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Los Super 10 de Facebook

InteresanteLos Súper 10 de FacebookHoy en día, no hay casi nadie que no conozca Facebook, me refiero a la gente que se maneja en Internet, y con ello hace uso de esta herramienta o red social.Si hasta película logro el creador de Facebook, y según dicen puede llegar a ser nominada al Oscar como mejor film de este 2010.Por todo lo anterior, es bien interesante, hacer un recuento de los súper 10 de

The hard work

I've been busy going over and over details in my book, and I'm at the stage where I've identified the section in the book that needs the most serious re-writes and additions/removals. This is going to be some hard work.

What's also going to be hard is deciding what my next project will be. Do I move on to book 2 of this series, hoping that it'll give more weight to trying to sell the first, or move on to a different book entirely and go for variety?

Or do I take the third option, and do both?

Query Letters

I never imagined that this, of all things, would be the most intimidating part of the process so far.

It's hard to get my head around how important this is. One blurb will be the thing that first makes an agent either think my book is worthwhile, or send me a rejection. It's especially daunting when it comes to those agents who only want to see 5 pages first, rather than the first 3 chapters.

All Set

My first 3 chapters are pretty much ready, I think. I still want to go through them to do a final spellcheck and make sure the story flows well in a straight read-through.

Now it's time to get my query letter prepared and start researching which literary agents to contact.

This is pretty intimidating, since I have no experience in this side of things and I'm dependent on what I can learn online, along with the whims of whoever ends up reading my query.

Catching Up

I think I've done all I really can for Chapter 1 for now. Chapter 2 looks good, though it probably needs some going over later.

There are times when I'm writing that I wish I could let people hear the music I listen to while writing. Music is a huge part of life for me and nothing gets me more inspired to write than good music. Sometimes it almost feels like my writing is incomplete if the reader doesn't know the music I have in mind for a given scene.

Grindstone

I have, out of necessity, gone back to the beginning in my editing. I guess this is where I'll find out if I love or hate this book. I'm very much aware, however, that if this book is to have any chance at all, it all rides on the first three chapters. They need to blow the reader away.