Submissions Away!

Sent Damaskopolis to a literary agent last week and I’ve been waiting with baited breath for feedback. It probably won’t come, but one can always hope. I’m a relative new-comer to the world of fiction writing, and over the past few years, as I balanced life, work, and various hobbies, I’ve slowly learned more about the rules of this new game. What’s different this time is that this is the first submission I’ve sent that is reasonably professional and well structured. I’ve put together a good cover letter which ticks all the main boxes suggested on various “writer” websites, a full synopsis that actually reads like one, and three well-polished chapters.

I still shudder at the memory of my first submissions, mass-mailing any agents with a steaming hot mess of a first draft. Oh, to be so young and naive again.

So what happens next? I’ll keep trying, but at some point I will stick the novel on Kindle market place with a relatively decent book cover, which is an exciting little project on its own.

Fingers crossed!