Well, I’m settled into my new place now and I’ve finally become more motivated to write and to work on my New Year’s goal of submitting to 50 agents.  I think I will surpass even my 2010 extreme of 77 queries (although my goal that year was 100 rejections).  So I’m up to 30 queries right now, as you can see by the handy “Rejection Counter” I created for the sidebar –>

I’m back to working on The Blood Countess again, now that Janina and I are back to our Friday Night Writing Club.  I passed 40,000 words and I’m feeling inspired, although I don’t know if my weekend will involve more writing or sewing curtains for my kitchen windows…