Well, I’ve been rejected by all six of the agents I have approached. Am I going to let this get me down? No! It’s a matter of six down and forty-four to go. After that, I might just self-publish it to get a couple of dollars. If I go that route, I hope to have Serve Me Now and Tribal finished by then. If not (I wouldn’t be surprised), then I am going to put Alien Voices through the paces. Why I’m not going to do it next is because I am still doing the line edit on it and that’s going to take a while. Especially if my computer keeps on resetting for updates. Thanks, Bill.

Speaking of Serve Me Now, it’s coming along slowly, like a lot of my works, but I’m getting to the weight gain and madness part. That’s the part I’ve been waiting to get to, but it’s also looking like the book is going to be getting to be longer than 90,000 words…like it’s gaining weight, too. Unlike my protagonist, I am going to put it on a diet to keep it down to the amount I need it to be. I’ve been told that anything above 100,000 words, especially in horror, is a harder sell to agents and publishers. I need to get every advantage I can get.

I’m also working on a new idea: The Unfortunate Exorcism of Tony “The Fish” D’Epescatore. I think I might have brought it up earlier, but I’m doing the background research on it. I’m learning a lot about the Mafia, the Catholic Church and exorcisms in general. That’s what I love about writing – I get to learn new stuff almost every day. Whether or not this is a good idea…that remains to be seen. I think it’s a good idea, but then again I am biased a little.

I’m also pleased to say that my writing group is getting back together! I’ve missed these people through the holidays and spring. I don’t know what to offer to them first. I might go on ahead and stsart bringing Serve Me Now and get that working. It’s going to delay it because we only meet twice a month, but having other people looking at it will make it a lot stronger.

I think that’s all for now. I should get back to actually writing the books. I hope y’all have a good day! Ta-ta for now.

I’ve gotten a couple more rejections, but I am also going to send out more queries on Saturday. How many more am I going to send out? I’m thinking I am going to assign a hard number to this one: fifty. If I can’t get past the first round fifty times, maybe this book should be self-published and released into the wild. So far, I’m four into it. More will come later, I’m sure.

Serve Me Now has hit a little bump in the road, so I am working on something else right now. Working on a project titled: The Unfortunate Exorcism of Tony “The Fish” DePescatore. I’m in the research stage and reading about possession. I think this one is going straight to self-publish. I’m writing this one because it’s a good idea and I need to do something when I am slumping on Serve Me Now.

I’m not really big into supernatural fiction (although one of my favorite Stephen King books is IT), but this idea I had really says something to me. I might be able to put in some humor into it, maybe make it into a dark comedy. I don’t want to get too much into it here as I am still fleshing out some things.

One would think that getting rejected would have done something negative to my writing, but it’s not. I’m getting feisty about it. I’m doubling down on things. I am not going to let this get me down. I am pressing on somehow.

There is not much else going on right now. I just need to get more queries out this Saturday, try to edit down Alien Voices and maybe get that looked at by agents. Also, do laundry and go to the gym. An action-packed Saturday for me. I love it!