Writing Update: #RevPit 2025 Open For Submissions
I submitted to #RevPit 2025! It’s my first time entering a contest like this one, so I’m both super excited and super nervous.
Querying Update (Project SU)
Back in the trenches! I’m querying SU even though it doesn’t quite fit neatly into any category because I can’t not query it.
Writing Update: My Hard Drive Died
I had my worst writer’s nightmare come true in November: I lost all my work from the past 6 months.
Help Find My Genre! (Giveaway)
Everything I write is within the larger speculative fiction umbrella, namely fantasy. But from there it gets… complicated.
Nobody Said It Was Easy
I may be querying an entirely different project, come the new year… My science fantasy manuscript is ready for its chance.
Writing Update: Getting Feedback
While writing is primarily a solitary endeavor, preparing work for publication is not.
Writing Update: Querying #10
It’s been a while, so let’s check in and get up to speed on where we’re at.
Writing Update: Check-in and R&R Reflections
R&R update, querying, and reflections on the revision process for WSD.
The Waiting Space
I may have a Taurus-heavy chart, but patience has never been one of my strongest personal qualities. Hard-working, persistent, reliable? Sure. But patient? Absolutely not.
Writing Update: Querying #7
It’s been a month since the last official update, and there have been some changes!
Managing Expectations
I’m very much a “manage my expectations” kind of person, but I’m finding myself wanting to let go of it in this instance.
Writing Update: April 2024 Works In Progress
So many projects, so little time! What does my work look like right now, and what am I doing to manage it all?
Writing Update: Querying #6
4 requests, 17 rejections, and 14 outstanding… I don’t plan to send any more queries at this point, so here’s to hoping!
Writing Update: New WIP (+ more query responses)
It doesn’t look quite like last year, where I literally wrote one novel manuscript after another, drafting constantly even while I was editing and revising the ones I’d already finished. It’s more of a mixed bag right now, and I feel good about that.
Writing Update: Querying #5
3 requests and 13 rejections… I’m happy with those numbers! I’d like to see more requests, obviously, but I’m also not going to complain.
Why I Write About My Querying Process
I’ve benefitted so much from others in the publishing industry—whether authors, agents, or editors—who have shared their experiences and expertise. I’m no expert, but I want to pay it forward by being transparent about my own process.