Sending out query letters to prospective literary agents as we speak. Every journey begins with a single step. This is my 50th or so step, after developing the concept for a novel, writing it, editing it, re-editing it, composing six separate query pitches and two separate synopses, etc. -- so I suppose I'm getting somewhere. 

After reading a dozen or so articles with conflicting advice on writing a novel synopsis, I wrote a 10-page, chapter-by-chapter synopsis of my book. Then, after reading on several agency websites that they wanted a 2-page synopsis, I reduced the 10-page synopsis to two pages by omitting a lot of details I'd previously believed were indispensable. Then, after reading on several more agent websites that they wanted only a 1-page synopsis, I reduced the 2-page synopsis to one page by omitting adjectives and adverbs. Anticipating what I'll be reading tomorrow, I've decided to get ahead of the curve by reducing the 1-page synopsis to a half-page by omitting punctuation. 

This blog badly needs art. Here's a pretty cat to look at. 

Finished editing, and now it's all about writing the synopsis -- explaining 412 pages of plot in less than eight pages. In other words, using fewer words than I otherwise would to describe something. This does not come naturally to me, I assure you.