Novel sold! Now comes the editing!

Marianne Kirby said:

Thank you!


I finished the manuscript at the end of November and mailed it to my agent, knowing it would sit until well into January. She called me at the tail end of January and asked me to do a copy edit (there were some "I'm so tired I accidentally subbed this word when I meant its homonym" issues), write a short bio and a long bio, and write a sort of letter explaining some of the background of the novel because there's some alternate history elements to it. I got her all of that at the end of February/beginning of March.

It took her a little while to digest it and then work on how she was going to sub it. She sent it out March 30 and April 14th we had an offer.

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Marianne Kirby said:

I sold my first novel!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it and I'm basically walking around glowing.

So that's the accomplishment part!

The goal part is that I want to get through the editing rounds without despair! Which means I want to get through the editing rounds without putting stuff off until the last minute, which is my classic modus operandi. Here's to getting stuff done a little more mindfully, right?

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