Spring update

Hi! It feels like a lifetime ago that I wrote anything on this blog. So now that school is over, my concentration can finally turn to writing once again.

However, even though I thought I wouldn't be able to get any writing done during classes, I did manage to finish the first draft mid-February. It was super exciting. I have been editing it on and off. The process was not as efficient as I would have liked because even as I was writing it I was polishing some parts more than others so there would be sections I would fly through and others that would drag on. I am just finishing up my final edits and should be done within a few days. This is mostly to go through and make sure that the small grammatical errors are fixed and I am not misusing any words.

Since my project is coming to a close, I am also looking at starting to query soon. That it where I send letters to agents to see if they will represent my book and help me get it published. It is so exciting to finish school and start this process at the same time. That way I can really concentrate on trying to get this published and start writing the second book. I have looked up some of the agents that I want to query first, and started a rough draft of my query letter. I will have posts up in coming weeks discussing how I went about doing this. I started looking up agents between rounds of editing as motivation to get through, and now I am grateful because I have a list on my computer so it's going to make the process so much quicker.

I am so nervous and excited for people to start reading it. This is the first time in my life that I am so proud of something that I have created. I love reading it myself, so I hope that others will have similar experiences. Since most of my friends are also in university this is the perfect time for them to read it now that classes and finals are over. So much is coming together, as well as with the sun shining brilliantly outside, that it is impossible not to be happy.

In April I did try to do the Camp Nanowrimo, but gave up as soon as my finals came around. I had three finals in three days so there was no time for anything else. After I finished studying I had no more energy. All I wanted to do was sleep. And eat. I think there is another round in June that I might try to do, but if I don't I won't be too bothered because I will write regardless.

There are some major changes I want to implement in the second book so anything I wrote while writing the first draft of the first book is going to be scavenged for pieces that still work and used as a rough outline when starting the second.

With summer kicking into gear and my first novel done, I could not be happier to finish my exams. I am expecting great things from the coming months.