My first mystery/sci-fi novel, Inside Passage to Murder, has been re-written (for the 5th time) and is ready for publication, contingent upon me finding an agent! I've spent the past week or so, revising it based on a few comments of constructive criticism, and I'm exhausted. I didn't realize that I had used so many adverbs! How many times can one use 'silently', 'probably', 'apparently', 'quickly', 'quietly', and 'finally' in one novel?
The sleuth, Mark, can 'see' events before they happen, or distant events as they occur. When he has a dream that something maybe amiss on a cruise ship, he books passage and gets more adventure than he bargained for.
I've temporarily restricted access to it, since I found out that publishing it on-line may make it more difficult to find an agent or a publisher.
In the meantime, please peruse my portfolio at the following address and read my short stories and articles.
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/user_id/alanscott
I'll keep ya posted!
Friday, February 15, 2008
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4 comments:
Congrats on what you've accomplished, so far and good luck with your aspirations for the future, Alan!
Thanks, West! I appreciate your kind words of encouragement!
Alan Scott
Congratulations!!! Good luck with the agent -- I look forward to seeing it at my local bookstore.
Thanks, T.R! Don't hold your breath though. Agents are really cantankerous...um, picky about the authors they represent. Especially the unpublished ones. LOL Thanks for the encouragement!
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