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Week 7 Progress
Welcome back y’all! It’s definitely been a bit, but still in the spirit of keeping chronological track, Week 7 it is. I’ve sent out almost all my queries for my New Adult Romantasy book, Relic Thieves! Out of 42 queries sent out so far, I’ve gotten 5 very kind rejections. But it hasn’t deterred me,…
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Week 6’s Progress
Honestly, I think I’m ready to query but I’m dragging my feet. I don’t feel ready for the rejection I know I’m about to face, and even more afraid if someone actually likes it, since there’s a lot of info about how to try getting an agent, but not a lot about what happens after…
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Week 5 Progress
AHHHHHH! I received feedback from my first Beta reader and she’s loving it! First of all, I had such a whirlwind of emotions from this because 1. Someone is reading the book and 2. They don’t hate it. That makes me so happy!!! When she referred to a side character by name, I was like…
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Week 4’s Progress
Back again! This week, I posted my Query letter on the Reddit subpost PubTips for the 4th time- and got more searing feedback. I’m loving the straightforward criticisms, and it makes me realize how far a ways my writing still has to go, but I really feel like I’m getting closer to a query letter…
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Week 3’s Progress
Handed off my printed copy to a friend to beta read. First time the book will be read all the way through, and I trust her to give her honest opinions. I also finished a draft of a synopsis. Harder than the query, to be honest, trying to condense all the plot lines I think…
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Week 2’s Progress
Back at it again folks. This week, I printed a hardcopy of the current draft of my manuscript, and I can honestly say seeing three years of work with a pretty cover made me almost cry. It’s not published, it’s not official, but it’s here and it’s real. It’s something right now I can show my friends…
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Week 1’s Progress
Here’s everything I chugged away at for one week this summer: Made a list of a bunch of Fantasy representing agencies from Manuscript Wish List and Query Tracker Put all those agencies in a Google sheets spreadsheet Researched each agency: which agents rep fantasy, what are they looking for, notes about the agency itself Ended…
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Welcome to the Drawing Board!
Nice to see you all back here. Clearly, we all have some planning to do! Me included! I’m currently working on polishing a query letter and synopsis for my New Adult Romantasy novel while some generous Beta readers rip it apart for me! Happy writing!