Ouch, that's embarrassing   I read those as well though--liked them. I read fairly voraciously...probably 3-5 books a week. I'm always mixing authors up.

hello there,

My name is JD and I've recently completed an urban fantasy novel that I'm in the process of trying to get published. This morning I'm doing a couple of things: I'm trying to do a "last" revision of the manuscript (it's a bout 95k words right now), attempting to perfect my query letter and send it off to a couple of agents, and preparing to do a revision on a short story I've been working on for a little while. My aim is to get my feet in the water and see where it goes.

I'm really excited about this change in my life direction. I studied creative writing at the University of Illinois, with a focus on short fiction and poetry.  I struggled to publish as a poet for a few years out of college but after starving for about 4 years I tabled that and worked on a career in computer science. I played in a band, wrote the music and kept myself creative that way. Recently I've decided that I don't want to work in my current field anymore: I really want to pursue my lifelong dream of writing. And I've decided that I'm going to write what I like rather than pursuing the Great American Novel. So here I am!

Currently I spend between 4 and 6 hours a day working on my writing: not only the actual writing but gearing up for the business of getting published.

Finally, in closing, I have to admit that I have a lot of worry that I won't get published and none of this will pan out in a practical sense, but I'm really thrilled to be writing again, and making a serious effort to pursue my dream.

Thanks for reading, if you made it this far!
jd