Rewrites

Every time I look at my book, I rewrite something. Usually just the way a sentence is worded or a paragraph's structure, but something always gets edited. I sometimes wonder if I'll continue doing that once it is published; like a year after printing, the first copy will be on my desk soaked in red ink from all the comments and edits.

I wonder if I should rewrite my query letter. I've received 5 straight up "no"s and one request for a partial (followed by a no). One out of six, is that par for the course? I’m doing better with this than I am with online dating. I don’t know if I should feel more encouraged about the book, or less about the dating.

I wish I could get some better feedback. I submitted my query letter to Query Shark hoping for some free feedback but none yet. Of course, my book won't land in the same area of the bookstore as most of the stuff she comments on. Stuff like "A dash of snark meets dark in UNLEASHING YOUR INNER SEX DEMON, my 90,000 word humorous paranormal romance."

I've stopped querying over the past few weeks; that's probably not helping my chances. I gotta muster the motivation to find six more agents that might like my book, and get back into the groove of submit, rejection, repeat.

I should come up with a plan. A plan would help me stay on track without getting all bummed out. Something like:

Step 1 – Find 25 agents who might be interested.
Step 2 – Send query letters one by one, waiting two weeks for response before moving to the next.
Step 3 – Scotch.
Step 4 – Break into a Kinko’s and publish it my damn self.
Step 5 – Profit.