Posts have been wonky with Thanksgiving, but should be back to normal going forward. I over ate and lost a bowling competition, despite bowling a Turkey in the warm up round. I have one new query using my new query letter. Let’s hope it works out. I feel it is stronger now. I workshopped itContinue reading “The Quest # 17”
Author Archives: Michael Frutig
The Quest # 16
One query sent. One rejection. I don’t have a whole lot this time around as I have spent much of my time editing various works. This is the first time that I’ve queried this book as a typical fantasy, so we will see if that works better. This might also be the first time thatContinue reading “The Quest # 16”
Flash Friday # 1
Oops The Aliens came, a grand fleet descending to earth. Thousands of ships, all together. They came to invite us to the stars. They gave us means to travel faster than light, and medicine that cured cancer in a day. We celebrated for a full week, ready to take to the stars. We showed themContinue reading “Flash Friday # 1”
Quick note
Just a quick note this week. Phase one of the website redesign is done. I’ve done the home page and the quintology page. Now everything has a cleaner look. I will post the first chapters of some works and short stories from now on. I don’t use social media much, but that’s the next part.Continue reading “Quick note”
The Quest # 16
A single word might be holding me back. No new numbers this time around. The reason why shall be clear in this post. I have the newsletter up, and I have been designing what will be the newsletter soon. I plan to write the newsletter less frequently than the blogs. I’m not putting out aContinue reading “The Quest # 16”
The Quest #15
So I took a look through my master list of queries and decided to get querying again. Some of the agents have had my query since spring and I doubt that they are going to select my book. I also saw two notes on my list about agents who won’t respond when they reject you.Continue reading “The Quest #15”
On Time
It starts slowly. Almost imperceptible. Like any good purge, it starts slow so that there is no panic. Nobody thinks twice, they just keep their eyes down and mind their own business, not wanting any trouble. They all know what is going on, its talked about in hush tones, they look for the signs, waitingContinue reading “On Time”
The Quest #14
No change in the numbers. No rejections so no further queries. I found number of agents that look like a good fit. Unfortunately, their submissions are closed for now. I’ve been watching them for a little while now, checking every day for when they open. I want to make sure that I’m one of theContinue reading “The Quest #14”
Another Historical Thought
Often times when asked about the most important moments in history, people will mention great wars or battles. Some will mention treaties or an invention like the printing press. But I disagree. There are eight billion people on the planet right now, and all of us are here because of a few men making keyContinue reading “Another Historical Thought”
The Quest # 13
Numbers are steady. No rejections in the last few weeks so no additional queries. Maintaining ten out at any given time is the aim, because now that I am looking at active agencies, I need to make sure that I don’t query two people at the same house. I have a reference to an agentContinue reading “The Quest # 13”
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