Wierdly, I have actually finished my manuscript - or the first draft anyway of my book based on the blog.
I seem to have been working on it forever and by yesterday I was so sick of editing it that I was beginning to hate it.
Which is when Papa said, 'Right, that's it, tomorrow I'm posting it to your agent!"
He has just called me to tell me its now gone.
I can't change anymore at this point. Its kind of liberating but now I want to do something else.
So I went shopping to take my mind off it.
It didn't.
I spent the whole time wondering if anyone would like it - had I written too much or too little. Had I added in enough new material or relied too much on material thats here already...
Only time will tell.
Although today was an interesting day.
I now know how Sandra Bullock felt in that film where she loses her identity (I can't remember what it was called). I took my car in for a service today to be told they had no paperwork or record of my booking it in - I know I did - then they said they had no courtesy car for me! I was about to kick up a stink as I had places to go (shopping being one), but they hurriedly found me a powder blue VW Beetle - I think it might have been the receptionist's own car as it was full of hair grips and sweet wrappers.
Then I toddled off to Bluewater to the Apple store where I had booked in for someone to have a look at my iphone as the camera wasnt working it is now - I fixed it! By turning it off and on again) But once there I was told that they had no record of my appointment....
So I went and had an anonymous coffee... and with both kids out until way after 5 I was happy to enjoy the peace and quiet of a packed shopping centre and just watch the world go by...
Now how long will it take my agent to read my book and call me to tell me what he thinks!!!!!!
I seem to have been working on it forever and by yesterday I was so sick of editing it that I was beginning to hate it.
Which is when Papa said, 'Right, that's it, tomorrow I'm posting it to your agent!"
He has just called me to tell me its now gone.
I can't change anymore at this point. Its kind of liberating but now I want to do something else.
So I went shopping to take my mind off it.
It didn't.
I spent the whole time wondering if anyone would like it - had I written too much or too little. Had I added in enough new material or relied too much on material thats here already...
Only time will tell.
Although today was an interesting day.
I now know how Sandra Bullock felt in that film where she loses her identity (I can't remember what it was called). I took my car in for a service today to be told they had no paperwork or record of my booking it in - I know I did - then they said they had no courtesy car for me! I was about to kick up a stink as I had places to go (shopping being one), but they hurriedly found me a powder blue VW Beetle - I think it might have been the receptionist's own car as it was full of hair grips and sweet wrappers.
Then I toddled off to Bluewater to the Apple store where I had booked in for someone to have a look at my iphone as the camera wasnt working it is now - I fixed it! By turning it off and on again) But once there I was told that they had no record of my appointment....
So I went and had an anonymous coffee... and with both kids out until way after 5 I was happy to enjoy the peace and quiet of a packed shopping centre and just watch the world go by...
Now how long will it take my agent to read my book and call me to tell me what he thinks!!!!!!
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