Still Plugging Away...

Like other projects in my life, I found that I need to start organizing the work and then committing myself to doing some of it every day. So to that end - here's what I'm doing every day to get this novel published:

• Updating the 'universe blog' - Pac-fish-D with deleted scenes that help tell the story a little better. Some of it contains snippets of the novel but I don't want to blow the story for you or anyone else. I'd rather use up some of the stuff that never made it into the first draft.
• Locating and putting together a list of agents to contact - working on some information from a writer here in the area, I'm skipping agents located in places besides New York. Sorry folks, nothing personal.
• Contacting said agents - I can't just blitz the same cover letter every time - every publisher and agent has their own rules for submittal and nothing gets you ignored faster than spamming people with a form letter.

All that being said - it's a process and I'm not looking for a quick fix. As President Obama said yesterday regarding A-Rod and the steroid thing, "There are no shortcuts." Well, that's fine. I still have a day job, a family and friends. This other thing will come together soon enough.