Holiday Season

Well, with holidays coming up, publishing slows down. So I've been told, so I've read. Holiday Season used to be some of my favorite times. Can't say that anymore. Not when I'm seeking publication for not just one but two of my books. Even my agent, Terrie Wolf, during our discussion the other day, mentioned that. So I'll probably have to wait until January or later before I hear any further word on the submissions I've made. But I'll still keep going. It's probably going to be a good time to catch up on those revisions to KILLER EYES. Or continue that YA I began.

I haven't made a lot of progress on either one of those WIPs. I have really put KILLER EYES on hold for the last couple months, polishing up both KILLER OF KILLERS and THE VASE. Not a lot, as both are pretty much finalized, with not much more I could do to either one. But yesterday, once again, I did find a couple places in THE VASE that I revised. Just a couple added words in the first chapter, and I changed the lyrics to a song that was in there.

I had used the words to a real song, thinking it would be possible to get permission from the artist. But just in case, I had an alternate song ready to go, which I used in the copy I sent to the LOC. One of the editors to whom I submitted advised I use the alternate lyrics because getting permission was going to be too much of a hassle. And since I already had the alternate song ready, it would be just as well to use it. So I did. It's just as good with it, so why make more work? Got enough of that already, being a teacher and a father and a husband. It's all good.