Glad I could help!☺️

Congrats!🙌🎉

You can always pick writing up again, why do you miss it?

I would say that's probably pushing it unless they're short stories.

I think the healthiest pace would be 1-2 finished (second draft) manuscripts per year. I'd be worried about split focus/ less quality work with anything more

Yeah, if you're going self pub it doesn't apply nearly as much. But I always encourage my authors to go trad pub, hence my recommended timeline

I can tell you why I am for my authors finishing drafts quickly: traditional publishing takes AGES.

You need a finished manuscript before you even query and querying takes a long time, so does being on submission. And then publishers take a year or more to publish your work.

They'll have to pry the em dashes from my cold, dead hands

Good luck on your querying journey (and with the podcast slot)!

Yes, I always tell my authors this in session! I'm sure they get sick of me saying it😅

Congrats!🙌🎉

Just to clear some possible confusion, has the deadline already passed or do you mean September of this year, 2025?

Comps are so important, especially for those of you who are #querying right now. Agents and publishers love to see strong comps that are doing well in the market, it makes them more likely to pick up your book

#writingcommunity #fictionwriting

Take a beat, maybe a prolonged break to calm the inevitable frustration, and get back in there!

There's something to be said about changing your environment if possible as well