Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Continuing to plug away
I knocked out another Chapter on the revision of "Cold Vengence" formerly known as "Hidden Grief". This is a much better written story and I think I've simplified it enough so that it's not such a ponderous monster. I've gotten to Chapter five and that actually makes me feel better. The agent that I queried (sent the "R" with written suggestions and an offer to reread) won't be able to take anything until after May 25th, so I wait.I don't know if I want to start querying this book to anyone else yet. It needs a lot of work, but it's the only one I've finished completely. Being a panster, this means the other ones are hanging out waiting for an ending.
"Rough Seas" (formerly known as "Cold Murder") is only about 10K. "Fires of the Past" (Sequel to "Cold Vengence") has about 30K but needs extensive rewrites. I have another one that has 10K called "Love by the Big Book" which isn't a romantic suspense, but more like a straight romance. "Rough Seas" and "Cold Vengence" have been my focus for the last three months. The others haven't gotten much attention. How many does that make? Four? *Sigh*.
I'm thinking I should at least figure out the plot on "Rough Seas" so that I can pitch that one if I want to.
Maybe instead of doing the whole three sisters thing (which has been done....and done....and done.) I could do a brother's thing. In "Cold Vengence" the hero's brother is mentioned and shows up at the end of the book (at the inevitable wedding. What? I like weddings.) I planned on doing that but I was set on doing the sister subplot, so I didn't do it. Hmmm. I love doing secondary characters in another book.
Right now, I'm focused on cleaning up "Cold Vengence". I've decided to reduce the subplot a lot, so the sequel is there but not needed.
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