Tag: freakish despair

What Luna the CPAP taught me about chilling out.

ByRachel April 30, 2015 1 Comment
Last fall, I went to the doctor for what I thought was night-time asthma and got a diagnosis I didn’t expect. Apparently, I’m simply riddled with sleep apnea. At 31. Who knew? I’m underweight, female, and don’t even snore. Tell me that’s fair. A few weeks later, I returned from the medical supply office with Luna. Luna is my CPAP machine. I named her. Very Hazel Lancaster of me, I know,...

One Step At A Time

ByRachel August 21, 2009 2 Comments
Working to become an author is no easy challenge, and discouragement looms ever on the horizon. There's so much to remember and do. You pour your heart, soul and energy into the book until you think there's nothing left to give. Then you discover the world of querying, just as complex and trial/error as the writing process. You know that the actual publication and marketing will probably kick...

Query Letter Guidelines

ByRachel July 28, 2009 2 Comments
What does a good query letter look like? Well, that depends on who you ask. Frustrating as it is, different sources will give you different query letter guidelines. I know this because I'm in the process of querying for FLYNN, and have read two books and several web sites on the subject. Here are the guidelines which seem to be consistent. A query should: give a concise description of the...

A short despair, if you'll indulge me

ByRachel July 10, 2009 1 Comment
If you've time, perhaps you'd like to hear about my moment of despair. Right now I'm unemployed and have no guarantee that anyone in the publishing world is ever going to print what I've just spent the last 13 months of my life working on every weekday. I may not have anything to show for this endeavor, except to be even further behind those of my peers who are already showing promising careers....