Hello All, It's time for another installment of the Insecure Writer's Group hosted by the illustrious Alex J. Cavanaugh . It seems hard to believe that four months have passed since my last post. I have always been a supporter of the ISWG, but my life came to a point where I just needed a break from the world of writing. As many of you know, I had completed my novel and was in the middle of the querying process. A couple of agents showed interest in the project, and so did an editor with one of the publishing houses. That sounds great right--a new author getting that kind of attention? Well, as it turned out, it wasn't quite the attention I had hoped for. One of the agents and the editor suggested I make major changes to my project--cut whole sections, etc, and then send it back to them. It would have taken months, maybe a year to complete the work. I wasn't opposed to the rewrite, but the problem was neither one made any promises of publication. ...