April's Showers

  Edit Post Preview (opens in a new tab) Add title Cart before the horse We've all heard the saying, "Don't put the cart before the horse." I have always understood this to mean that it is useless to buy a cart if you have no horse to pull it. A phrase steeped in history. As I embarked on the journey toward eventual publication I allowed my dreams to soar. Wat publisher would I like to submit to? Would my story become a movie? Would it be a best seller? On and on these thoughts coursed through my head and before I even had a working outline, I poured over major publishers and all the many ways to publish. I quickly realized that the business of writing was not as simple as I had imagined. In my naivety, I supposed that I would write the book start to finish, print it off, and send it to a list of publishers with illustrious dreams of an acceptance from someone and my name on the dust jacket of a book published nationwide. These dreams are of co...

 I wanted to report back on the progress so far! Extermination of an Empire is with Beta Readers right now!  As exciting as that is, I have decided that it is best to make the best of the time while I wait to hear from readers. In this "down-time" I am working on book 2 and I am proud to report that I am eight thousand words into the novel. Now that may sound like a lot, but it is really just the first two chapters.  I am so excited for the coming months. As school starts, I will have more time to steal away for some writing and keep this momentum up. My hope right now is that I might have book 2 ready shortly after starting my hunt for an agent. This way, I can make sure you, my readers, don't have to wait too long for the next edition.  I hope this little update finds each of you well.