Traveller's Tales

The letter is written; I’ve reviewed it with someone in the field who knows what a good one looks like, and it has passed muster with one edit. I’ve got a short list of target agents I’m taking aim at first, based on that same friend’s feedback, and now it’s time to fire them off and wait.

Now taking aim at Agent A: letter is printed out, lacking only blank envelopes to send the letter with. Based on the agency writeup, I expect to hear a response in 2-3 weeks, and I’ll post the result here. In fact, I’ll probably make up a new blog category just for those status updates, assuming the process is as long and arduous as it’s usually described — but hey, maybe I’ll get lucky.

Update to the Codex: five new entries and a new category for them — Magic.

No more bullshit. This year it gets published. I’ll write about every last little nasty detail right here, but that’s it. 2007 is the year. It’s 25 years since I first made contact with that wild little world in my head, and it’s about time everyone else got to hear about it, too.

Step one: query letter. Written. I’m not sharing it publicly yet because I haven’t secured an agent yet, but when that happens I’ll post it.

Step two: viral advertising. Talked with my good bud today and it’s going forward. Yes, that means there’s going to be some interesting viral marketing around the book. No, I can’t talk about it yet, but given the atmosphere of conspiracies, ancient struggles and misdirection in the book, you can expect the viral stuff will have the same feel. What’s more, it’ll have something neat you can get at the end, if you’re fast enough to figure everything out.

Step three: research. In progress now. I’m narrowing down the list of agents I want to hit first. Once I have that list, I’ll post it here, and we can follow the list of polite rejections until we find someone who loves the book as much as I do.

Keep your eyes peeled: Step Four is incoming.

No BS. This is the year.