First a book update: I’ve finished the book and started looking for an agent or publisher. I’m about 22 agent rejections in, which isn’t terrible yet. There are hundreds of agents and attract the right one is tough to say the least.
About a month ago, I was contemplating submitting directly to publishers and one popped up that I was excited to submit to. I put together the package and sent it in. The gatekeeper (that’s what I call him in my head, he’s ever wearing a robe and holding a staff in my imagination) responded quickly saying the book sounded exciting. So now the review committee for the publisher is reading my book to decide if they want to move forward with it.
I’m really excited, but in a very tempered kind of way. They might decide it isn’t up their alley and send me packing. Either way, Daughter of Arn is a little closer to seeing the light of day and I appreciate their efforts.
So about that thing I’m gonna do…I haven’t been writing nearly as much as I should recently because of annoying things distracting me (when I am writing, I’m working on the sequel to Daughter of Arn), but I have been reading a lot. So much so that I’m currently 13 books over my Goodreads goal for the year and I’ll probably add one or two more. I still have most of December.
The other day I had a thought of something I’d like to try and accomplish, reading-wise. I’m a fan of Stephen King’s work. My favorite book is The Stand and I’ve enjoyed every book I’ve read by him. I feel like I’ve read a bunch of his work, but when I look at his bibliography, I’ve only scratched the surface. There is so much. 65 novels and novellas and over 200 short stories.
I’m going to attempt to read them all in order (except the short stories because I haven’t found a list that includes them yet; I’ll still read them). So I don’t go completely mad, I’ll intersperse other books with them and I might skip Fairy Tale since I read it in the last year. I’ll also watch the movies and shows that go along with it all. Then I’ll finish each with a post here. It’s a long-haul project, but the reader in me is excited to do it.
Anyway, I’m starting with Carrie. I finished reading it already, but haven’t watched the movies. I saw the 1976 version with Sissy Spacek back in high school, but there are 2 remakes and a sequel to watch. After that is Salem’s Lot.
Happy Holidays!
Sarah
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