Monday, January 19, 2009

Too Hot To Stop



Too Hot To Stop (Part One) - The Bar-Kays


I've started querying Troubleshooters: The Longest Joke Ever Told in earnest as of this evening. If you're a writer and you've never used querytracker.net, you need to go check it out. I'll never need another spreadsheet again after this. So wish me luck in this big-budget action-movie of a novel. Maybe this one will be my ticket into the exclusive realm of agented writers, which in turn can get me one step closer to that Willy Wonka Golden Ticket of a book deal.

I've been in such a good groove with the editing/rewrites that I've decided to really focus on getting caught up on some of my completed/nearly completed projects before diving into something new. To that end, I'm about halfway through a quick clean'n'polish edit of Mustang Sally before I submit it to a small publisher (Lyrical) Allie suggested to me. As soon as that's done, I'll jump back into The Archmage, which is also about halfway through a rewrite.

Also, I have a cold.

9 Critics:

ZoeyBella said...

Here I am... wishing you luck :)

Kristen said...

Hey, thanks for the link! Useful info.

And best of luck to you.

Sherri said...

Like I said before, if you don't get several offers on Troubleshooters, publishing is in trouble.

Allie D. said...

I agree with Sherri. This is definitely "the one," if you ask me.

PhoenixHearse said...

Can't wait to see it on the shelves at Barnes & Noble.

Unhinged said...

I'm excited for you, Ian!

J said...

Colds are always fun. All that snot and mucus and... yeah, enjoy.

Oh, and good luck!

Rachel said...

I'm with allie and sherrie: publishing would be nuts not to be all over Troubleshooters. Its a good book, dude.

Ian said...

Beautiful Zoey: Well thank you!

Kristen: I figured you'd find it helpful. How's your new project progressing?

Sherri: Um, have you SEEN news about the industry lately? :-/

Allie: If it is, I will definitely blame you in the Thanks section. ;)

PhoenixHearse: Hope so!

Unhinged: Thank you!

J: Yeah. Fortunately Cold-Eze knocked it right out.

Rachel: Thanks so much!

Ian