by coffee-cups and encrusted with dust. But it’s mine, all mine. My first laser printer. I’ve managed perfectly well with inkjets over the years, but it occurred to me as I was prepping …
Aug 03 2009
…and relax
It’s done. The final edit on Songs, that is. I should be relieved, elated, but I’m not. It feels like an anticlimax (there’s that word again). I was expecting some great rush of triumph as I hit the final full stop and clicked “Save”. Instead all I got was “Jeez, is that the time?” So …
Jul 11 2009
I ate’nt dead
Got my third Tysabri treatment on Wednesday, and I’m not dead. So far, so good. I feel more alert, better able to concentrate, without that awful grey mental fog. I’ve been able to finish overhauling my website, achieving more in the last fortnight than I’d managed in the previous four months. It’s good not to …