Do I even have an Inner Troll?

I entered Miss Snark's latest Crapometer with a hook for TOTK last night. She posted her response this morning.

Not exactly what I was hoping for - but at least she didn't tell me I can't write. I can see a few place where the hook needs some "punching-up". (There's a sentence I never thought I'd write!)

Bummer

It figures that the time I actually get around to submitting an entry to the crapometer, Miss Snark decides to only review randomly selected ones. I was #43, which didn't make the cut. Bummer.

Methinks I need to submit the query letter part to Evil Editor. He was begging for new queries the other day. Although I'm sure no other rejected Snarkling has thought of that already...

Actually, now that I've checked over there, I see Evil Editor's thought of it already. He started up a whole new blog to handle Miss Snark's overflow!

I R a Nitwit

I was up 'til 3 a.m. refining my query letter and first page for Miss Snark's latest round of the dreaded Crapometer.

I had my word count at the exact 750-word limit. I even doublechecked the time on an atomic clock before sending her my entry because she had been so adamant that we weren't supposed to e-mail them before 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time today.

And then the second I clicked "send" (at 1:04:57 p.m.) I realized, NOOOOOOO! All my commas and quotation marks had been replaced by formatting gibberish just as her Snarkalicious self had specifically told us not to do!

I'm just waiting for her to officially brand me Nitwit of the Day.

Keep me away from agents who only accept e-queries. It's obvious I'm not ready for them.

Finally!

Poohba's Bibliotèque has been without a home for nearly a year after I changed ISPs and lost the free webspace I used to get.

In the meantime, I've become an ardent fan of Miss Snark's and Evil Editor's blogs. So, I finally decided, "Why don't I just rethink things and restart the Bibliotèque that way?"

I think I'm more likely to update in this format - and I'll be able to share news of my adventures in the realm of publishing along with my usual book reviews.

At least, that is the plan...