Little stuff

Well, what's happened in the last week or so?

Kari and I watched "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," which was a delightful little film, certainly worth a viewing.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out, and so far it's been an absolute delight, though it would be nice to have a full compliment of people to play it with.

I had a productive morning in terms of the paperwork that I'm supposed to be finishing up for the end of the quarter, progress reports and summary documents and whatnot.

I got my first rejection letter from an agent--short, polite, dismissive. About what I expected. I can't lie and say I'm completely unmoved, but I'm not pierced to my core. It's a little bit of a disappointment, but I am going to have to do as Westley suggests to Inigo in The Princess Bride and "get used to disappointment." I wonder if my query letter was sloppy.

I'm going to mostly put The Silence from my mind until spring break is over, I think. I don't want to deal with it anymore (except to finish implementing my edits), and I'm ready not to worry about being a writer for a while. I want to do it. I want to start working on the second book. But before I start really submitting to a whole host of agents and doing all that kind of research and effort and the real avalanche of rejections begins, I'd like a little breather.

In the meantime, I think I may smash a few brothers to relieve my anxiety.