Out of the Blue

Suddenly I find myself employed again.

Fortunately, it is absolutely nothing related to writing, and I have the afternoons off to go and write in Barnes & Noble. (Yay part time!) In fact, after being active in the mornings, I actually want to go write, since I'm not actually wasting time on the internet or anything during the day.

Then I just have to make myself come home and fire off some queries and I've met my checklist for the day.

I'm glad I did my writing away from home, because there was a nicely worded rejection in my inbox. So it goes.

Sometime, an agent will fall in love with me. Until then, I'll keep querying - and keep writing.

Friends with books out!

I realized this morning that not one, but two of my dear friends have books out and for sale! These are the friends I made before I started writing. It's rare to know one published author just from your circle of acquaintances, but I know two.

First off, Rachel's The Spirit Thief is out and available for purchase at your local bookstore. I snagged my copy directly off the B&N shelf (and then politely informed the folks up at the front counter that she was a local author and deserved a big display up near the front.)

But wait, Crystal Watanabe's Yum Yum Bento Box has been out for quite some time! She writes the blog Adventures in Bento Making. Crystal and I met through the video game FFXI, where she is known as Pikko (and more recently, Bentotto.)

Hopefully, one of these days I can add my own book to that list, and my circle of non-writing friends will have three published authors.