Now Back to the Writing...

Well it's Thursday, Week 6, and I have not heard from Agent who said if I didn't hear from her in 6 weeks to assume she rejected my manuscript based on one sample chapter. And so, I'm now up to 7 rejections - 4 from query letters, 2 from partials, and 1 from sample chapter.

And after some feedback from my first writer's group last night, I may as well anticipate a rejection from the last agent to have a partial. I'm still crossing my fingers for him because of all those I met, I felt I connected with him the best. I can't find any info about him on the internet, however, and that's unnerving.

I had my first meeting for my writer's group culled from the random waters of Meetup.com. All the RSVP's filled. 1 canceled yesterday. 1 more canceled at 6:30 and I was expecting a group of 10, myself included. 5 came to make a party of 6 and everybody committed to being the core group of regulars and I'll assume the 2 cancelations will show next time until they don't. 4 were no shows and I will assume riff raff fallen to the wayside. I would be surprised if they ever came to a meeting.

For the most part, I'm pretty happy with the core group that did show. We were a healthy balance between men and women - 3 each and everybody agreed that it's more productive to read each other's stuff BEFORE we meet, so we can eat, drink, talk, and give feedback.

So far, I feel it's off to a good start even if I was a little unnerved having a bunch of strangers come to my house. Of all that I've seen on the internet, Meetup.com is the best use of it to get people together I've ever seen. Hopefully, everybody who commits will continue.