Well, several days, three new chapters, a half inch of snow (IN ALABAMA), a car ride with the puppies, and a clean house later, I'm back to provide an update. And the update is.... nothing has changed since last time. I know. Exciting, huh? I still have several queries out, and one agent still has my manuscript, so I'm continuing to play the waiting game. It's the most mind-numbing process ever, and because I don't want gmail to get angry with me for refreshing ever five minutes like I secretly WANT to do, I've started working on the sequel to SEVENTEEN.
Now, I had already written about 150 pages worth of a sequel last spring, but that was before I made major changes to the first book. As such, most of those pages are fairly worthless, but they have some good ideas that I plan to carry over as I rewrite it. It's pretty daunting to commit myself to writing a sequel to a book that hasn't even been picked up by an agent yet, BUT I feel the need to continue the story, so I will. I've also begun writing down snippets of other ideas that might one day blossom into a full novel. I don't know if it's because I've been stuck indoors since Christmas due to rainy, cold weather, or if I'm just having a God-given spurt of creativity, but it's pretty exciting regardless.
So anyways, sorry I don't have any news that is more exciting, but I hope to hear back from some agents this week. If not, you can find me on Friday night with a massive margarita in hand.
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