Wandering

I've been really bad about updating my blog and keeping up with other people's blogs. I used to update, comment, and read blogs almost every day, and now it's become a once a week, once a month sort of thing. I guess I could blame summer. I've been really distracted by the weather, my exercising/dieting, my fun nights out with friends, traveling, playing my guitar...

Writing wise...I actually haven't written much this summer. I spent so much time editing and revising WALKING OFF PLUTO that I really can't concentrate on anything new right now. I queried a few agencies and already I've gotten a request! So exciting! The waiting process is torture, but I'm okay with it. I've been rejected before so it won't be a blow if I am. And if I'm accepted, well, holy potatoes! I'll be the happiest writer in the universe.

I feel really proud of my novel. It's different from the last 4 books I've queried. It's not fantasy. It's real life drama. I put a lot of myself into the characters. Their struggles and tears are my struggles and tears. I want them to continue to grow and flourish, which is why I've decided to continue the story with book 2: WANDERING AROUND NEPTUNE.

Why the title? Because right now, I'm wandering. I feel like I'm floating above my flip-flops, not really connecting to gravity, not really set on anything, just sort of enjoying life and not over-worrying about things. Consequences are no longer a concern. I'm young. I'm alive. And I just want to be free. I'm living life on impulse, something I haven't been doing. I've been too damn worried about "What if" and worried about feeling guilty and worried about upsetting people. But life is what you make of it.

So with this new novel, my characters are going to wander, going to live a little recklessly, going to make some huge mistakes, going to fall in and out of love, in and out of lust, in and out of their dreams and what they thought was right...and in the end some will mature, some will stay the same, and some will go backwards. Bottom line, growing up goes slow. No point in rushing it. Hmmm....might have to call the third book RUSHING THE MILKWAY and then the fourth book can be SETTLING WITH THE STARS. Or something, haha. I don't know. We'll see where my mind takes me. :-)