March 23

I want to begin by saying happy belated Birthday to my mother-in-law Marlene. I was so excited to put the puzzle up on the blog that I forgot what else I wanted to say. So- Happy birthday! I hope you had a great day and have a super week.

Cold rain here today- obstructing the view. Which is good as I am re-writing the first chapter of the book I wrote last Spring. I also intend to put out more agent queries. And, I was right, nearly all the mailed queries have gotten responses-while the e-mail queries sit in never-never land. To me it's worth the price of a stamp just to hear back.

Cheers!

February 12

I'm more than halfway through the revisions on my thriller. I have people tell me, "Oh, I love revisions." Yes, so do I-I love revisions when I'm writing a first draft...and I am sitting there wondering how I'm going to get the scene to form and how the book goes and whether the story is even worth all the effort-that's when I love revisions. I sigh longingly over the thought of revisions. I tell myself, "revisions are so much easier."

But when I'm doing revisions... I long for rough draft time. I sit down and sigh and think, "first drafts are so much easier..."

It's a process. If done well, both rough draft and revisions take time and during any project you have your good days and your not so good days. So, here's to enjoying the process.