Katy McDermott

Well, Meeting Darkness is done. Written, typed, proofread, edited (several times), and finalized.

And I just sent the full manuscript off to an agent (who’d read the first two chapters and said he’d be willing to look at the whole thing.) Now, it’s time for me to fret in earnest… What if he doesn’t like it? What if I never hear back from him? And so on…

I wrote in my last post that I was already starting to make notes for my third book, and so I am.

But I’m taking the day off tomorrow (and not setting the alarm for a change). And tonight, I’m planning to catch up on all the mindless reality TV my writing/typing/editing schedule hasn’t allowed for lately. Vegging on the couch, a cat in my lap, a glass of good wine on the coffee table, my husband in his big comfy chair…

I’ll start writing again soon, but for now, that sounds like absolute heaven.

Cheers!

So what have I been up to lately? Why have I forsaken all 3 of my regular blog readers?

Well, there are two reasons, actually.

Reason #1: I’ve been typing like mad to key in the finished manuscript of my second book, Meeting Darkness (did I mention that I’d settled on a title? And I like it!). There’s an agent who’s willing to look at the full manuscript, and I don’t want to keep him waiting. Unfortunately, I write longhand, so nothing’s been typed in yet – hence the long absence from posting to my blog.  (The upcoming holiday weekend looks to be a typing fest – carpal tunnel, here I come!) It may prove to be fruitless – but at least I’ll have a typewritten manuscript at the end of it.

Two: I’ve started making notes for my third book, believe it or not (and sometimes even I don’t). I want to read in the evening, but I find my hand keeps straying to my notebook. Who’s the killer, who’s the victim, what are the clues, what’s the motive… I can see the birth of a new obsession even now.

My third book, God help me. And I haven’t even finished typing my second…