Which brings me to my next (oh-so-tenuously-related) topic: response times on queries.
Who out there has submissions out? Raise your hands. And who out there has gotten a response this year within the expected response time window? Did all the hands drop? Mine did.
I finally received a couple responses last week. There were for mss I queried last year. Both were at least two months past the expected response time. (...and, in case you were wondering, both were rejections--one hand written though, and very encouraging.) I still have four subs out. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting
Can I get a collective UGH! I understand editors are slam busy and that every laid-off computer tech between Bar Harbor and Silcon Valley has suddenly decided they've always wanted to write a book. All I'm asking is that publishers change the estimated response time on their website! If I'm not going to get a response for seven months, just let me know. I can wait; I'm a patient person. (ok...I'm not, but I've learned to pretend after six years writing children's books.)
In other news, I think I tore my meniscus. Playing soccer. AGAIN! So, says my friend who's a doctor, "Please don't hate me, but do you think maybe it's time to...er...stop playing soccer?"
[sigh]
Yes, it's probably true. But I LOVE soccer. When I'm playing, I forget about all the day-to-day stuff and concentrate on one bouncing ball and the back of one net. Tennis is fun; volleyball is great. But they're just not the same.
Anyway, I'll probably get my knee scoped in the next couple weeks. It's been a bad year for us, medically and otherwise. I'd recap it all, but it would only depress me. However...
...in good news, Hailey comes today!! :) My beautiful step-daughter who now lives in DC will be with us for a week, mostly camping and fishing. We plan to celebrate both the July birthdays this weekend and have lots of family get-togethers. Now, I just have clean the house.
Your step-daughter IS beautiful! And Happy Birthday to the July birthdays!
ReplyDeleteI've got some partials out but no word yet. Waiting.
I'm sorry to hear about the soccer and perhaps having to give that up. I hope you don't have to. =[
I hope not too, but at 41...maybe it's time. I'd rather give it up now, and still be able to walk around Europe at 65!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your partials! I have full revisions under review right now and I'm just holding my breath. :) We're all in it together.
Okay, so I'm not waiting for a query response, but I am waiting to hear from my editor. I signed my contract just over a year ago and they've been behind, which I understand. So...pretty much any day now I hope to get an e-mail from my editor saying, "You're next!" I've made my website and worked on a marketing plan, and tried to do what I can on my end. So...in the meantime I am writing. And trying to be patient :D
ReplyDeleteCindy, you and I are in the same place!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy book is third in line for production, which means first and second are getting all the attention. So, like you, I'm working on marketing plans and platform.
What's your book about? Do you have a release date yet? So exciting!!
Ooo... A waiting-to-be-published club! Can I join? :-)
ReplyDeleteAs far as submissions go, I've only got one still out, that full request from December. I'm not going to follow up on it though, until these rewrites are done. That way if she hasn't gotten to it yet, I can offer her the upgraded version.
No, I don't have a release date yet. How about you? I am going to check out your book link right now :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have a release date either -- other than 2010. Is your website live yet? I'll check your blog for a link!
ReplyDeleteYes, Miriam, you can join waiting-on-a-release-date-group! :) I know yours will be before mine!