Third time charm?
The third rejection is in. A publisher. Turns out, this time was a charm. They explained in detail why and sent very helpful comments. I understand most agents/publishers do not bother, or don't have time, to explain why they are rejecting a manuscript. Besides that, something really cool happened the other day. I’ve been struggling with the beginning of Livinity since…the beginning. And I hadn’t quite figure out why or what to do about it, except to just move on and hope that something would magically happen. The magic was much more practical than I would have guessed. A fellow writer (Thank you, John!) at our critique meeting pointed out some things in a scene that needed a serious overhaul. Not at the beginning, but about 1/3 of the way in. So a little bit of magic sparked an idea to use some of his critique notes at the beginning. Really, they could be used throughout the whole book, but one step at a time! I’ve been discouraged from starting the book with a...