When My Muse Calls

I hear that voice again. The voice of my characters Christian and Michel talking to me from their world in eighteenth century France prior to the revolution that ripped their world apart, just as it had done to the mortals all around them. I write as it comes to me and edit later as to not interupt the flow of ideas.

We shall see how this shapes up into my second book in this series.

Agents

I have sent out all my query letters and e-queries as well to various agents. Now I play and pray: play the waiting game and pray that someone out there will believe in my novel and want to represent me. I have been working hard and I never thought I would reach this moment. Now I am here and I hope an agent will agree that Immortal Obsession is ready for publication.

As a writer I am so in the moment when I sit in front of my computer screen that I forget that almost three years has passed since the night I began this novel. It has gone through many changes set forth first by me and then by my editor. Then a copy editor took one last look at it and really cleaned it up. It has gone through a metamorphosis as I believe I have done over the past through years. Now I stand at another precipice, waiting on a call or a letter requesting my entire manuscript. I would assume once that happens that is a very good sign. Meanwhile, life goes on. I go to work each day and try not to think too much about that moment.

The Finished Product

I got my manuscript back last Monday from my copyeditor. It was a sea of red however so after spending almost a week on revisions Immortal Obsession is ready to go. I finished all my query letters and they are going out today. I am excited and Inever imagined getting to this place. Now I am here and once I send out my letters then I wait some more. It has been almost three years since I began Immortal Obsession. I am proud of my finished product. I believe it is a great story. I hope an agent will feel the same way as I do and ask to see my manuscript. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Any Moment Now

My proof reader promised to have my manuscript back to me this week. I am so excited to see her revisions I am almost pacing! I trust her judgement and though I may not agree with all her suggestions, in the end, I will have a tighter novel that reads well. Isn't that what any writer wants for their creation?

Right now, I am researching agents to query once I have Immortal Obsession in my hot little hands. I have been hesitant to query agents prior to the completion of my novel because as my editor brought to my attention, suppose one of them wants to see your ms immediately and you don't have it in hand? Now that is a problem I would love to have! I have taken his advice as well and I am waiting for my novel to be complete, revised and the best it can be before I undertake the next step.

I feel like a horse at the gait waiting for the bell!