Progress remains steady in querying. I’ve discovered the most deflating thing is when an agent I thought was a good match declines to represent me. It doesn’t discourage me from continuing, but it does feel like a missed opportunity. What could have been, huh.
I will say, the meanest, pettiest part of me has the same response when I see that form rejection letter. Channeling my inner Michael Jordan, it says “You didn’t want me? Fine. I’m going to show you why that was a mistake.” This warms the cockles of my heart in the face of rejection.
Last time I started out writing about what my book is about. I didn’t make it far before writing about why I wrote that book. I’ll try to stay on task this time…I hope.
The Worth of a Stone is a cozy fantasy book at about 130,000 words. That works out to be about 400 pages. The book is split into two viewpoints. Dinah and Desmond.
Dinah is a priest of the Temple of Many Truths, which means that she is a spy and assassin serving a singular goal: Defend the Empire. After a mission gone wrong, she finds herself alone, friendless, and far from safety.
Desmond is a wizard, and thus an important imperial asset. However, he is also agoraphobic, rendering him useless in the eyes of the court. So he was sent out to the boonies, where everyone could forget about him. With the pressure off, Desmond builds a new life for himself, somewhere he can live in comfort. Just as he feels comfortable, his new home is attack by a secret invasion.
I know what you’re thinking, “That doesn’t sound cozy.” Well, the whole books is filled with music, tea drinking, talking, and the good fight against anxiety. There are problems, there is danger, but also friendship.
This book has a lot of covid anxiety in it, and is a bit of a response to it. This book is about the things that got most of us through that period of time.
Thanks,
Michael
Michael Frutig 