I Have No Nails Left to Bite

The publisher I submitted my manuscript to has decided he book needs to be read by an acquiring editor.  I got this news last week, and instantly did a dance around the house, like the crazy woman I am.  This means the initial read, probably a couple or three chapters, caught someone’s attention, and now someone has been assigned to take a closer look.

As the Internet kids say, “squee!”

Since I had the novel read by beta readers in March and April, and made some changes as suggested, I knew it was ready for prime time.  One of my friends called it a “sweet story.”  It is a sweet story, and it deserves to have a nice big reading audience!

They acquiring editor said that she will have an answer by October 30th.  That’s such a long time away, but in the meantime, I am consoling myself with the fact that the publisher wants to read it.  That is just phenomenal!

And in the meantime, in case this one sells, I need to have another one in the wings to offer.  I’m going to go back to Without a Net, make some extensive changes to the story line (mostly lopping off a lot of ancillary sub-plots), and get that one written.  I may do the bulk of the writing in November for National Novel Writing Month.  But leading up to that, I can get an outline written, get some character development completed, and write at least the opening two chapters.

And somehow, find some way to get rid of all this nervous “waiting” energy.