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<\/a>words, and the first five pages. \u00a0Missing itself, after revision 5.5, is at 103,000 or so. \u00a0I want to get some feedback on the query letter, then start sending it out to agents. \u00a0My plan is to get it out to 10 agents before I leave for Tucson and other points south west.<\/p>\n(June 5th, 2013)<\/p>\n
That took the morning. \u00a0Tomorrow I’m putting together our seed and plant orders, calculating the kinds of nitrogen they will need based on the bed sizes for specific vegetables and getting an order for the nitrogen off to Luke Lemmer in Plato, Minnesota. \u00a0This is in plenty of time since our vegetable beds, raised about 18 inches off the ground, are invisible now. \u00a0It would require winter time archaeology to find them.<\/p>\n This is part of why I like four distinct seasons. \u00a0 Planning a garden while 3 feet of snow lie in our yard and the temperature is in the teens headed toward the teens below makes the full cycle of life an experience rather than abstraction.<\/p>\n (February 21, 2014)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imbolc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Valentine Moon Finished first draft of my query letter. \u00a0It includes a synopsis of Missing, about 1,500 words, and the first … Continue reading Winter Time Archaeology<\/span> <\/a>