A Nyte's Tale

It’s time for an update on my writing progress (for those of you that are interested…and you know who you are). *Just kidding.* My first book is finished and still waiting to find an agent that will fall in love with it. My queries have been put on hold for now because my focus is my new position at work. It is extremely stressful, and by the time I get home, my brain is exhausted. So I guess when I say that my first book is “waiting to find an agent”, I suppose that is not exactly the truth. There are a few queries, that I previously sent out, which I still have not received a response from the agents. Let’s be honest though, I probably won’t hear back from them. I am okay with that because I have decided to put that puppy to rest for now. I have a third short story submitted to Glimmer Train. Even though this story has already been submitted, there are a few edits that need to be made to make the story better. This story means a lot to me because its about my grandparents, who are ve...

I love the holidays. I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. This holiday season has been a very busy one for me and I know I have not published much on my blog, but never fear my faithful readers, I will be back to blogging in full force after the beginning of the year. I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday.

A wonderful gift, So precious and sweet. Our hearts are full, our lives complete. Into our hearts and into our home, We welcome our new baby, Coco.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Guilt is haunting me to write something new, for my faithful followers, but at the moment my world is consumed by my day job. Please be patient and keep checking back each week for a new post. I promise to post a small snippet for your enjoyment (or at least give an update of my current situation). For those of you that actually know me, you know that this is one of the hardest times of year for me. I am probably one of the few people in the world that loathe shopping. Please don’t think that I don’t like giving gifts, because that is not the reason why I hate to shop. Crowded stores scare me. :)

I am giving anyone reading this post fair warning…stop reading now if you don’t want to join my pity party. Another stressful week gone by, another short story turned down by Glimmer Train. I was so hopeful for it to be published. It had been in review for 65 days, and I had researched on the internet that they would probably give the results for the winners in one week (Nov. 30th). I was so close, or so I thought. I didn’t even get an email notification. Nope, I just happened to check my account today and saw the dreaded “Completed” word next to my submission, which meant they would not be publishing my story. This story was the first short story I had ever written and submitted to any publication. My second short story was rejected last week. I have to say that I feel pretty down tonight about this whole writing business. I hate to admit that I am actually so disappointed about it, I feel like I don’t want to write anymore. Yeah, right. Give me a few days of moping around, ...

“ The person who does not read good books has no advantage over the person who cannot read them .” - Mark Twain I am trying to stay upbeat tonight, but failing miserably. One of my two short stories that I submitted to a well known magazine was not picked for publication. I must say, I feel absolutely disappointed and I may have shed a tear or two hundred. I am still hopeful…crossing my fingers…praying every night…knocking on wood…etc. etc., that my first story, submitted back in September, will be accepted. The story that did not get accepted was submitted Oct. 15th, and my first story was submitted Sept. 15th. From what I have been told and researched on the net, the longer the story is “in process” the better. Here is the latest information about my manuscript. Four more e-queries have been sent, and three have come back rejected. I received some replies back in less than one minute of hitting the send button, thanks to the agent’s handy dandy “auto reply”. Those disappo...