Play Ball

Update:  I'm going to extend my blogcation for a little bit longer. I'm in the midst of some serious re-writes on my latest WIP and with the A-Z challenge occupying most of you this month, I don't think I'll be missed too much between now and May. I'll still be popping around to say hi though. 

In lieu of my celebrating the start of the baseball season here in Baltimore, I'll be taking the week off from the blog.  I'll still be swinging around to try to catch up on everyone else's, but won't be posting anything new.

I'll be busy spending quality time with some of my favorite boys.

JJ Hardy

Brian Roberts

Jake Arrieta

and

Nick Markakis

My Life Away From Writing

For starters : Thank you sooooo much to everyone for your thoughts & such awesome encouragement on my query pitch yesterday. You don't know how relieved I am to hear good reviews -- that sucker has been driving me crazy for WEEKS!  (And for those of you who asked, YES it is very different than my first try over at Nathan's)  So again, I thank you all so much. Kisses and hugs for everyone!

Okay. So, in case you haven't noticed by now (or I haven't mentioned it ad nauseam) I'm a huuuuge fan of baseball. Most particularly the Baltimore Orioles. When I say I'm a huge fan, I mean it!  As in, I have tickets to 81 games this season -- and I use them all (it's one of the few upsides to being single & childless).

I fancy myself as a sort of Stephen King type (even got him on my twitter quiz last night), since we're both writers and big time baseball fanatics. Sure, he's a Red Sox fan (ugh) and I bleed orange & black, but otherwise we're the same. Okay, there's also the age & gender differences. Crap, there's also the fact he's a famous NYT bestseller and I'm . . . so, maybe I should say the one thing Stephen King and I share in common is a love of baseball.

ANYWAY -- Today is the Oriole's Home Opener, which means I'm kinda like a kid on Christmas morning! I've got my baseball bag all packed and ready to go. 

Think I'm joking?

I'd post a picture of me in my jersey, but that will have to wait until later. I have to take a shower and do something with this mass of curls that looks like I slept the night on them, because . . . well, I did.

So for all my people that I regularly follow (and those new peeps I still need to check out) and to everyone I owe a comment -- bear with me, I'll get to it all later tonight. I promise.

Wish us luck! (Yes, I'm one of those people who refers to her team as "we") 

Happy Friday All!

That Which Does Not Kill Us ...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got another rejection letter today. So, out of four queries sent out so far, I've gotten a "no go" from two of them. In the general scheme of things this is perfectly on par for what a novice writer will go through, so I'm not taking it personal. Getting a "No" still stings, but I'm bouncing back pretty quickly. Especially, since I'm convinced that it is the query letter that is failing here and not my writing. It is possible that both agents have read my first chapter and decline based on that, but from all the info I've read thus far, it is more likely the case of a so-so query letter that isn't catching their attention. So, it's up to me to write one that makes them want to see more. Easier said than done. I guess it's kinda like a striptease routine ... you have to show just enough to make them want to see more, but not so much that all the thrill is gone. It's a balancing act, I tell ya. As for the rest of the night, I'm going to relax and watch "Hoarders" a little later on tonight. I have some straightening up to do, and there is nothing like watching an episode of that show to put you in the "spring cleaning" mood. Pride & Prejudice Update : I still don't know much more about Mr. Darcy, other than Lizzy cares for him even less since he suposedly did something not so nice to Mr. Wickham. She was, however, able to wiggle her way out of having to accept a marriage proposal from that clod, Mr. Collins. Whew! Baseball Update: 28 days til Opening Day!!