The Past: 2008 kicked the whole dream off with Nanowrimo. I actually won it (it was my first time participating) and decided right then and there to continue with this loooong standing dream of getting published. I then spent the rest of 2008 worrying and reading.
The Present: 2009 was a huge step forward, writing wise. I got to the point where I was willing to share the novel with my first Reading Team. I went to my first writer's conference (in Hawaii) and got amazing feedback from people in the publishing industry. I also finished my second Nanowrimo novel. Unlike 2008, after Nanowrimo, I went straight back to editing both books.
The Future: 2010 is going to be the do-or-die year for me. I spent the last two years working on these two books, my babies, and now it is time to look for a foster home for them (an agent and a publishing house). I'm not going to say that my goal is to get an agent or to get a book deal, because those are honestly out of my control. My goal is to get query letters out; that is all my control. I will start with just one in January and increase as I go. Baby steps are best for me right now.
This will be my last entry until 2010, so I wish all of my readers and safe and happy New Year's! I'll see you guys in the next decade :)
Oh, and here's the Facebook joke...If my characters had Facebook:
WilliamLutin is wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year!
ThomasTheMaceLutin wants to wish everyone the same and plans to give William a lump of coal for messing up my wrist.
WilliamLutin smacks Thomas.
GeorgTheWolf wonders how the hell he is going to get through the holidays having to babysit the twins.
WilliamLutin Hey, we are not THAT bad!
TheOnlyGustav Yes, yes you are.
ThomasTheMaceLutin hits Gustav in the head.
ElderVladimir is rubbing his temples and sighing.
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