by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’m feeling pretty good about being able to meet my goal of querying this novel as part of the fall 2023 querying season. I hope to finish a second draft in spring 2023 and spend the next few months after that editing in some sort of coordination with beta readers. And, if I fall into some money, maybe even some sort of editor.
So, I’m feeling a lot of self-imposed pressure at the moment. I need to hurry up. I’m not getting any younger and I have to stop moving scenes around and start to actually cobble together a first draft of some sort. But we’ll see, I guess. I have to believe in myself.
And I should happen not to succeed this time, then maybe the next novel or the one after that will be my big break. But I’m having a lot of fun at the moment. I’m working really, really hard to make this the best novel I can within my skillset.
I still need to read more, though.
