September Catch-Up

Dear Reader,

Ah, feels like I can breathe again. No pressure, no plot holes, no character flaws, no shitty first draft manuscript to rewrite.

First of all, a huge thanks to the three awesome individuals - you know who you are - for taking on the gargantuan (in my opinion) task of beta reading. I will forever be grateful.

One of my beta's apparently couldn't stop reading and it took her only 3 nights to critically motor through 78,000+ words. The feedback was so positive that I've decided to pursue submitting to literary agents.

On Tuesday 24 September I will be taking part in the Manuscript Wishlist or #mswl Twitter event 9am-5pm NYC time, which means 3pm-11pm this side. This is a first for me and I'm hoping to connect with at least one literary agent amoung the extensive list of talented agents calling for submissions. Fishing has never been my strong-suit but this will kind of be like trawling so I'm bound to catch something, right?

Of course, I will keep you posted. And now, we've reached the bane of my existence phase: rewriting the synopsis. Gosh, me hates it so. Basically the ad to seduce professionals into reading my noname scribbles. Oh, and rewriting my bio in an authentic way showing who I am - a "sneak peek into the person I am about to meet, a glimpse into the brain behind the book." (blogpost by lit agent Devin Ross, MSWL site). All in all the recipe for a batch of disaster.

I've just spotted two agents accepting submissions as we speak, so here we go. My beta is cracking the whip for next book. In the near future you will be able to check out my website (coming soon) for a hint on the name of the follow-up to Supernova - you will be able to find the title on a certain page in the first book. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Getting published is still just a dream away. Nevertheless, happy dancing to Twenty One Pilots' The Hype right now.

Exciting times.

EL

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