Posted in novel, tagged queries, agents, dark, formatting, lulu on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, in a fit of early morning nuttiness a couple of days ago, I sent off an e-query to an agent whose blog I’ve been following. I received the standard form rejection letter.
As it turns out, there is speculation that this particular agent does not represent dark subject matter, so it is probably for [...]
Posted in novel, tagged dark, family, novel on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
I spoke to my mother today, who is nearing the end of her first reading of my draft.
When I first handed the copy to her, I warned her. “This is a dark book.”
“Really?” she asked as she put it next to her purse.
Today she says, “Your book is dark.”
“I warned you.”
“You did?” She sounded [...]
Posted in musings, novel, tagged dark, nano, wordcount, writing on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t know what it is exactly, but I am worried that my book is too darned dark.
I haven’t even revealed the worst secrets to my main character yet, and it’s already pretty awful.
How dark is too dark? When does a novel stop being entertaining and start being draining?
I hit poor Beatrice pretty hard [...]
