The dreaded final assignment

Without a doubt I've neglected this site. To all you expectant readers, I apologize. If you knew that I have not stopped writing, am in fact trying to get ahead on the final assignment for my writing class, you would, I'm certain, find it in you to forgive my long silence.

This final assignment is the one I've been dreading all along, the inevitable conclusion to an otherwise very pleasant experience: writing the first three chapters of my novel under the guidance of a teacher/mentor.

This final assignment is where I must prepare for the marketing of this yet unfinished novel. It involves writing a fetching query letter, a one page affair that must catch the editor's eye, or be doomed to the dreaded slush pile.
I also must write a brief summary of the plot, and compose a cover letter.

The biggest job, however, is not the writing of the afore mentioned things, but going through the Writer's Market book (a four inch thick affair) and trying to find a good fit for my book.

So, don't feel neglected, or forgotten. I am hard at work, elsewhere.