Good morning, everyone. I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend, but took the time to remember the reason for the holiday - the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
As always, it has been a busy time here in the old writing room. The big news comes from my cozy mystery, Dead Air. I was fortunate enough to pitch the manuscript to five notable agents this past weekend and I went five-for-five! I was blown away. I knew the pitch and the story were good, and thought that maybe one would want to discuss it further, but all five want a follow up.
It's a process - first you pitch the book. If they like it, they ask for more: a query letter, the first few pages or chapters, a synopsis, maybe the entire manuscript. They review it and decide if they want to pursue it any further.
The hard part is writing the synopsis. Take a 60K word manuscript and tell the entire story in two pages. Yeah, it's going to be a long week. But I'm excited that it was so well received and gives new life to the manuscript.
As for my latest book, The Pig War and the Pelican Girls, Episode 5 dropped last week. This final episode, "The Bonus Army," tells the story of 25K World War I veterans who descended on Washington, D.C. in 1932. The protest turned into a riot with tanks and soldiers marching in. Years later, the event sparked the creation of the G.I. Bill.
You can stream or download the episode from my website, Public Radio Remix (PRX), or Podbean.
The book itself is doing very well. It's available at your favorite local and online bookstore.
That's all for now. Until next time...
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