It seems I have been lazy about posting. I recently sent out a synopsis of my NaNoWriMo novel to a literary agency. They liked the synopsis and asked for my manuscript. They liked that too. So now I’m waiting for some referrals for editors who do critiques and a contract. How cool is that? I had no idea at the time that within two weeks of sending out a synopsis I would have an agent. I’m sure I will find out who I will be working with soon as well. I’ll keep you posted.

For anyone who wonders how this happens… I would have never written novels if it hadn’t been for a course I took in February 2006. I tried. I failed. A lot. I never felt like I had a good idea. Now the words just flow–once I get an idea. I’m currently probing for novel ideas. To write 93,000+ words in a month seems impossible to most. Even rarer, I have a good chance at getting it published. My dream come true! It seemed so far away at one point in my life, yet it seems to have happened so easily. I have worked hard at finding a job as a chemist. this whole thing makes me wonder if I have been working hard at something that doesn’t really suit me. I truly loved the entire month of November when I was writing. I love chemistry too, but many, many months of searching for a job in chemistry has come to nothing.

So back to this course… Actually it was probably several courses and declaring that I’m a writer that made this happen. I got free of the inner voice that critiqued, criticized and generally made me feel like crap. I was my own worst enemy, and I had no idea how much my thoughts were holding me back. Well maybe I did, but I had no idea how to get past them. I did.