queries Archives - Debora Dale

Kitten update!

The news couldn’t be better for the two kittens I’m fostering. They have a home. A wonderfully loving home – TOGETHER! Friends of ours stopped by the other evening. They’d had a beautiful cat years ago and were now – though I was unaware...

Ain’t enough hours in the day…

animal shelter, Cats, fiction, Writing

I didn’t even check to see when I posted here last. I know it’s been a while, though… too long, actually. Life getting in the way and all that. So what’s been happening here? Well… rejections are flowing in. Two are still out but…...

Back in the Saddle

fiction, Writing

I fell off my query horse yesterday. Took a nasty tumble. Wounded my pride and my muse. But they’re both fine now… sorta… and I’m back on that persnickety horse, somewhat ready for the rest of this unsteady and indeterminable course. Yes. That...

Query. Wait. Query. Wait. Wait. Wait.

fiction, Writing

It’s only been a week, one day and 90 minutes since I sent my query to my dream agent, yet it feels like months. I know, I know. It can be several weeks before I hear anything. I’m just hoping that particular ‘anything’ I hear is a request for...