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Since last we met, I have still not been able to move into my apartment as repairs are yet again not completed. This place had better resemble the Taj Mahal when it's finished.
On a more positive note, writing the book is actually a work in progress. So far I have written 10,000 or so words or four chapters.
A week ago Wednesday, I had lunch with the woman who heads the New Hampshire Writers Project. We discussed the book and she promised to contact a couple of publishers that are part of the Project and ask if they'd like to see what I have so far. I went home and wrote what is called in the trade a "Query letter." That's basically a short, one-page letter (or in this case an email) asking if the editor would like to consider the book for publication. Along with the email, I would send the introduction to the book and two chapters.
Linda emailed me earlier this week as told me to get that stuff to her ASAP. I did so and she forwarded it on to two publishers here in N.H.
The safest and least crushingly disappointing thing to do is to just assume it will be rejected. That way I won't get my hopes up. However, gentle readers, I will forever be grateful for any entreaties addressed on my behalf to the deities of your choice.
More later . . .
