#1 - May 13, 2007 -

Ok, so I finally got down to what I’ve been wanting to do for the past week: send out a query letter for my manuscript. Which I no longer have to term “manuscript-in-progress”, because it’s actually finished, BWAHAHA.

I thought it’d be more harrowing, to be honest. I was surprised I managed to get the query letter done in less time than I expected. Maybe because I subconsciously knew more or less what I wanted to say, and I dislike being wordy and all over the place UN-necessarily, so yeah, it’s quite alright (and nice, in a way): being to-the-point.

I await probable rejection slips and letters, but one just has to keep pushing with such matters.

This has been a dream for so, so, long, and some days, I am just so tired I’ve no idea where I’m going to get enough energy to see myself and my book through to publication. Yesterday I konked out for two hours in the afternoon (but woke up feeling good).

The thing about writing is that there are no rules…which is why I love it so god damn much. Also, I saw this awesome quote today online, said by an editor: “People think publishing is a business, but it’s a casino.”

True, true. Speaking about casinos/gambling, I did win a few coins from some slot machine when I went to Vegas once, which was fun. Whenever I next visit/go back/whatever to Singapore, I must check out the IRs. And the F1 thing is interesting. Speaking about cars/driving, I’m “instructing” my mum’s driving with me having no license as yet (shhhh). Yeah, yeah, I’ve to read that bloody handbook, then sit for the written, then practical.
My mum says I drive kamikaze.
She drives much too slowly.