Well besides trying to figure out what's going on in my love life at the current time, that and I'm currently working on trying to get my book worked on for the first time now in ages. It's not easy when there's only one thing that tends to be on ones mind constantly, and now that that might be changing for me for good, I figured that it was about time that I started working on my book. Plus I actually need it to be fully finished before I can submit the first three chapters, and the reasons are listed in the submission policy here:
"1.) The first three chapters of your book, prepared in standard manuscript format on white paper. (If your chapters are really short or really long, or you don't use chapter breaks, you may send the first 40-60 pages of your book, provided you stay under 10,000 words.) The submitted text must be made up of consecutive pages and should end at the end of a paragraph, not in mid-sentence. Standard manuscript format means margins of at least 1 inch all the way around; indented paragraphs; double-spaced text; and Courier or Times Roman in 10 or 12 pitch. Please use one side of the page only and do not justify the text. Do not bind the manuscript in any way. Make sure the header of the ms. includes either your name or the title of the book and the page number (on every page).
2.) A synopsis of the entire book. The synopsis should include all important plot elements, especially the end of the story, as well as aspects of character development for your main characters. The synopsis should run between three and ten pages in standard manuscript format.
3.) A dated cover letter that includes your name and contact information and the title of the submitted work. Briefly tell us what genre or subgenre the submission falls into and mention any qualifications you have that pertain to the work. Please list any previous publications in paying markets.
4.) A self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope for our reply letter. Unfortunately, it's no longer possible for us to return submissions due to a change in postal service policy that requires packages weighing more than a pound be mailed at a post office. Since we use a company mailroom rather than a post office, when we try to return submissions, they are sent back to us by the postal service or disappear in transit. We recycle your proposals. (That's not a euphemism for being tossed in a wastebasket--we recycle all white paper.) If you live outside the United States, please go to http://www.usps.com/onlinepostage to see internet postage options. If you do not include an SASE, you will not receive a reply at all."
So yeah I've got a lot of work that I've got to get done, plus with the loss of my laptop, I lost an entire chapter that I had done, and had just started working on Chapter 9. So yeah, but with the one thing that I had needed before, I do believe that I've gotten that back now, but the one thing that I still need to get rid of is my ex and with her nothing is offical yet (though as I write this am currently checking on that to make sure), at least not that I'm aware of. I just tried talking to her to let her know that everything has to be offical and that she just can't think that the entire thing will go away. Personally I'm wanting out of something that's been hurting me for way too long, but it's her that's being a pain the ass right now. Of course searching for the records is starting to become a royal pain in the ass on it's own.
Yeah, ya know, I'll just do a follow up to this posting since this is starting to drive me nuts here.
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