And It's Out The Door
Yesterday was another round of edits and synopsis beatings with simonepdx. But! I am thrilled to say that In a Handful of Dust will soon be in the hands of a few stalwart souls who have agreed to read all 38 chapters quickly for us. Hopefully we'll have some feedback in week or so, then we can do some final smooshings with the MS before we try to sell this puppy.
One of the things we need to work on is where the chapter breaks fall, as at least two of the chapters are just too long. We also, with a word count of 113,000, need to (probably) cut out a couple of sections. I have ideas, but we might wait on surgery until we get feedback.
Whew. Hey, look, Ma! I finished a novel! And it's a good one, too (even if we say so ourselves)! Just the fact of it is very exciting!
Now to get through the support work for it: Pitches, query letters, and the ever mind-crushing synopsis. Oy vey.
But first ... more coffee.
One of the things we need to work on is where the chapter breaks fall, as at least two of the chapters are just too long. We also, with a word count of 113,000, need to (probably) cut out a couple of sections. I have ideas, but we might wait on surgery until we get feedback.
Whew. Hey, look, Ma! I finished a novel! And it's a good one, too (even if we say so ourselves)! Just the fact of it is very exciting!
Now to get through the support work for it: Pitches, query letters, and the ever mind-crushing synopsis. Oy vey.
But first ... more coffee.