More Self-Indulgent Wannabe Author Nonsense

Here he goes talkin' like he's a writer again....

I kind of feel like an actual writer though, because I've been receiving actual letters of rejection from actual literary agents. And actually, I kind of like that. Not because of some literary self-flagellation I'm into, but because even rejection is forward motion at this point. The book I'm currently shopping is something I'm very proud of, and more of me than I would like to admit honestly feels it's more a when than an if regarding its publication.

And the one I'm currently editing and revising will be at that level as well. This is my Nanowrimo novel from this past November, which I have to say has seen nothing but very emotionally charged responses, and every time I get to polish it up some it gets a little better. Also very proud of that one even though I still don't have as much of an emotional tie to it, which is ironic considering the way people respond. I guess when you write a whole book in under a month the process has to be so abbreviated you yourself don't get time to bond with it.

I bring this up because I'm about to do the same thing all over again. My two manuscripts are making the rounds these days between the people I teach with and several students. So, long story short - a couple of my girls have challenged me to write another book during the month of February. This mostly came from discussions of how my Nanowrimo book, while being one girl's preferred genre of realistic fiction, is really sad. And she felt I needed to write another realistic fiction book, but one that was much happier. I said, "You know, these things don't happen overnight." She pointed out that my last manuscript was just under 200 pages and written in less than a month. So Monday will see the beginning of the next book while I'm still editing the previous one. All I know so far about this new one is that it will be a broad comedy with fortune cookies at the center of the plot. That literally is all I know. The rest will just have to happen along the way. Since I envision this book being a quick little 100 page effort, I'm setting my goal for 30,000 words during the month.

What bites about this is that Bejeweled Blitz just added some new features I'm not going to have as much time to mess around with... but maybe if I really am going to make a concerted push at becoming a published writer, I should focus a little less energy on the weekly high scores of my Facebook games....