Up one hill and down another ...

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Wednesday was my self-proclaimed day for Venom and as I send out 1 partial and 4 fulls to those agents. I did hear back from one again on the same day, while she was closed to submissions for the summer. I knew and worried she would pass, because of the word count issue she mentioned last year. And still, she wouldn't read, unless I cut 19 K, when I couldn't go any longer to cut. For novels from 100,000-109,000 K, according to Writer's Digest's Guide of Literary Agents, say it's okay and safe, though it might too long. Her preference is 90 K and referenced her blog to me. But I did thank her with that pass. I still have lucky seven left to hear from on Venom this summer and into early fall. For now, I'm taking a break from Venom and wait to see if I land a mentor with the Pitch Wars contest (the last one I'm doing for Venom for real). If I do get feedback and don't make the cut or short-listed, I might consider sending it out to my online crit list for feedback on where to cut words only. If I do get short-listed like I did last year with one request or end up with an edit letter, I'll go back to work on it one more time. In other edit cave news, I did cut 6 K from my first pass revisions for Diplomatic Immunity. This weekend, I'll start 2nd pass with new ideas from previous beta feedback to make it 1000% better and have it ready by late September. As for Upwork, I sent in my article early and on time on Wednesday morning. As of yesterday afternoon, my contract ended since it was approved. I would get paid next week. Now I'm waiting to land another assignment as I speak...