by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
My goal is to query this scifi dramedy novel by late spring 2026. But I really need to buckle down and actually do the work, otherwise I’m going to just keep drifting towards my goal.
That’s what happened with my homage to Stieg Larsson. I drifted for years and years, only to finish a novel that wasn’t any good. It was so bad I did not feel comfortable querying it.
So. I’m going to try — try — to focus more. I’m going to try to actually get this novel done at a quickened pace instead of just daydreaming.
One issue, of course, is how moody I am when it comes to my writing. I just sometimes just don’t feel like writing. Usually, this happens when I bump up against some portion of the novel that just isn’t very inspiring.
But hopefully this go round I can push past such moodiness. I feel kind of sheepish about how long I’ve been an aspiring novelist with little to nothing to show for it. And, yet, I know this go round I really believe in what I’m writing and as long as we don’t have a civil war or revolution or the Singularity doesn’t happen, I should be pretty safe.
All I need to do is actually do the work.
