Literary Agent Scavenger Hunt

I got three weeks off from my job, no chores-commitments or mandatory places to go...so what will I be doing???

WRITING!!

I want to finish my 4th novel. Ambitious I know. I also need to research new liteary agents for my 3rd book, Q.M.E. Finding new agents that I haven't looked at before is difficult. Reasearching them is difficult. The majority of their profiles (on their websites) are pretty vague. I'm looking for Liteary agents that are looking for: Adult fiction, Commerical, Action/Adventure and Social/Political.
I got all the resources bookmared. I follow Liteary Agents on Twitter and make note of any new faces. #MSWL points toward trends but a lot of Lit. Agents on Twitter say don't write for trends.
I write what I love and what I would like to read. Now, I have to find someone else who loves what I write. I have had one Lit. Agent offer me representation, which was awesome but I'm still looking. Writing the book really is the easy part.

I'm super excited to have this time. I'm going to do my best to make the most of it.

5 Reasons Writing a Novel is Difficult.

Writing the story, the book, the novel is the easy part. It would all be easy and fun it I never wanted my efforts to see the light of day. But, since I do, I want a career, I'm stuck with the hard part as well.
Beta readers, revisions, editing, query letters, feedback, it's all so helpful and my efforts are better for it. I'm the biggest barricade to my success. These other things are part of that.


Procrastination: I got things to do . None of them are as important as writing.  They shouldn't be. I'd rather be writing. But, I need time to think. I need to relax.  I need time to be myself.

 Time Management: Some writing blogs say pick an hour and write during those same 60 minutes every day. That's nice but I can't do that. I work a swing shift and I'm not available at the same time everyday, week after week. Sometime I only have the time to write on the weekends. I do try to do something writing related everyday. Editing, proofreading, research, reading blogs, watching writing videos, taking notes, brainstorming.  I do something to further my cause.

Story Ideas: I have a lot of ideas.  I'm not sure if any of them are any good. I'm sure some of them are boring as hell. Some of them have been done before. Some of them are stupid.

Life: My mom needs me to do something. My job has raised my hours to 50 a week. Family dinners. My friends need help. I have an event to go to.

Motivation: Rejection is tough. Revisions are tough. Feeback is tough. I do love constructive critisism. Real help. My main motivation is the fininshed work. I love seeing my finished manuscripts and knowing I did that. I wrote them and finished them all by myself.

What I got is good...

What I'm hoping to have is even better.  But I only have the basics.  I have a manuscript that I love, no one else seems to. The editing process is a long and weird one. I don't mind it . It's awfully interesting. Fascinating, in a way. I still love my manuscript, so I don't care what anyone says about it.

It's tough. It's worth it. I know my manuscript isn't perfect. It's a difficult one because it doesn't fit into any of the genre tags. It's like five of them. It's different. Maybe it's not genre fiction.

 "A blend of erotic romance meets action/adventure
with political undertones"

A new Job, a Husband, my own Place and a Car

I need all four of those things, not necessarily in that order.

I got a job but working a job you don't like is exhausting and demeaning and just sad. It's my responsibility to make myself happy and get myself to a place of calm and contentment but it's an up hill battle. I take that job seriously but it's so damn difficult. My dream career is being an author. I'm working towards that. Putting my heart and soul into it. 

* You do the things you don't want to do so you can do the things you do want to do. 

I can interchange husband with boyfriend, significant other. I think having a loving, committed relationship would be interesting, maybe even helpful. 

My own place, apartment or house, rent or own. I need more space. My own space.  I think my creativity would flow more. Maybe. It's just a thought.

I am in the market for a car. I like those cute little Toyota Scions.