Long Overdue Update

There's a serious lag / letdown upon the completion of a manuscript and the start of the agent hunting process. I did take the advice of many writers and get to work on the next novel while waiting to hear from agents. That novel is yet untitled and lacking a complete first draft - though I did learn from my mistakes on the GIANT and prepared an extensive outline.

I sent my query and synopsis to a dozen agents. I received kind words (form kind words for all I know), but no requests to see any the manuscript. I'm now in the process of revising the query letter. Well, I've thrown out the old one and I'm starting over. I'm not listening to any advice, reading any blogs, or pouring through books on writing this time. I'm going with my gut and my wife's comments only.

Why the long delay? There's a new baby in the house - joining the toddler already living here, so there's been quite an adjustment taking place. I'm predicting 2011 as the year of the GIANT.