B. J. Winters

For the last month I have spent countless hours trying to distill the content of Ghost Writer in to a brief synopsis - 8 or 9 magic sentences for an agent query letter.  And after 1) doing my research, 2) finding a name and checking it ten times, 3) writing a letter, a 2 page synopsis and polishing the first 10 pages of the novel and 4) spending half the day trying to format the stupid email.....I hit "send" about an hour ago.

I think I'm gonna be sick.  And I'm not talking about the flu.  Seriously, you have no idea the stress of perfection and the nerves of rejection the way it makes your heart race and your hand shake.   GW is on version 5.  I sent it off for copywrite a few months ago.  Drafting, redrafting is so much easier than this process.  I'm still not happy with the final version, but it's time for an outside opinion. 

One bright spot (besides learning that query only has one -e).  I found that halemarcum@yahoo.com was untaken.  I am now the proud owner of a new email that will be filled with all sorts of negative replies...but hey - at least it's unique.   No halemarcum90201 for me.

Wish me luck.