Met my agent today at Book Expo America. He let me use his assistant’s badge to get in, and we walked around so he could introduce me to people and score me some freebies. It was a Sunday, so the best freebies were long gone, and a lot of the top editors were nowhere to […]
A Glowing Rejection
So, 8 days ago, my agent sent out 10 copies of my manuscript to the 10 major publishers that would be interested in a work of fantasy. Publishers like Del Rey, Roc, and Tor. Publishers who put out all the books I loved so much as a kid. I went down the list, and every […]
Now What?
An odd side effect of my single-minded devotion to finishing my book above all else is that now that it’s done, I have no idea what to do with myself. I have all this free time, and no idea how to spend it. I haven’t been to the movies in months, haven’t spent a weekend […]
The Craft of Writing
Feb. 2007 was a little grim for the Peephole. I don’t think I ever went a whole month with just one entry since the blog’s inception. But in my defense, I turned 34, had a big party, dealt with a bad cold, and finished the Painted Man. Again. I take heart in the fact that […]
Editing is Hard
Got some positive news on the novel front. It looks likely that I will have an agent, once I finish a full front-to-back edit of the book, cutting the length by a good 5-10% and sanding down some sharp burrs. I’m trying not to think about it, because thinking about it makes me think about […]