Completely calm (honest)

Well, you can tell how unruffled and stress-free I am by the fact I'm posting at 6:00 on a Saturday morning.

Still heard nothing from the agents, which is slightly disappointing for at least one of them. However I have had an author acquantaince point me in the direction of her publishing house, which raises the question of whether I want to submit to a publisher and agents at the same time. The general conclusion from researching online seems to be that it's OK to submit to one publisher and multiple agents simultaneously (as long as none of the agents ask for exclusive submission). I'm just holding back for the moment, since it would be going with an overseas house and that presents copyright and royalty issues.

The other small dilemma is what to do when you suddenly wake up with an idea of how to improve a novel you've already sent out queries to agents about. Do you make the changes that will improve it, even though it won't be the same as the first three chapters they've already read, or go with the original since that's what they saw and presumably liked?

And my sleepless night paid dividends: No 4 just hit 54,000 words, mainly unedited. It's not particularly well-written, but then 1) it was written quickly for NaNoWriMo and 2) it's a fun pulp-style adventure, and the originals were not reknowned for their quality of writing, just pace and atmosphere.