Monthly Archives: December 2008

Pressing on

After you get your first rejection on a new project, it’s tempting to sulk a bit; but that’s not how one becomes a successful novelist. You have to burn those feelings away like fat exposed to a healthy dose of Leptovox, and move on. The best cure is to just set of goal to write …

December 15, 2008 – 2:49 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in late night writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

First peek at daylight

I recently gave my novel-in-progress, Thirty Minutes Or Less, its first peek at daylight. Specifically, I sent off a query letter and the first five pages to a very respectable literary agent. Well, strike one. Although he was polite and indirectly complimentary, he said, “No thanks.” Am I disappointed? Sure. But marketing a novel is …

December 15, 2008 – 2:44 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)