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Wednesday, October 18, 2006Excited? Or Obsessive-Compulsive?Question: How many times can a writer check her email in one day? Answer: Take the number of agents that she has e-queried, multiply by 520, increase by a factor of two for every passing hour until bedtime. Then, check once more. It's ridiculous; really, it is. I know the response times. I know that some agents (grumble grumble) completely ignore the queries they're not interested in. And I know that I'm neurotic. I know, I know, I know. Yet I check my email. And I check it again. What I want to do -- what I mean to do -- is to begin work on Book Two. I've got the premise laid out and I'm raring to go. This is the third day in a row of Attempting to Write The Opening Scene. I've gotten as far as typing "1." at the top of the page. It's much easier to just give up and check my email. One...more...time. Snail mail is easier to deal with. The mailman comes once a day, you check for rejection letters, and then you go about your business. Why didn't I use snail mail, you say? Ugh. Such a lot of bother and expense, just for a form rejection in the end. And you won't believe what a hot button it is in the agenting world. Some agents are completely anti-email query, as though their computers might explode if they were to even consider it. Other agents will only accept e-queries and nothing else. Ever. E-queries are awesome. Snail mail is yesterday. But that's just one writer's opinion. I'm going to work on my new novel. After I've checked my email. Labels: writing |
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4of my readers are feeling chatty:
Okay, I'm confused. I thought you'd already written Book Two?
I've got a solution to the compulsive email checking though - I bet Eric would just LOVE to get you a Blackberry.
Just think, you could have a life while obnoxiously, er obsessively checking your email in all kinds of places! ;-D
((((Jill)))) I hope you hear something soon.
How many people did you query? Congrats for taking the step.
Kathie
Ahem...
Email checking is now considered a national pastime. They are thinking about changing the 7th inning stretch song to include "Buy me a laptop and network jacks".
We all have our finners, toes and eyeballs crossed for you to get a positive response.
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