Redzilla Attacks

Post-Rejection Analysis

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:48:00 -0700

Sometimes you get a rejection that makes you erase the play board and start over. I drank too much coffee yesterday and was awake too late, thereby putting myself at risk of the dreaded unexpected late-night e-mail rejection. It was one of thos...

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You broke it, you bought it

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:37:16 -0800

It's not just the case in knickknack stores--it's true about writing, too. Thanks to a timely reading by the esteemed Val, I've concluded that the first chapter of my aforementioned fantasy novel is busted. I broke it, probably with too much rev...

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QotD: Eleventh time's the charm, I'm sure

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:35 -0800

Or at least that's what I keep telling myself...ten rejections down, I'm ready to send my eleventh query for the fantasy novel. I'm giving myself until March 11th to get it ready. After all, that's when Mercury goes out of retrograde.... Now th...

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An exceptional...secretary

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:03:44 -0800

It's already been that kind of week. I got my annual review yesterday and my boss gave me "exceptional" marks on all categories. That's me: Redzilla the Exceptional Secretary. I am not currently Redzilla the Exceptional Writer, because along w...

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I'm going to have a good day

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:31:18 -0800

You know how I can tell? It was foggy this morning and 45. After so many weeks of 15 degree mornings with tundra-like blasts of wind, 45 and foggy is like frolicking around in a sauna. The garbage man and I smiled at each other. Our city has m...

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Guest Blogger: Dana Fredsti

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:17:26 -0800

At long last, Dana Fredsti is here to blog about her experience getting her first novel published. Dana is a mystery novel, short story and screenplay writer, B-movie actress (okay, C movie actress), zombie aficionado, exotic and domestic feline ...

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That slurping sound is my soul being sucked

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:47:58 -0800

Sad but true: the unending work/slack of doing query letters and submissions is sucking my soul out. I stayed home "sick" yesterday because of it. I decided that I could face either going to work or working on submissions, so I just stayed home ...

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Whew! Dis slacking is hard work

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:51:23 -0800

It's true. All I've done today is slack and it's quite tiring. Of course, my slacking looks like real work to most folks. In the last five hours, I've: finished a draft of a new short story [small town deputy discovers that law enforcement i...

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This writer's strike

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:03:37 -0800

I wish I were on strike. I wish I were marching around outside my office with a protest sign. Except my protest sign would read something like, "Down with synopses!" or "E-mail queries suck!" Instead my strike is of a different kind. As in st...

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Wanna watch me mope?

nobody@vox.com(Redzilla) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:34:34 -0700

If not, I suggest you move along. That's all that's going on around here today. With a little pouting on the side, and the occasional heavy sigh. This submission business is taking the starch out of me. A rejection comes in, I rally, put the s...

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