Okay, so what do I do now?
The MS is done for a bit as in: I need to let it go for a month and come back to it so I don't obsess, picking away for the sake of picking resulting in nothing constructive. You know what I mean, don't you?
I've already got a start on the next MS. About 20,000 wds in. But I can't seem to feel it today. It:the desire to write. And I'm not sure why. Just like I'm not sure why I wasn't really celebratory after finishing the MS.
I've said before that I can write anytime and that's true. It isn't bragging as I lay no claim to the quality of the writing I complete. It's just that my past professional life has taught me to write to deadline and so I do.
Maybe that's it. I don't have a deadline looming. Just all this time ahead of me. I'm not sure if this is the reason for feeling at loose ends, but it sounds like it could be.
Tick tock. Tick tock.
Yikes.
Well, enough of that. It's research time. (Some call it surfing the Web, I call it research.) Seriously, I think I'll take some time to do some agent research and let my dreams get the better of me for one afternoon.
That's allowed, right?
Here's to great writing!
Colleen
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- Nova Scotia, Canada
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2 comments:
Sure that's allowed! And anyway, now you have the task of working on your hook, working on your query letter, and identifying your top 5-10 agents. Then you have to personalize your letter for each of them, and that's going to take researching their authors and books. Plus you need to write a synopsis if you haven't already, and get your ms in the proper format for submission (even if it's going to get more revisions after that). Now you've hit the point where there's plenty of non-writing work to do.
Although I understand the situation is a little different in Canada, with publishers often allowing unagented submissions, there's assumedly still research to do there. And why not get a US agent at the same time as a Canadian publisher? That way your book can hopefully make it to the US and the rest of the international market.
Hopefully this is a help. :) You shouldn't feel like there is nothing to do just because you have to take a break from the writing itself.
Chris
OMG... so much to do... so little time! :-) Thanks for the reality check. Colleen
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