So... It's been nearly a year since I even looked at the book. I have thought about it quite a bit, but my thoughts never seemed to turn into actions. I move to Perth just after i sent the manuscript the first time and about 6 weeks later I recieved my first rejection letter. In all fairness the agency said they didn't publish Science Fantasy (which makes me wonder why they said to send it anyway...maybe they only publish the superstar novels and mine didnt fit that category) and they said it was just to niche for them, that they focused on biographies and travel books. They said I should definitely send it on and that it was an enjoyable read...which I really didnt know how to interpret. It was thouroughly depressing... but in the back of my mind I kept think of the Orson Scott Card book I read where he said that he sent Ender's Game to 17 different publishers before someone picked it up - and I really shouldnt have expected it to be picked up first try - especially by a tiny agency in Sydney. Still a bit of a knock to the ego though! After a lot of thought and discussion with the other people I had given the book too I made the decision to re-write the first chapter... I made the decision about March 2010. It is now February 2011 and I havent touched it. Some of this can perhaps be attributed to the fact that I got my teaching degree in that time, settled in in Perth, and then uprooted myself again and moved to Korea!
I have been in Korea for four months now - teaching English - and I have been dedicated to my blog... "Experiences Teaching Abroad" which is all the amazing experiences I have been having since I got here, as well as my bucket list and an entry for every time that I cross something off the list. So dedicated that I write nearly every day...and yet that time could have been dedicated to my book and hasnt been. Whatever my reasons have been for putting it off I have decided to look at the last year as an extended break - a sabbatical - from my writing and now it is time to get stuck in again. I am going to re-write the first chapter...and then start sending it off with mad abandon - and if that doesnt work then the second book is halfway there so I'll finish that and start sending that one out! I think I have found my passion again - and it's still pretty close to being a new year so it's a good time to start fresh!
Enough procrastinating now... here I go!
