Boy, this biz moves slow!

 

On the publisher front, I had contact almost two weeks ago.  There are business reasons I won't go into as to why they haven't sent out a contract yet.

 

I'm going to stop saying/thinking it's a week or less away and just wait.  The publisher is a small press and seems very dedicated to its authors.  I've purchased one of the books they've published and the quality of the finished product is very nice.  I'd be proud to have the River City books look like that.

 

On the agent front, more of the same.  She seems very energetic and is certainly nice, but has said she's buried with submissions.  She's expressed some interest in Conway's "Running in Circles" novel (way to go, Cons!), but I am waiting to hear from her regarding "Under A Raging Moon."

 

She didn't care for "Some Degree of Murder," by the way, but liked the writing well enough to ask for other works.

 

With this agent and this small press both interested, I haven't sent out any queries for novels since that interest was expressed.  I am excited at the prospect of working with these specific people, so I want to give it some time to work out.