Could this be my dream job?

A lot of time has passed since I sent out my first query emails. More than enough to get responses. I counted the rejections the other day, and came to a total of thirty-one. Not bad, except I sent fifty-three of them. turns out a a chunk of people never sent back a rejection, either formal or informal. I went online and decided to research what to do. Do I call? Do I send another query? The answer is yes, send another one if you haven't heard anything in two weeks. In other words, if I don't hear back from someone, send them another one two weeks after I sent the first. Repeat this process until they respond. In my eyes, that means its standard industry practice to annoy someone into paying attention to you.

Be still my heart! As some of my friends will tell you, that makes it a perfect job for me! I'm naturally annoying. In most cases that's a hindrance (bars, socializing, getting any other job). Here, its a necessary skill! Maybe I have found my career choice after all. The only downside I can see is, eventually I will become famous. That doesn't sound like a downside, but then you aren't annoying.

Book two is now being written in a way I can only describe as schizophrenically. I am actually writing the chapters based around the twist first then going in to fill in the main plot. Since I am only about twenty percent done at this point, I honestly don't know if it's going to make sense at the end of my first draft. It should be an interesting experience.

In non-book related news; I am getting fed up with political adverts. It's insane! I am going to Netflix more and more (I highly reccomend that service) just because I can see a show without having to sit through thirty seconds of someone bad mouthing someone else in order to get elected. There is simply no way to make a reasoned politcal argument in thirty seconds, so all the ads I see are attack ads. Again, I don't mind that, but there comes a point when I just becomes overload, and you pray for elections to get here just so the commercials would end. Sure these canidates could spend their money on something more worthwhile, like... I dunno, fixing the government?

In a realted note, bailouts don't work. As a government, you don't create opportunity by borrowing against the future, you create opportunity by getting out of the way of the people who can. It worked under Kennedy and Reagan (and how many policies do those two have in common?). This is why I don't like Obama's policies. This is also the reason I am libertarian and not a democrat or liberal. They have, frankly, monumentally stupid ideas sometimes. Bailouts are among them. Republicans also favored that stupid idea too, which is why I am glad I left that political party many years ago. The Tea party is, frankly, just a bunch of republicans who don't like the current republican party leaders (not that I blame them), so don't be fooled that they are something new. They even recruit out of the same gene pool.

Ahhh, the fall games explosion is unto us, and I find myself obsessing over Fallout: New Vegas. F: NV is so addictive, it's going to stop me from annoying publishers or writing, until I have thoroughly conquered its secrets. Seriously, its like crack in videogame form. It has my highest recommendation and sternest warning.

That's enough for this post, Lunatics. See you next time!

Link Lunacy!
- The Six Least Sportsmanlike Moments in MMA. I dare you not to laugh at number two.
- How to recognize your Evil Twin!
- Funny pic of the day:

The power of the 'Death Touch'! Or is Dim Mak an acient word for Bran Muffin Attack!

And the Rejections just keep coming!

Sorry for the lack of updates. Frankly, when your in the middle of writing a major book, you don't really have a lot of time for updates, especially when nothing is happening.

Okay, something is happening. I am getting a lot of rejections. My research on the Internet -yes, I realize that is a foolish thing to say; the Internet isn't exactly known for accuracy- my research indicated that I could expect hundreds of rejections before someone even gets curious enough to ask for the book. Its one thing to read that, its clearly another to experience it. On the plus side, I think I reached my goal of not offending anyone with my query letters. Some of the rejections were very apologetic in tone, far more than one would expect from a form rejection.

Election time is upon us, and I can almost feel the apathy. Personally, I am voting straight Libertarian. That's how I roll. My father comment on that being a waste of a vote. My response to him was that the only vote that is wasted is the one not cast. He didn't find that insightful or amusing. My friends tend not to vote, then complain about the people in office. I used to (when I was Republican) say, "If you didn't vote, you have no right to complain." I know now that the right to complain is part of being American citizen. So yes, if you don't vote, you can still complain about the people in office, just please don't bother me with it.

Its fall, and that means its time for another crop of AAA quality videogame titles and gimmicks. This year sees the launch of two: The Move and the Kinect. Frankly, I rather like the voice command capability of the Kinect over the Move, but the Move will definitely integrate with games better, even though it looks silly. Seriously, it looks like an ice cream sandwich with a tiny ball on top.

Fall TV season has started, and I find myself strangely drawn to The Defenders, $%^& My Dad Says, and No Ordinary Family. Law and Order: LA doesn't seem to be nearly as cool as the original series was. I find myself wishing that someone for L&O classic would be on the series. Instead, we had a meaningless cameo for them on SVU. Dull. I really want to like this show, but it doesn't resonate with me. I'll stick with Law and Order: UK, which starts airing on BBCA this month. You know, considering L&O:UK, Sherlock, and Doctor Who, and I say that BBC is the best TV network around... next to FX (I love Justified).

Keep your fingers crossed for me, fans!

Link Lunacy!
- Tv Tropes will ruin your life!
- Modern FPS's are about to get a dose of Duke Nukem!
- Funny pic of the day!

The hero of Dead Rising 2 isn't known for his intelligence.

Number of Rejections (so far): 21