No new queries. No outstanding rejections. In the mean time I’ve done a lot of reading of other people’s queries and have changed mine around. I rewrote the central paragraphs describing the plot, and cleaned up the first paragraph. I also added that I had been published before. In hindsight it feels like a bigContinue reading “The Quest # 29”
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Flash Friday#26
Beneath the Walls Aethshus watched the walls. It was fast becoming a habit. There was little else to do once he had looked over his equipment. Today was a quiet day in the siege, one where neither side tried anything. Most days should have been like that, only this siege was unlike any other. ForContinue reading “Flash Friday#26”
Changing tack
I am just about finished with my book of the year, the adventure story. I won’t say much more about it now, I want to finish. After that, however, I will be gearing up to write the second. This one I aim to be short, and given my current writing speed, will be about threeContinue reading “Changing tack”
Flash Friday #25
Earworm A little tune bobbed through the hedges. The singer, a woman in a red hat, sang the words. “One day, one day you will be mine, baby.” Behind the hedge there was a man in thick denim. He trimmed the hedge and heard the woman singing. The tune wormed its way into his mind.Continue reading “Flash Friday #25”
The Quest #28
Two rejections and no new applications. But there is a good reason for this. At least, I think it’s a good reason. It has been a year of blind querying agents and I have gotten no requests for more. I know that breaking in is tough. I’m not discouraged, but I am looking to getContinue reading “The Quest #28”
Quick note
I am out of town this week and am unable to do any quest related things this week. The quest shall continue next week. Thanks, Michael
Flash Friday #24
Chains The large thunderhead loomed menacingly over a prison in an older part of the world, a prison which had once been full of thousands of prisoners, but now only held one. The prison might have emptied, but its guard remained the same. A thousand men guarded its walls and its only occupied cell.Continue reading “Flash Friday #24”
How to Model Greed
Welcome back to the popular and frequent series where I write about games I like. This is the second one, the first one was last year some time. The game I will be talking about this week is John Company, Second Edition. This game gives players control of investors in the East India Company andContinue reading “How to Model Greed”
Flash Friday #23
Beneath the Walls Aethshus watched the walls. It was fast becoming a habit. There was little else to do once he had looked over his equipment. Today was a quiet day in the siege, one where neither side tried anything. Most days should have been like that, only this siege was unlike any other. ForContinue reading “Flash Friday #23”
The Quest #27
None up and none down. Not the numbers I need to be doing. I’m going to pump those numbers up in the coming weeks and settle back into a rhythm. I think I’m making good progress on my book this year. I have written a page of fiction every day since 2019. Starting this year,Continue reading “The Quest #27”
