Incredibles 2 and Reevaluating

I watched Incredibles 2, and it was a lot of fun. Fourteen years is a long time for a sequel to come out, but it was worth the wait. I like character-driven stories, and Incredibles 2, in my opinion, was more character-driven than plot-driven. The plot is pretty standard superhero fare, but the characters make the movie memorable. Hopefully, if there is a third one, and I’m sure there will be one as Incredibles 2 made a lot of money, it will not take fourteen years for it to be released.

I am starting to think about my future moves as far as being an author is concerned. I have to accept that I was sending query letters for The Mustard Prince in the Condiment Kingdom to literary agents far too early before the story was a finished product. I have submitted to many literary agents who represent fantasy-adventure novels, and while there were those rare times that I got positive feedback, I have never been asked by any literary agent for further material for The Mustard Prince in the Condiment Kingdom. The way that sending query letters work is that these agents generally ask for a query letter and the first ten pages or so of the work, and if they are interested, they will ask for more of the work. No literary agent has asked for more, and it’s getting more difficult to find literary agents that represent middle grade, fantasy, action-adventure.

I have another completed work called The Wilderness that is unedited that I haven’t submitted to literary agents. I also have some novels in the works that have the first thirty-to-fifty pages completed that I can work on as well. It is disheartening to put The Mustard Prince in the backburner for the time being, but I have to be realistic. I’m hopeful that it will get published eventually, but right now, I have to present another one of my works to get my proverbial foot in the door.