Blizzpics and a video, and yeah, some query / novel stuff

As requested, blizzdog pics! These went up on my FB and I neglected my poor shiny new LJ.

( Blizzpics )

He's my little retard! They both are. ^_^

Gacked from my god(dess)daughter, some Resident Evil (and Silent Hill) hilarity:

I thought it was adorable. :)

Bookwise, still not ready to send the query because everyone in all creation keeps telling me that the manuscript, at 99,510 words, is too damn long and I need to cut it back by a few thousand. No agent or publisher wants to look at long books these days because they know they're not going to sell.

Chopping up the novel is actually very freeing. I have all the originals saved, which will probably embarrass me someday, but I still need to hold on to them. Meantime, I'm down to about 97K-ish. A few more thousand and I'll re-query. I'm about halfway through the book so it shouldn't be a problem.

As long as all the numbers add up to 3, 6 or 9, preferably 9 though. Because I'm insane like that, seriously.

And I'm writing a ridiculously fangirl but honest review of the new 30 STM album which I LOVE although there are some things that I don't love. Still, my favorite band deserves a minute-by-minute writeup.

More on that another time. :)

Blizzpics and a video, and yeah, some query / novel stuff

As requested, blizzdog pics! These went up on my FB and I neglected my poor shiny new LJ.

( Blizzpics )

He's my little retard! They both are. ^_^

Gacked from my god(dess)daughter, some Resident Evil (and Silent Hill) hilarity:

I thought it was adorable. :)

Bookwise, still not ready to send the query because everyone in all creation keeps telling me that the manuscript, at 99,510 words, is too damn long and I need to cut it back by a few thousand. No agent or publisher wants to look at long books these days because they know they're not going to sell.

Chopping up the novel is actually very freeing. I have all the originals saved, which will probably embarrass me someday, but I still need to hold on to them. Meantime, I'm down to about 97K-ish. A few more thousand and I'll re-query. I'm about halfway through the book so it shouldn't be a problem.

As long as all the numbers add up to 3, 6 or 9, preferably 9 though. Because I'm insane like that, seriously.

And I'm writing a ridiculously fangirl but honest review of the new 30 STM album which I LOVE although there are some things that I don't love. Still, my favorite band deserves a minute-by-minute writeup.

More on that another time. :)