Hurry up and wait
This is me. well, I think this is most writers at some point in time. 2008 was the year of word spillage. I poured out four complete manuscripts, started a few others, finished a couple short things and got most of them edited. I also lost nearly half of one when my flash drive gave up the ghost. Of those four MS, two have sold to Samhain and two are in NY making rounds.
And I wait.
On covers
on feedback
on BETA reads
on Final line edits
on first round edits
on my agent
on publishers’ decisions
on the laundry fairy (Hey, I can dream)
wait wait wait wait
I am not a good waiter. i think the microwaves is too slow.
The incredible push to get a story done is still there and of course, I am still writing but…hello, closure?? I guess I will get that first with JINXED in June but until then, I wait.
Will Monster Love make it in NY? Will WITCHMARK? What will Myla by Moonlight’s cover end up looking like? Did the revision I implemented make the story better or more convoluted? CAN JUNE JUST HURRY UP ALREADY?!?!
I have promo chats schedule,waiting on them. I have an idea file bursting at the seams, waiting to see which direction is a better use of my time. I have an anthology piece I am working on plus a few freebies for my series written. Waiting on the right time periods to put them out there.
I hate waiting.
My mother says I need a hobby. Writing is my hobby so, yeah, not working there. maybe i need to learn how to knit or something.
Oh, how I feel your pain! I seem to be in a never ending state of waiting… it’s been going so long it’s making me crazy. I get on with other projects, so that if I ever get verdicts from editors, I’ll be ready with new material… but it’s so hard to focus when you don’t know what your direction will be, isn’t it?
So, if it’s any comfort, you’re not the only one who isn’t a good waiter.
Hang on in there, mate!
I know of what you speak. My mother says patience is a virtue, she’s obviously not a writer, lol. If she were, she’d understand my anxiousness over not hearing from an editor or the multitude of agents I’ve queried.
{{{Hugs}}} from another one waiting.
Me: I’ve been hitting the refresh button constantly on my e-mail
Little Sis: Doesn’t your e-mail refresh automatically?
Me: Of course it does! I just want to know immediately. This isn’t sane.
The first night I learned my manuscript was being submitted to NY, I couldn’t sleep. More from the realization of what a big step it was than from the waiting! But now I’m a bit more settled in and I’m trying to coast a little and get back into the writing. So I guess writing, actual writing, is my hobby. I’ve neglected it for a couple of weeks now.
This is a hurry up and wait business. *Sigh* I’m waiting too. You write your ass off, polish, get it ready, then…..wait. And wait. AND wait. We shouldn’t be writers we should all be waiters.
Yep, gotta hate the waiting game. Thankfully, I have enough distractions at the moment that take my mind off all the stuff I have floating around out there. Well, at least until May 31 — I’ll have to make some decisions then about whether or not to do a simultaneous submission on a few pieces.
*hugs* June will be here sooner than you think, Inez. In the meantime, keep writing.
I don’t have time to worry about all that stuff anymore, I just shove it to the back of my mind and keep writing. Easy to say, but not quite so easy to do-I’ve also found in this business that things either happen super-fast or super-slow. I’m also not sure which I prefer
Waiting is the worst!! Good luck with your books. I know you’re going to make it big, because you ARE a good writer.