Queries

Started reaching out to a few editors through Reedsy. Digging through the self-publish Reddit got me on that trail and it seems to be the right place. Website is easy to use, both in searching for professionals and posting my listing.

My favorite thing is how prompt people have been to respond. I sent out five queries and each received a response in less than 48 hours. That verges on conceptually impossible after sending cold-queries to agents for half a year. People are forthcoming about the services they provide, have reviews of their work, and some even offer to take a look at a couple pages to provide a sample of their style.

The one thing I need to remain mindful of is that everyone I reach out to in this capacity is trying to sell me something. Perhaps that's a bit cynical, but it feels like an odd change of pace to have people coming back telling me I have strong writing and that my story sounds interesting. Feels like a bit of smoke being blown where it doesn't belong. This is business, and I would benefit from keeping that in mind.

Outside of that, book six continues to progress. Things are falling more comfortably into place as I near the end of the second act. The final act is going to be a non-stop rollercoaster, and I'm excited to tuck back into that style after a period of relative calm.

I also kind of want to add another story into the series after this one. Something to round out one of the main characters for the final story. We'll see how I'm feeling when book six wraps.

Toodles.