ANOTHER DAY

So another day means another opportunity. I wasn't picked to be on any teams but I still received some coaching in that. It has spurred more revisions to both the manuscript and the query, both of which were needed and I think much improved. Thank you, coaches.

I also had a very helpful critique that has pushed me to pump up the voices for each. I wish I had done so for the first 250 words of the contest but trust timing.

The query is a crazy creature though - every time I get feedback it sends me in a different direction. Then there's the word count. How to make the reader really feel 4 MC's with so few words. Obviously I don't have it yet but, again, every experience gives me a new piece to keep shining the rock until, one day, hopefully soon, I'll have a gem.

My youngest son has a giant "diamond" that Santa brought him - he loves rocks and crystals, and everything he can collect from nature - including seeds, berries, nuts, etc that he puts in plastic containers (hard to make lunches sometimes) and then stores in his room in drawers and the closet. He is great at growing mold!

The diamond is sitting on the table across from me :)  I'll take it as a sign.