Hello All, It's time for another Insecure Writer's Group Post hosted by the illustrious Alex J. Cavanaugh . A lot has happened since I last blogged. As many of you may know, during a pitch conference I attended in March, editors from two publishing houses requested my manuscript for review. Needless to say, I've been writing my fingers to the bone ever since. I finally whittled the book down from 127,000 to 95,000 words. Killing my darlings was tough, but now that they're gone, my novel reads better for it. I finally submitted it on Saturday and am now playing the waiting game. Although an offer from a publisher would be a dream come true, I also understand that I'm just a drop in a sea of writers. It's a long shot at best. Yet, I'm not going to let this fact get me down. Instead, I've decided to work on the synopsis for the sequel to my story,...