I am, therefore I post.

[panik]

Only I don't, not very much these days. Alas, the life of the gilly is a rather dreary and uneventful place of late and it seems a waste of everyone's time to be posting nonsense about nothing. I haven't even twittered in an age.

I still live, is, I suppose, the message of this pointless post, that and my old friend prevarication...

I'm still (yeah) waiting for news on the novel from th'Agent. I sent him a terribly gently worded prod a few weeks ago to which he responded that he still hadn't had time to finish it. It's getting on for 10 weeks since I sent him the full ms and I've run out of patience so I'm sending it off to some more agencies, which means I now have to produce a proper submission including the dread 'one page synopsis'.

Boiling a 548 page novel down to a single page is something of a bugger. I currently have it at 19 pages - hence this post. Anything (anything!!!) rather than go back to the ceremonial brain-boiling that is that bloody (bloody!) synopsis.

But such is life.

I'm working on a second novel at the moment, should anyone give a monkeys, a sequel to the last. I've prevaricated nicely on that one, too (see the shiny icon!) - and there's fic, too. fluterbev and I have been communing, work is ongoing, we're working to finish Decimated by Christmas but life may well get in the way of our well-crafted plans so I can promise nothing.

Urm. I think that's it, really. It's awfully dark and dreary outside. My coffee's going cold. I should get back to work. I hope life is being a perfect poppet for you all. ::making the kissy face:: XXX

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I hate the bit where they ask you for short blurbs ::glum:; My brain dries up.

Hope he gets back to you soon!

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

In all fairness, He (the mighty one of Doughty Street) hasn't asked for anything since he asked for the whole ms, but it having been such a long time since I heard from him, I've decided to hedge those bets and start sending it out to other agencies as well. Usually I'd've had it out to a dozen or more at a time but he got back to me so quickly and so keenly I didn't see the point in approaching anyone else till he'd read it and made a decision - but it's been so long now (she sighed).

It's down to 3 pages now, I'm knocking off for an urgent meeting with a mug of tea and some crumpets.

Hope he gets back to you soon!
Ah. ::holds head in hands, sighs a lot:: Thanks hon. ♥