Writing

I have been trying my hand at fiction writing for the past several months.  I completed one piece in the neighborhood of 80,000 words and submitted it to two different publishers (not at the same time).  I got form reject letters from both.  Each review took at least three months to complete, so I waited around for six months to be told twice that they didn't want my manuscript.

At this point I am seriously considering putting it up on Kindle and/or Nook to see what kind of response I can get.  I'm also thinking of self-publishing it.  I've been told that self-publishing is something that you should avoid, but at this point I'm not sure that I see any other route.  Or, I could simply write for the sake of personal pleasure and leave it at that.

I have started another writing project.  I am writing another fiction piece on the Mormon Battalion.  Researching for it has been fascinating.

While in school, graduate school especially, teachers/professors seemed to put down the idea of a minimum page number in hopes that students would thoroughly cover a topic.  Yet, as I read what different publishers are looking for in manuscripts many of them talk about word-count.  While I haven't exactly been too concerned about it, I have been keeping an eye out for my word-count.  At this point I'm on track for something in the neighborhood of 100,000 to 140,000 words.

I have temporarily titled the manuscript The Long Route Home.