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My query letter for Abigail’s Dragon obviously needs more work as I’ve now had three agents pass on it without actually reviewing it. Granted, the agent that I am hoping for is still reviewing Abigail’s Dragon, but I suspect as it is a new area I will need to polish it a bit and go more for the sexy marketing angle.

I am also afraid that because the novel is short [55k words] that it is turning off agents. Fantasy novels have become so bloated in recent years that many that don’t need to be swell up to 150k words or more. Take a look at the first Harry Potter book [65k words] to the fourth Harry Potter book [180k words] and then decide which book was better.

That said, there is a side quest for the main character that I edited out because I kept reading that first novels need to be fairly tight to build reader trust. If I added back the side-quest, it would easily add 15k words back into the novel and the end total would be about 70k words. I keep going back and forth on this one.

Cons:
• I want to be finished with it and start a new project.

• The story arc isn’t really part of the main plot.

• I’d have to extend the timeline in the plot just a bit, which isn’t a problem just requires spending more time reviewing

Pros:
• I liked the story elements of the side quest and what it shows about Abigail. I liked it so much, I planned on putting it into the sequel.

• It does show the reader more about mythical Seattle and gives Abigail a minor menace to defeat before she goes after the Big Bad.

• It would give one of the side characters a whole lot more meaning and dept.

I started editing “The Art of the Deal” for a requested rewrite.

This weekend, I am going to try to clear out some more projects so I can write more. I have a good three or four novels I want to write.

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My query letter for Abigail’s Dragon obviously needs more work as I’ve now had three agents pass on it without actually reviewing it. Granted, the agent that I am hoping for is still reviewing Abigail’s Dragon, but I suspect as it is a new area I will need to polish it a bit and go more for the sexy marketing angle.

I am also afraid that because the novel is short [55k words] that it is turning off agents. Fantasy novels have become so bloated in recent years that many that don’t need to be swell up to 150k words or more. Take a look at the first Harry Potter book [65k words] to the fourth Harry Potter book [180k words] and then decide which book was better.

That said, there is a side quest for the main character that I edited out because I kept reading that first novels need to be fairly tight to build reader trust. If I added back the side-quest, it would easily add 15k words back into the novel and the end total would be about 70k words. I keep going back and forth on this one.

Cons:
• I want to be finished with it and start a new project.

• The story arc isn’t really part of the main plot.

• I’d have to extend the timeline in the plot just a bit, which isn’t a problem just requires spending more time reviewing

Pros:
• I liked the story elements of the side quest and what it shows about Abigail. I liked it so much, I planned on putting it into the sequel.

• It does show the reader more about mythical Seattle and gives Abigail a minor menace to defeat before she goes after the Big Bad.

• It would give one of the side characters a whole lot more meaning and dept.

I started editing “The Art of the Deal” for a requested rewrite.

This weekend, I am going to try to clear out some more projects so I can write more. I have a good three or four novels I want to write.

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Here are some recent sales for me. The Vampire's Handmaiden is naughty vampire erotica.

"Lucky Stiff: Or How I Learned to Love After the Apocalypse" was published in Escaping ELsewhere on November 2006. *

"The Vampire's Handmaiden" was published in Vampires 2, issue 3 on January 2006.

"One to Spare" was published in Future Syndicate by Nomadic Delirium Press on January 2006.

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Here are some recent sales for me. The Vampire's Handmaiden is naughty vampire erotica.

"Lucky Stiff: Or How I Learned to Love After the Apocalypse" was published in Escaping ELsewhere on November 2006. *

"The Vampire's Handmaiden" was published in Vampires 2, issue 3 on January 2006.

"One to Spare" was published in Future Syndicate by Nomadic Delirium Press on January 2006.