Ready for Take-Off!

I had word from GA (Great Agent) that he liked the revisions I made last week to my YA paranormal and.... drumroll please... it is ready to go out!

Woo-hoo! I'm nervous and excited about what we'll hear back. But in a good way. :)

Also, my buddy Pat sent me a beautiful bracelet to inspire me on the WIP still in my head. It's not the sequel -- had to set that aside to handle revisions, etc. -- but something else that's been brewing for a few months. Don't you love how that happens? That some magical mix of thoughts and images can simmer away in your cranium, and then somehow, one day, you know the story is ready to write. That's how this one feels.

In the meantime, things seem topsy-turvy in my world this week. I can't wait to settle back in to working on my other revisions (Man, it seems like I do a lot of those) on the earlier YA.

No matter what is happening in my life, there are always the words to be written. Stories to be told. Even to the point that I feel like I'm experiencing things from outside my body, looking down on me as a heroine in predicaments that will be solved. Life is a goldmine of emotions to be experienced and noted, I guess. I just wish that I could write the outcomes, you know?

Okay, that last bit sounds a bit mental, I'll admit. :) We're only in control of our own actions, words, thoughts. Too bad we don't get to write the script for the other players. But I guess that's the human condition.

*Lightbulb!* That's why I love writing!!! I do get to write the script and outcome. It is control in a way.

Okay, after those exhausting mental leaps, I am off to eat a snack and collapse. I forgot to mention I walked two miles in the school Walk-a-Thon today (One lap I actually ran!) with the fifth-graders today. It was great. And it kept my mind off the waiting business....

Which, *Duh!* is only just beginning....