Working, Working, Working

Here I am again. It was so nice to have a couple extra hours Wednesday to write. I am so close to the climactic moment in Moon Thief that I just want to write and write and write. It's turning out to be a very weird story. I like it!

I may not be able to post as often now, unless I find time in the evening, because once my mind is set on finishing a book, that's all I want to work on, aside from my normal job.

I may even miss the Super Bowl this weekend! I hope Arizona wins this year. I'll be rooting for them! Go Cards! Don't get me wrong! I like Pittsburg, too, but they've been there recently and I always root for the underdog. Should've seen me jumping last year when the Giants took it! What a game! Of course, every year I root for the home team, my Cowboys, but they're really out of it right now. C'mon Cowboys! Get your stuff together next year!

Well, gotta get back to it!

GP :)

Ice Storm

Wow! Is this a writer's dream day or what? We had an ice storm roll through Texas last night which will delay openings of almost every business, school, etc. I found out yesterday before I left work that we would not have to come in until 10 this morning. I love this weather. This morning at least, there is no reason for me to leave my computer. I can write this morning for a couple of hours without distraction or urgency to have to leave! Yes!

I am so close to finishing my manuscript, Moon Thief, that I would love nothing better than to stay home for the next week and work on it. I'm like a bulldog when it comes to writing the last 50 pages or so, tenacious and I don't want to quit. Matter of fact, I get grouchy at my other job because I can't be at home writing. Time for a career change, I guess. If only.

Got to go use this precious time to write!

GP :)

I Did It!

I reworked both manuscripts over the weekend and resent them. Crossed fingers X. All I can do is give it a try. I am at the climax of another manuscript now, and when I get to that place, it is all I can think about. It's very difficult to leave the house, my computer, my other self, when I am so close to finishing another book.

If I keep going at this rate, and all of my manuscripts are as good as I think they are, then I just may meet my goal for the year of having 4 more books published.

I went to the bookstore yesterday and picked up several of my fave author's (Dean Koontz) books! Can't wait to start on them.

So much to do, so little time in the day.

GP :)

Agent/ Editor Rejection Letters

Okay, so I'm slightly confused, and although I feel I am a great writer who will someday be recognized for my talent, and who has never had a problem reading between the lines of prose, I find that I am having just that difficulty now! I have received two rejection letters recently for two different titles, one an agent, one an editor.

Agent suggested general revisions to the beginning, said I was a very talented, creative writer, and hoped I would continue to submit to her.

Editor suggested rewrite from poetry to prose, and resubmission of new manuscript when complete.

Am I reading these few constructive lines incorrectly, or do I actually have a shot?

Regardless of my ignorance, as I have always received the dreaded form rejection, I believe I will rewrite and resubmit both. Any helpful suggestions?

Thanks,

GP :)

Literary Agent Woes

AAAAAGGGHHHHHH! I'm stuck. I have sent one of my manuscripts to an agent and they told me the beginning was weak, but they would like for me to continue to submit manuscripts to them because I am a creative writer with lots of possibilities! I have rewritten the beginning (I knew I was taking a chance on it and that it was weak, and my inner writer knew not to let it go like that!) and now I am not sure if I should send it back to them, or to someone else! This has given me writer's block! What to do, what to do?!

Until I make this decision, I cannot write the end of the other manuscript I have almost finished, because I am so focused on this other decision! I need an agent! Help!!!!!!

GP :)

My book is out!

Good Morning World!

My book No More Stinkbugs! is out and ready for you to purchase. I'm new to this blogging stuff. I have just posted a youtube video: Author Gean Penny: A Bookaholics Testimony. That was new to me also. I've never done a video. I prefer to be the one shooting them rather than in them.

I will try to blog every morning, or evening, but I am writing several more manuscripts and plus that I teach, so I prefer to give my spare time to writing for you. Blogging is writing, though. Sometimes my entries may be short. I'm not quite sure what to write about to let the world know me better, I guess just anything, almost. Well, time to work on my book. Catch my youtube video and let me know what you think! I think it's kind of stupid, but I would. Visit me at my website, too, and on Authorsden. I'm hosting a writing contest for kids. http://www.gean-penny.com/

Later.
GP :)