Okay, truly I had a pretty cool post today. And blogger just ate it and belched it back out to taunt me. So, let’s start fresh. Shall we? Just understand that this one will be a little suckier.
Sooo I’ve sent off three partials today, and as Shelley says.. I now have Hope in the Mail. I have a great critique group that gave me some fabulous tips. I know a lot of people don’t care much for critique groups, but they can really find a lot of cool stuff you’re missing. And I love the fact that they’ll be my Beta Readers. I love that term, learned it in Atlanta.
I flubbed a bit today. I was all pumped up after having watched Super Nanny last night, deciding I was going to be a better mom. And then Emma started to get a little out of control this morning, as toddlers tend to do. So I muttered under my breath–well I thought it was under my breath–”Emma, you’re pissing mommy off.” And then she says in her singsong voice, “Mommy, you’re pissing me off.” Sooo… yeah, no comments like that unless they’re in my head. But even then, the chit can probably read minds.
So before I sent the stuff off to NY and Colorado (can you guess which agent that one went to?) I had to stuff the envelopes. See, lately I’d gotten to the point where I would print up the agent/editor and my return address on labels and slap them on the envelope. But I ran out of labels and figured I’d try and write them in this time. So I grabbed my blue Sharpie and went at it. Halfway through I realized it looked like my toddler was writing it. So I crinkled up the envelopes, put Emma in the car, and then drove to the store to buy some address labels. And when I sent the partials off, they were awfully pretty. So how do you do the envelope thing? Do you have good enough handwriting to get away with it? Or are you a label person too?
So isn’t this a great pic? It’s a chalk drawing on the sidewalk.
