It’s Confession week, so all of us PLCers are checking in to talk about what we’ve done, where we’re at now, and where we want to go next.
Last Confession I said I wanted to have my revisions finished. Well September isn’t over yet, so technically I’m still on schedule. In reality I’m about half a week behind where I’d like to be. I can look at the calendar for the month and pinpoint exactly where that happened. It turns out that if I go more than a day without touching my work, it takes me an additional more-than-a-day to get back on track with it- because I have to deal with feelings of disconnect, intimidation, and guilt (yes, I’m a headcase). That adds up quickly.
I always try to respect the deadlines I set myself- because blowing them off is ultimately detrimental to my sense of worth as a writer. You have to take your time seriously, or no one else is going to.
So I have until Thursday to finish my revisions and draft up query packages. For my first round I’m only querying agents who work via email, and this is why:
This is my new house, as it looked this morning. It’ll be ready to move into in early November. Which means I have October to pack up all our earthly possessions. It also means I’m not querying any snail-mail agents until after we’ve settled- I’ve learned the hard way about the perils of trusting to the USPS’s forwarding services. (No offense snail-mail agents, and no offense USPS.)
So my goals this month are short and sweet:
1. Finish the revision
2. Start the query process
3. And do not let the madness of moving stop me from writing daily.
