He Never Knew When to Quit
mood: 
optimistic
optimisticHe hand wrote on the form letter that he didn't think my book was something he could 'pull the trigger on' at the moment (I'm assuming sell) but to please keep him mind for future projects. That's the closest I've ever gotten with an agent, so that was very encouraging. None of the others (I think about six or so) said anything like that, or even hand wrote anything to me (other than one who wrote, "Sorry, not for us"). The more I do this, the more I'm thinking that people don't want to touch a book that's already been published. We'll see tho.
So now I'm trying to think of some other projects I've been kicking around. Perhaps I'll mail him again and say, "Well, then how 'bout this?" I have a couple ideas I haven't done anything with yet. And I'm doing a week long trip to the Upper Peninsula/North Michigan/Bois Blanc Island this summer, I was considering keeping a journal and turning it into some kind of humorous short story collection. I figure as a yuppie "Troll," (slang for someone who lives south of the Mackinac Bridge--under the bridge, get it?) I'm bound to have a few adventures up there.
Not to mention there are my yearly pilgrimages to Sleeper State Park in the thumb and the NASCAR race in Watkins Glen, New York (for the record, I'm not a NASCAR fan. I go to spend time with my dad and for the people watching, and to visit the awesome friends we have out there). So I'll have lots of sources for stories.
EDIT: I am totally going to this place in the UP: http://www.oswaldsbearranch.com/
