I am 35 pages from finishing my final read-through of The Misfortune of the Emerald Thief, book 1 of my Keepers of the Emerald Cave series. I can't believe it! In the two days since beginning this final read, I cut out over 200 words, but then added at least that back in toward the end. ROFL! I tried.
Tonight I will be sending this ms off to at least 10 readers, hopefully more. I will cast my net wide, knowing that I will get feedback quickly from at least half of them, and serious chopping criticism from one-fourth of them, which is great. It has to be perfect, so if someone has a problem with even one word somewhere, I need to know. And it is amazing the amount of typos and weirdness those extra eyes always find!
While my wonderful readers are spending time reading through the ms, I will be finalizing the query letter as well as finalizing the list of agents I'll send it to. This is the part the is slightly gut-wrenching, as it's time to put up or shut up -- the initial gatekeeper to this traditional publishing game is the literary agent. But for a middle-grade fantasy adventure, I think traditional is still the way to go, so it's time to knock on doors.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
Time to make some dinner and feed the troops....
Peace,
Cynthia
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