As I suspected, I didn't get a whole lot of writing done over the weekend. I did rework my query letter for A Stranger to Kindness after getting a couple more rejections. It's not significantly different, but I think the stakes are a little clearer now. I hope, anyway. I sent this one out to four or five agents, so we'll see if it works better. A whole swathe of agents I identified as being a good fit for this book are currently closed, so fingers crossed some of them re-open.
I toyed around with Arlo's diary entries, and I think it might work to have the whole book told this way. It just feels terrible to have written 30K already and then just ditch it all. But I think this is the direction I need to go. I thought Devon's arc was the most compelling one, but I think Arlo actually has more growth to make.. And we'll still see Devon's arc, just through Arlo's eyes.
So my goal this week is to work on this. I'll need to pad out the diary entries I've already written since they're only about 300 words at most, and I'll need them to create more of a driving narrative to move the story along.
So that's my goal for the week.
I also have this horrible thing going on with my lips that's making life quite unpleasant. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so hopefully we can figure out what the issue is and do something to fix them up. It's annoying not being able to smile.
What are your goals this week?
Good luck with the querying. I'm finding that agents close for periods of time when they get too busy these days and then reopen for awhile. I hope the agents you want to query reopen soon.
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