Thy synopsis if off!

After a wild and crazy 24 hours, the synopsis is written and sent off the requesting agent.  Have to send a special shout out to my brother, Jason, and my parents.  They were a tremendous help is polishing it up.  Now I just need to sit back and relax.  Got a good night sleep so that helped.  Yesterday's 3 hours of sleep had some negative effects on my brain.

It's 3:00 a.m. and I can't sleep

My lungs are fried, and I can't sleep.  I've been working on a Synopsis for Call Us Legion.  I realize now, that a synopsis is the most hideous thing in the world to write.  How do you condense 440 pages into 3-5 pages catching all the main events and happenings and still have it make sense?  Plus, I am somehow supposed to make it snappy and interesting.  Right now I have 5 pages of pure chaos and confusion.  The only relief that I can find is knowing from my Google searches, that all the other writers out there also abhor the dreaded synopsis.   

Hurrah! First request.

Received my first request today!  Hurrah, I wasn't expecting this until at least 15 more rejections.  I have only received 7 rejections.  Doing the happy dance right now.

"Dear Laurie,

Thank you for your query. We read it with interest and would like to see more.

If you could please send one Word document with the original query and your contact information as the first page, followed by a 3-5 page synopsis and then the first 30 pages of the manuscript, that’d be great.

Let me know if you have any questions."



Ok I am an idiot for not knowing this earlier.  But I guess it is an important thing to have a synopsis ready and polished.  Didn't know they even existed. Didn't come across that in any of my readings.  I now will be spending the entire night working hard to have a decent synopsis.

Piano Music

Bram has been exploring his piano playing abilities lately .  To get in the right mood, I have been listening to Piano Whisperings while writing.  Now I am hooked.  I don't think I will be able to write now unless it is playing in the background.  It is perfect.  Though Lucy liked to play more classical type pieces, Bram is definitely a more smooth jazz,  New Age style pianist.   

Keeping Busy

I am really liking how the sequel is going.  The title for it is Furnace of Afflictions.  Yes, there is definitely a reason for the title.  Things are not going easily for the main characters.  The perspective goes back and forth between Bram and Paul, and both of them have some nasty trials.  I am actually beginning to like this book better than Call Us Legion.  There are a couple scenes that I have to admit, I have enjoyed reading over and over again in my editing.  They are just plain fun  :D  Will hurry on with it so everyone else can get a chance to read it.  I have stopped working on it for a bit to do some editing on Call US Legion.  But, I promise today, since I am still sick, I will put in a full day's work on it.

second rejection misspelled

I am not going to list all my rejections, but this was a bit depressing.  It was a hand written rejection.  She must have been in a hurry.
"Thank you for thinking of me, but I do not feel that I am a god fir for this.  All my best, Sara"
She wrote back apologizing that she meant to say "good fit".  At least she was kind enough to write back.  And, it wasn't a form letter.  

First rejection. Expect 100 more.

Dear Author:

Thanks so much for letting us take a look at your materials and please forgive us for responding with a form letter.  The volume of submissions we receive, however, makes it impossible to correspond with everyone personally.

Unfortunately, the project you describe does not suit our list at this time.  We wish you the best of luck in finding an agent and publisher for your work and we thank you, once again, for letting us consider your materials.

Sincerely,