Life, uncorked.
So I’m reading through my manuscript…which got rejected before with a “too episodic” note from another publisher. So I’m trying to make it less episodic this time 
And why is it that you can plainly see typos (that you SWEAR weren’t there before) when the editor sends the proposal back to you??:roll:
Did you notice I took off the stars and astericks on the background of the blog page? They were making me dizzy :grin:
so a cold gray rainy day here. Snow, then sleet, then rain…then sleet, finally rain. So I take myself to the bookstore to cheer myself up. You know. 
I buy a book on website design using CSS and come home. (I really am a hopeless geek) :smile:
Oops! Forgot to get the mail.:useyourhead: What was I thinking?? A writer ALWAYS gets her mail!! So I grab the mail. See an envelope with MY handwriting. Okay, okay…
Go hide in my office so no one can see me if I cry 
I’m SO mature about all this. But you know, I just never know what my reaction is going to be when an editor writes back to me.
So I open it and it’s a WOULDBEINTERESTED on a proposal I sent just a month ago :shock:
Now, I love getting a wouldbeinterested on a proposal. I mean, if you get one on a simple query and short synopsis, the editor hasn’t seen your writing. Just because you can write a great query letter doesn’t mean the editor would like your writing. It just seems more rewarding…more valid…to get a wouldbeinterested from 3 chapters and a full synopis. Yes, I’ve gotten them before. But they still help validate me as a Real Writer.
For the record, my dh was very happy for me too. Once I came bouncing out of my office to tell him. So was my brainstorming offspring. (everyone should raise a child who is a great brainstorming partner).
So I’m having a celebratory glass of wine (carefully placed AWAY from the keyboard :wink: ) And enjoying my night.
Here’s to the small celebrations on the road to getting published.
Really. I love this software. Cool features. Cool plugins for it. (okay, I started using the SpamKarma plugin to help keep out spammers and inadvertantly locked out people using their AOL browser. oops :shock: Sorry about that. Should be fixed now.)
I can upload posts I’m working on (like ones where I’m collecting links to explain what I’m talking about)…and I can just save the post as a draft until I’m ready to post it. I can set a time in the future for any post to be posted.
I can add smilies. :coffee::beer::book::useyourhead: note to self: find a heart smilie…
Seriously, is it a sickness to love a blogging software package?? I’ve enjoyed figuring out how to use it, and change it. I used to use moveable type, which was good, but I never had a love affair with it.:smile:
Now, of course, I’m just getting this version of WordPress all figured out…and out comes Version 1.5 You know what that means, don’t you?? Yes, I’m going to have to mess with the program and upgrade it…just because I like new shiney things 
