…and not a moment too soon. I leave for the Salt Lake airport in eight hours, to try and sell this ugly beast masterpiece at World Fantasy. Let’s hope I can find a few editors/agents who are willing to take a look at the manuscript!
Here are the stats:
Mercenary Savior 4.0
words: 123,045
pages: 620
chapters: 28 + prologue
file size: 288.1 KB
start date: 24 August 2010
end date: 27 October 2010
And the wordsplash:
The most influential song on my writing for this draft would probably be the theme from Terminator 1:
Man, why didn’t I grow up in the Eighties? Oh, wait…
I’d write more, but I have to pack for tomorrow. Good night!
Hmmm… I don’t want to be a downer… but are you planning on actually accosting people with your manuscript? Because everything I’ve ever read/listened to has said that’s a no-no. I hear the way to go is buddy-buddy, then “hey-can-I-send-you-a-query/partial/mani” etc.
Good luck, though. In truth, this is just the outpouring of my envy that 1) you are going to World Fantasy, 2) with a completed manuscript.
-bn
Haha, no, I’m not going to accost people with my actual, physical manuscript. When I say “sell,” I mean the second part of what you said: network with agents/editors and ask if I could send them my ms after the convention.
Good luck!