Nalini's quiz

I really like this quiz. I haven't read these books but she mentioned them on ehar and now I want to. Which Psy-Changeling Hero Is For You?

Your Psy/Changeling Hero: Hawke An alpha wolf, Hawke is wildness contained, his strength as compelling as his beauty. Used to total control, he'll attempt to dominate any woman he claims, even as he loves her with an intensity born from the darkly sensual nature of his wolf. Dancing with this wolf is going to an exhilirating ride. Are you ready?Find out more about Hawke and the series at www.nalinisingh.com Take this quiz! Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code

Nalini, who I happen to like very much, is very clever. Now I want to read this book to see why this guy is such a good match. That's marketing for you right there.

Amber

Define prosititution

Wow, it's been three weeks since I blogged last. I'm a lazy bum. I got a job so that's been taking up my time. I have been struggling with an issue I think we all face at some point in our writing career.

I will use no names or specific genres but I have discovered something that I could write for some serious cash. They are short, they are easy to write and the advance is mind blowing. But I think for the most part the stories are crap. I don't know if I want to perpetuate everything that has given a bad name to the genre it's in. But the money, the sweet, sweet money.

Is there any line between being a sell out and being a literary whore or are they the same thing? Is there really anything wrong with whoring oneself every once in awhile? As long as you don't make a habit of it. Kurt Cobain is probably turning over his grave right this moment.

Anyway, not an important topic but just something I've been pondering.

Song of the day-- Can't Buy Me Love, the Beatles. You can't buy it but you can pay me to write it.

Quote of the day-- Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.

Lane Olinghouse

Amber

Reject!

I got rejected the other day for my series mystery, Digging Up Bones. I wasn't surprised because it went to a fairly small library press and they came back and said that they enjoyed it but their market is extremely narrow and I didn't fit into the niche. Does that sound like a stock rejection to you? I don't know. I don't mind getting rejected, it happens to the best of us, but I hate getting stock rejections.

Now, because it is sort of a chick-lit cozy, the kind only published by larger presses, I'm going to have to go on the big hunt for an agent. More's the pity, it was something I never wanted to do. And I don't even know why. It's not like I dislike or resent agents. I think it was just the idea of adding yet another step to the publication process that irritated me. But frankly, I don't know what else to do with this story. The kinds of places that would publish this one don't accept unsolicited manuscripts. Alas.

Anyway, anyone know any good agents? I take recommendations.

Song of the day-Loser, Beck. In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey. And our market is too narrow to publish monkeys.

Quote of the day-

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

John Keats
English lyric poet (1795 - 1821)

Amber