My Firsts!

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!

This has been a year of firsts for me.

I wrote my first book. (Which turns out to be the fourth book in my series!)

I did my first NaNoWriMo where I wrote my first book in the series.

I went to my first book signing! That was exciting, because I got to meet Ozzy Osbourne!

I finally sat down and read my first novel by a new author.

The book I read was “Near Death” by Richard C Hale.

You can find his book here

http://www.amazon.com/Near-Death-Richard-C-Hale/dp/098477890X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325089843&sr=1-1

Which leads to my first review I’ve ever written which you can find here

http://differentcornersinmylife.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-book-review-for-near-death.html

I wrote my first query and synopsis!

I submitted my first queries!

And I am sure there are other firsts for 2011, but the one that I got yesterday was a big one…

I got my first “Rejection” I’m sorry letter.

But wait! Don’t feel sorry for me. A rejection letter can be a good thing!

• It let me know an agent took the time to read my query.
• The agent took the time to respond. (Some say that if they aren’t interested, they just don’t respond)
• It let me know that I have really got to work on my query writing. I need to do a better job of writing queries, which I actually knew I needed to, but I wanted to get the first one out there!
• And last, but not least, it gave me the incentive to keep writing!

My year of firsts was a good one for me.

I hope 2011 was good to you and I wish each of you an even better 2012!

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