The Bubble has Burst and I Don't Care
My agent recently sent me a questionnaire about my writing goals. I got back to her quickly with a list of my short-term (this year) goals and goals for the future. Short-term goals are easy: finish the manuscript and get it into your publisher on time! Do the same with the two books coming up. As I look into the future my goals are still pretty realistic. I want to write a third book in each of two other series, then work on what I call my “noir cozy”, a mystery with a macabre sense of humor. I also have another more traditional mystery I’ve begun. My issue now and for the next few years is time, but if you had asked me about my writing goals when I was working on my first manuscript, you would have gotten a different answer, one reflecting how little I under stood about the writing and publishing business. When I look back on those days, I have to laugh… or I’d cry from embarrassment. I assumed that my creation of a funny gal amateur s...