Hurry up and wait
Some days I think I'd rather get a quick "thanks, but no thanks" than wait. But in reality as long as an agent Hasn't' turned you down there's still hope that the project has legs. So I wait. And get ...

Due Process
There is some discussion on the forum here about people expressing their opinion about the guilt of Steve and Bettie Ramirez, who will be standing trial for murder in Feb. in connection with the starving and beating death of their ...

First things first
Before the Kevin Hailey murder trial in Nacogdoches in September, there is another murder trial a little closer to home that needs to be resolved. Today in Gonzales County what should be the final pre-trial hearing in the murder trial ...

Murder trial site set
The murder trial of Kevin Hailey will be in Nacogdoches with jury selection beginning on Sept. 14. The site and date were set during a hearing last week by District Judge Ralph Burgess. Hailey, who has already been convicted of ...

Fingers crossed
OK. The agent that requested additional materials now has the proposal and two sample chapters. Wish me luck! A pre-trial hearing was supposed to be held Friday, hopefully to determine the trial date and location, but I haven't heard anything ...

Got to throw the line in the water to get a nibble
Of the four query letters I sent out last weekend, one agent has already responded wanted to see additional materials. Keep the faith that this is the one. Keep writing. www.SonnyLong.com

The next wave
After a followup e-mail, I heard from the agent who had my proposal -- rejected again. So...I sent out four more query letters over the weekend and will send out some more this week. It just has to click for ...

Another one bites the dust

Movement on the legal front
I got a telephone call from East Texas yesterday. A pre-trial hearing in the Kevin Hailey murder case has been set for Friday, Dec. 12. The caller said it is possible that a trial date and location could be set ...

Trying to keep the faith
It's amazing how much of writing a book is mental! Oh, I can do the "technical" aspects, writing, properly preparing the manuscript, finding agents to send the project to, sending out proposals...but the more rejections I get and the longer ...