I'm Back/Sleep Is My Enemy

OMG!!! I can't believe I haven't blogged in here since April. I've been just so, so busy with everything, but I'm back now.

It's 4am and I am officially convinced that sleep is not my friend but my enemy. I am wide awake. It's almost as if it knows when I'm about to go to bed because suddenly I become wide awake or I'm so tired that I can't fall asleep.

I mailed about 25 queries yesterday. I tell you the hardest part is not finishing a manuscript. It's finding an honest literary agent. And then there's the waiting. That part is hard too. Usually the wait time is anywhere between 4-12 weeks. And sometimes you don't even get a response which in the literary world means NOT INTERESTED!!! Other agencies prefer email queries only as opposed to paper because they believe in saving the trees to end the paper shortage. According to ABC's 20/20 reporter John Stossel reported that there are two trees for everybody on the planet so there's no damn paper shortage!!!!! Sorry but I just needed to vent and besides I haven't slept in over three days.

I take comfort in Snoopy's Guide To The Writing Life. I like to read and re-read it. It's nice to know that even the famous writers had their struggles. Dr Seuss was rejected 27x. Mary Higgins Clark was rejected 40x. And Chicken Soup For The Soul was rejected 62x. Can you believe it 62x!!! I bet all those publishing companies are kicking themselves now. As Monte Schultz says

XOXOXOXO
Cocaine Princess
'there is only Faith and Persistence.'