A Writer's Notebook, Day One-Hundred-And-Sixty-Five

It's been a bit of a slow day.  I did write another poem, though I am not sure about it, really.  That's okay, though, as all of this work will require revision, and I am getting to the point where I'll have to focus in on that soon enough.  I actually did have a bit of hesitancy getting to work on it today, but it was mainly a question of my being fairly tired, and once I got myself going, everything clicked the way it should.

I need to get myself a bit more focused, but I am energized and doing the work in terms of writing, and I feel great about that.  In the past few months, I have really made a huge amount of progress, and getting myself back into writing poetry is a huge thing.  It has me in a creative state that I had missed for a long time, and I am very happy about that.

I had intended to send out my second query today, but I didn't get it done, so I will need to focus on that tomorrow.  I did some of the research and started drafting the letter, but I didn't complete it, and so I will get back on that tomorrow.   I am not too worried, honestly.  One day is not the thing that will make a difference.  If I don't do it in the next day or so, though, that is a different matter.  Of course, at this point, the ball is rolling with the first, so why would I hesitate, especially since i made sure the first one was the one I cared most about. 

Indeed, that is why it is taking me a bit longer with this one, as I don't already know what I want to say.  I had a strong sense about what I wished to communicate and why this person was someone I really want to work with, so I was able to write the letter rather easily and without a lot of added research.  In this case, though I am familiar with the agent and many of her clients, she isn't someone I had considered before, and now I am discovering what I think would make her a good fit.  Indeed, I see those qualities already, but I want to put them into the letter in the right way.  It is hard to explain, but one aspect of the agents interests is in her willingness to take on projects that might seem difficult or non-obvious to other agents, but I don't want to say those things about my own work in the query.  I have an idea of how to approach it, but it is a delicate thing.  So, tomorrow I am going to get that done, do some more writing, and get a few emails written and sent out, and perhaps begin a bit more research on the next agent on my list.

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