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Painting as Antidote to Waiting for Literary Agent Responses
Mar 9, 2013

I finally heard  back from that agent who had a full submission of mine for six months. I nudged her twice before getting her reply. She didn't say the work wasn't for her, but said,  "I am not the best agent for this..." A new way of putting things.

So - except for those who will never respond, by my reckoning about a third of all queries sent - I have now closed off the dossier which represents last year's queries. This is tremendously freeing, and I can now concentrate on what's gone out this year. In all things, I don't believe in looking back. That's done and gone, and some of it not related to writing would make interesting reading in itself, but the here and now is what it's all about.

I'm still rather feverishly painting and that's very soothing, and I find I'm not dwelling on the books at all, but thinking up plots (for that's what they are) for my next picture.

Just for fun, I'm including my last painting below (even as I vowed I wouldn't mix up my writing blog with my art blog). Perhaps you can come up with a caption. There's definitely a story here.


Until next time.

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Posted: Saturday March 9, 2013, 10:47 pm
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