And we’re back to the drawing board. M&B rejected our latest manuscript, which we thought they would. Since then, we’ve had very constructive and positive feedback from the competitions we entered so now we’re just getting my story ready for submission. I’m excited about it, and I’m glad we didn’t just go “Let’s pack it all in” after the first three rejections. Fourth time’s a charm, right?
In other writing news, my suspence novel succumbed to some kind of weird illness I had in November, but the idea is solid and the protagonist is becoming more and more solid in my mind while I’m not writing about his adventures, so there’s lots of positives there. Also, my little boy started kindergarten this week, which frees my nights up considerable. It’s not a crazy nighttime kindergarten, but I had been using the evenings to catch up on the work I wasn’t able to do during the day.
And lastly, I have rediscovered Lifehouse. I love them so much, and they definitely sing Annie and Caleb’s theme song, so once Sophie and Cal are sent off I can happily revisit those two and there more-angsty plotline. The song is “Broken” and is just heartbreakingly beautiful.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
~ Herman Cain
