list, updated

Remember this list? (I’ve edited it, to avoid boring redundancy.)

1. Prepare for the publication of the Goddess Inspiration Oracle.

2. Finish drawings for Goddess Alive — contact models, get reference, and draw!

3. Finish first draft of book proposal to run by literary agent.

4. Follow up on publisher submissions.

5. Update gallery website.

6. Prepare for upcoming art exhibition.

7. Mull over what I’m doing with my career.

I can cross one of those items off this list. And three other items are well underway. (See if you can guess which ones in the coming weeks.)

One thing I can definitely announce. Last week I finished the new book proposal after several months of intermittent labor. This week I sent the new book proposal to my literary agent. And, to quote Sally Field, my agent liked it, she really liked it.

I’m relieved and surprised, since Theresa’s my toughest-yet-most-supportive critic. All authors should have such wonderful agents — I know how lucky I am. I can’t tell you how many drafts of The Lover’s Path she red-inked. Or how many bad press releases she’s reworked on my behalf, editors she’s lunched, et cetra. Plus the subject matter is considerably darker and funnier than what I usually produce. I was nervous about how it would be received, if she would think I was coming from left field.

But that didn’t happen.

The bottom line: the new book proposal will be going out on submission probably by May 1st. In other words, soon. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Yes, I know I’m still being secretive about this new book’s title and subject matter. But I’m superstitious. I don’t like to announce books or titles until the deal is hopefully done. That written, I promise to post updates about this submission, probably in an equally cryptic fashion.

Just so you know, book submissions can be excitingly fast or excruciatingly slow. There seems to rarely be a middle ground, at least in my experience. The fastest I’ve ever sold a project has been within a week of sending it; the slowest, a year after sending it. So I’m prepared for anything!

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