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Berengaria

Holiday greetings

I am busy getting ready for the holidays just as you all are. I am still hoping to hear back about the two books I was asked to submit revisions on. Having a book accepted would be the best holiday gift ever. But my realistic side tells me editors are probably as busy as everyone else at this time of year.SighAn acceptance as a New Year gift would be nice too!Guess I will continue to wait.Or maybe I will start work on another book. Hmmmm. There's an idea.Berengaria

Holiday greetings

I am busy getting ready for the holidays just as you all are. I am still hoping to hear back about the two books I was asked to submit revisions on. Having a book accepted would be the best holiday gift ever. But my realistic side tells me editors are probably as busy as everyone else at this time of year.
Sigh
An acceptance as a New Year gift would be nice too!
Guess I will continue to wait.
Or maybe I will start work on another book. Hmmmm. There's an idea.
Berengaria

Four months down the track

Well it is four months down the track and I have two books with revisions done at two different publishers and am waiting to hear back about them. A third book (actually my second book, and at the first publishing house) passed its first hurdle and I am waiting to hear back on that one too.
So I am trying to be patient. Sitting here waiting. Biting my fingernails. This waiting is hard, but at least I seem to be moving forward over all.
Berengaria

Revising with fingers crossed!

A publisher is willing to consider my book further if I make some changes. The changes requested are quite logical and reasonable for the characters' behavior. So hopefully I can do this successfully!
Wish me luck!
Berengaria

Taking the Plunge

Well I wrote the third book and have submitted it to a different publisher.
I am not sure whether submitting different books to different publishers is a good idea or not, but felt it would not be wise to submit yet a third book to the first company, so this seemed a better option.
So once again I must sit and wait.
I am not good at that, but I will try.
Wish me luck with this book, please
Berengaria

Pressure to write a third book

I am still waiting to hear back about the first two books but the characters for a third book are running around in my head wanting to tell me their story. So far I have managed to resist them. I really want the feedback on the other books so that the next book is a better written story, more appropriate for my audience and more saleable. But it is very hard not to set fingers to keyboard again.
Berengaria.

The second book has jumped its first hurdle!

I heard book today that my second book has made it past the initial reviewer and is waiting to be seen by an acquiring editor. I am very excited that this book has made it so far. This one is quite different from the first one. Of course I would really like the company to love both books!
Fingers crossed
Berengaria.

Well I did it

I wrote a second book and sent it off to a publisher despite knowing it may be another five months before I hear back about the first book.
It was a difficult decision. Feedback on the first book would help me avoid making the same mistakes in the second. But just waiting around was making me nervous. And the heroine kept asking me when I was going to tell her story.
So it is done. And now it is back to biting my nails and waiting.
Wish me luck!
Berengaria

Book 2 is started

I have started writing another book.
It seems a bit strange when I don't know if the first one is any good or not but the characters are in my head so I decided to let them out to play on the pages instead.
I am looking forward to finding out where they take me.
Berengaria.

I'm so excited!

My book has passed its first test and progressed into the queue for an aquiring editor.
I should hear back in six months!
I'm so excited!
Berengaria

Another book or is it too soon?

I have an idea for another book. It keeps running around in my mind at night preventing me from sleeping.
But is it too soon? Should I wait to hear back about the first book. Their comments could make a big difference to how I write this next one.
But it could be many months before I hear from them.
To write or not to write, that is the question. (sorry, Will).
Berengaria.

Taking the next step

The publisher has acknowledged receipt of my book and says I should get an initial response within two months
Exciting news indeed!
Berengaria.

Joining the Twitterverse

And now I am on Twitter as well
http://twitter.com/BerengariaBrown

Now I am on Facebook

21 July 2009

Well, now I am on Facebook.
Please friend me.
Thanks
Berengaria.

venturing into publishing

20 July 2009

So I have written a book.
And sent it to a publisher.
And now I wait.
They say it can take a year to hear back.
Or maybe only a few months.
So I am hoping for the shorter end of the time frame.
Meanwhile I will wait.
And maybe think about writing another book.

Berengaria.