by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Watching the latest Mission: Impossible movie really gave me a lot of ideas for the plot of the sequel to the current novel I’m working on. My age is really, really beginning to weigh on me and I know I have a limited amount of time to put up or shut up.
Anyway, the second novel is about an abducted baby. There are three different groups who want the baby and at the center of it all are two people who were once allies –I think. That might change.
There is A LOT I don’t know about the specifics of the novel’s plot, but I definitely have a much better hang on things than I did. But, I’m going to have to figure out a way to get a manuscript consultant to take me seriously enough on this matter that they will even let me pay them money to talk to them in the first place.
I’ve found that manuscript consultants, while very useful, can also be quite snooty — at least in regards to me. They look down at me, think I’m some sort of drunk crank not even worthy of their time…even if I pay them for it! It’s all very frustrating.
But, we’ll see. I haven’t finished the first novel yet. But I am looking forward to seeing if I can pull of the second novel sooner rather than later.
