Mornin'

It's early and I've already started. I've prepared three query letters that I'm sending off today (along with my Codman Square co-pay). Two to agencies in New York and one in California. They all have interests in science fiction, so I'm writing them about my vampire novel, which is about a girl who's dating a vampire who is threatened when a sexy hunter from Dallas comes to town. Here's hoping.

I was going to submit my other novel as well, but after having my friend read it, she confirmed that I needed to rework the beginning. As I had thought, it's a little rushed. I had had a different beginning before, but, after a brief meeting with an editor during Grub Street's Manuscript Mart last year, had decided to go a different route in order to get us right into the action, right into the suspense. My problem is that the story is about Reggie, the main character who witnesses a murder, so I either need to take out the parts that go into the killer's POV or revamp them so that we get more of a sense of him. Which of course puts a halt on querying the novel until I figure this shit out.

I'm also re-reading the vampire novel. It's been a while since I've worked on it. I had started it last summer. It's interesting revisting the characters from way back then. The reason it seems so long ago is that I've already started the fourth novel in the series. I've been very busy this year, writing-wise. :)