by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
So, I’ve sketched out my agenda for the next year when it comes to this first novel in what is projected to be a six novel project. I hope to finish a way-too-long first draft by no later than, say, Christmas. Then, I’m going to turn around and start working on hopefully much-leaner and better second draft in to be finished by no later than around April – May.
Then, I will participate in beta reader programs so I can find beta readers for MY novel. Then, starting around late summer, early autumn, I will begin to query this first novel. I’m sure things will change some and a lot will go wrong, but that’s the general plan.
So, my goal is that in about a year, I will have a much better sense of how close my dream of being a traditionally published novelist will be. I really, really need to start reading other people’s writing, though. The time for living in wilful delusion is just about to wrap up.
The time of thinking about marketability and the nitty-gritty of how to take this novel to the next level has begun.
