j_cheney | Sep. 12th, 2006

Well, I started sending out my dozen agent queries today. The first three went out via e-mail. And my e-mail reads, in the sent line, Matthew Cheney....

Well, this is a factor of getting the new computer. When we re-installed our e-mail software, it reverted to using husband's name. Neither of us can remember how we fixed that before, so I'm going to have an identity crisis. People think they're getting e-mails from him, when in truth, it's just me.

I have to admit, I feeel much better when I get to send along a writing sample (I did two of those today and will do another tomorrow). I write very terse, business-y letters, probably an outgrowth of being in the business world for years.

Well, five down today....seven to go.....

Post 6 weird habits/things that you do, then tag 6 other people and list their names Sorry folks, this is the first time I've been tagged that I know of and if I don't respond, I'll have terribly bad LJ Karma, won't I? What does happen if you don't respond to a tag?

In some ways, I am abysmally normal.
1)I have lots of pillows on my bed, and I use them. (Kind of make a big U around me when I sleep)
2)I have a stuffed buffalo (aptly named Buffalo Bill) that I sleep with as well, which I've had almost 36 years now. (One wonders where is room for husband on this bed?)
3)I'm a dilettante, which means I like to learn a little about everything, but not necessarily in depth.
4)I start books and don't finish them if I lose interest (see above).
5)I cut pictures out of magazines and use them for my characters. Seriously. I've been collecting pictures out of magazines for almost twenty years, and have them carefully filed: Male-Blond, Female-Red Hair, Setting, Child-Male, Building, Animals, etc. I think if we have a fire, that file might be one of the first things I grab.

Drat! She already got some of my friends! Well, I'll tag