The rantings of a lone writer (or more like, a writer wannabe) :)

Welcome to my very first blog! You may not know me, and I may not know you, but regardless of this I'm just going to put something out there, get it off my chest and all that  (shhhh...this is the part where the room falls silent and I peer furtively behind to make sure no one is reading over my shoulder). You see, the truth is:   ...I don't know what I'm doing!
Whew! I said it. You may be scared now, but I sure do feel better.
In the spirit of starting fresh(which I am) with this brand spanking new blog, I'm going to admit some truths.
The biggest truth of all is that I'm new to this writing stuff. Another truth, though not astonishing, but still equally frustrating, is that it isn't the art of creating a novel that has me stuck, it's the part that comes afterwards. Finding an agent. Writing a synopsis, a query letter--and not just any synopsis and query letter, but the best ever invented, the most astounding, ground shaking, brilliant synopsis and query letter my lucky future agent will ever have the privilege of reading. The words should pop off the page and smack 'em in the face, they'll be lining up in droves and begging me for my time.
If only it were that simple, if only those ingenious, enlightened words weren't quite so elusive.
It seems no matter how many times I try to condense those 90 some odd thousand words into something like 250 words, I bomb. The plot is too thick, I say, the characters too rich. How could I possibly narrow it down enough without neglecting certain critical concepts. It's ridiculous, I know. After all, I've heard it said that if an author can't summarize their novel into one well written sentence, then they don't have any business writing in the first place.
Ahem. Could someone kindly point me in the direction of the exit?
Just kidding! Oh, no, don't be fooled, I'm not that kind of gal. I happen to like obstacles and greatly enjoy rejection. So here I am.  Tah dah!!!