Ready for some progress

As you may know, I've had nothing but problems with my computer. Crash after crash has made me lose data and an incredible amount of patience, and worst of all, it has made it extremely difficult to actually get any writing done. Even though I've attempted to write and have had a few days of luck with writing down some of these storylines swirling around in my head, the fact that I never know when my computer is going to crash again has made it more than difficult to keep up the writing.

Well, I'm so happy to say that after my most recent computer crash a few days ago, my husband and I decided it was time to give up on that computer and go get a new one. I still need to see if I can rescue any of my most recent progress that I'd achieved before this last crash, but with any luck, I will have some confidence in this new computer and I'll actually get some writing done. I've got a Guardians book, a Legions book, and a new project that are all ready and waiting patiently for me to write them. Guess I'd better get crackin'!

The Synopsis

Okay, so my book is 'completed.' (HA!)
I knew I was going to the RWA Conference and I had signed up to pitch to an agent. Well, that means I need to get everything ready for that pitch, right? Cue the Synopsis...

Wow, that sucker is hard to write. I researched online about the best ways to do it, and found some helpful sites. I tried it their way, and within a few days I gave up on their idea (because my 1-2 page synopsis ended up being 11 pages). I decided to go my own way. I closed my eyes and watched a fast-forwarded view of my novel and wrote down the parts I felt were the most important.

Anything involving the hero and heroine that were important to the storyline went into the synopsis. It was pretty quick to type it all up, but the darn thing was still too long. I had a friend from work critique it and we got it down to just the right size.

All I can say on that one is: follow your gut and type up the synopsis on things YOU feel are important to the storyline. They don't need to know that the grass was wet, or at that the sky was blue. They just need to know what's important to the storyline that would keep readers a-reading.