My Valentine Muse

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Okay, now that that’s out of my system, I can report in 😀

The very 1st book I wrote was a 100,000 word disaster. I made every newbie error imaginable, but I finished it…was proud of it…and without any knowledge about critique, form, or other craft, I sent it out to MANY agents and editors. Needless to say it garnered form letter rejection after form letter rejection.

The one thing it did do for me was make me angry. “Okay! I get it. It SUCKS. Could somebody PLEASE tell me what I did wrong?”

That is SO not the job of agents and editors. BUT the frustration goaded me into discovering craft, and little by little, stumble by stumble, I began to discover what this industry is all about.

Why am I telling you this? Because over the weekend my muse finally delivered a workable solution for the characters and theme of that long-ago, dust-covered novel. My first love will be resurrected, and I can’t wait to write the story! *happy dancing*

I’ll keep you posted as the saga continues…

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