by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I am zooming through the newest version of the Third Draft of this novel and as I do, I find myself experiencing wave after wave of angst for various reasons. One reason for all the angst is what the fuck I’m going to do once I finish this third draft and need to piviot to the post-production issues of editing and querying.
If I wasn’t living in poverty, I would probably talk to someone about how to successfully query. And I definitely would look into talking to a manuscript consultant.
But, as it stands at least, both of those options just aren’t really applicable. I MAY be able to pay a manuscript consultant, but it’s going to take months of saving money and eating ramen to do it. It will be worth it, of course, but a real pain in the ass.
Because of how broke I am, I’m going into the querying process totally blind. I can read up on what to do, but, lulz, it sure would be nice to talk to an expert about what to do. I continue to be in denial about how fast the querying process is approaching me.
It is. It really am on track to wrap up a viable Third Draft of this novel no later than, say around July 22. I will note that I really need to not listen to the white noise about writing found on social media. Every writer’s journey is different and I can’t let where other people are on their journey screw with my head or cause me to lose sight of my goals.
