Finished!

[WillSmall]

I just finished the "final" draft of my novel! It's something I never thought I would do. Now that I'm done, I'm really glad that I did it. Anyway, it's time to start querying agents (I have a completed query letter and synopsis ready to go), but all of a sudden I'm feeling rather nervous. Will someone like it? Will everyone hate it? Have I deluded myself into thinking my writing doesn't suck? LOL. Any last words of advice before I bite the bullet?

[Wolvel]

Take a big bite of the bullet and hang on.

[t0neg0d]

No words of wisdom. But, I would like to add a big CONGRATULATIONS!

[scribbler1382]

Way to go! You've accomplished a great feat few people have the stamina and wherewithall to attempt, let alone complete.

Once that puppy's in the mail, there's only one thing you have to do...start the next one.

[WillSmall]

Quick Question: When emailing queries, should I use HTML, Plain Text, or Rich Text? If Plain Text, do I need to use all CAPS for the book title or just capitalize it like I ordinarily would?

Thanks!

[dayne-jen]

Congrats on the final edit! :hooray:

As far as your worries, what did your betas think?

[san_remo_ave]

Congratulations!

[James D. Macdonald]

Go you!

Now start a new novel.

[Phaeal]

CGs on the accomplishment. Nobody can take it away from you, however the book fares in the marketplace. Well, that's not quite true. If Hollywood options it, you'll have to kiss your baby goodbye and be reconciled to not recognizing it on screen. ;)

[JustGo]

Congrats! I can't wait until the day I can finally say the same... even though I'll probably finish the worst of my editing tomorrow (hell yes!), there are still a few months of polishing and beta-ing to go before I send mine off.

Good question about the queries - I've got no idea. You might want to put up a separate thread about that.

[Matera the Mad]

Re the e-mail question, I would use plain text unless otherwise specified. Not sure on the CAPS but I think Just Title Case Would Be All Right . . .

And yay :)

[ynoirb]

Congratulations!!! I'm so far away from finishing that it doesn't even want thinking about.

Good luck querying!

[Mumut]

Congratulations and if you're worried about your query letter, post it here for comment.

[WillSmall]

Thanks everyone! I'm anxious to see how this all turns out.

[Bayley]

Congratulations on finishing and good luck with querying the agents.

[Raphee]

congratulations

[Straka]

Congrats. In the meanwhile start another project.

[Paichka]

Whee!

Congratulations! Have fun with the agent search!

[MrWrite]

Congrats Will! I hope one day I can say the same. Although that day is a looooong way off! Way to go and good luck getting published!

[NatJM]

As someone who is editing her first novel, I can only congratulate on you on being a few steps ahead of me. Oh, and possibly, be a little jealous too lol ;)

[quickWit]

Congratulations Will! Best of luck with your submissions, and get to work on #2.

(MS #2. Not poop.) :D

[dwellerofthedeep]

I've been at the stage you are now at for a while due to my own nervousness. I finally sent out a couple of queries last night and just getting the work out there is a definite morale booster. Just don't let rejections get you down if and when you get them.

[Pink Ink]

CONGRATULATIONS!! Good luck with the Agent Search. Jeff Herman's Guide is a good resource.

Put it out there and work on something else.

[VoltShadow]

Check on the rep, WillS is second to none! Congrats on your finale, if you have anything that you've already posted about it you should let me have a look. And toss the query up on the SYW boards so it blows all those other non-AW authors away! Good luck and the power of Chaos be with you!

[roseangel]

Congrats!
I hope to be where you are one day!

[Seif]

Well done, post it on SYW as suggested above if you wish

All the best,

[Cassidy]

hey- congratulations... that's fabulous.