FINISHED!!! ????

[katewrites]

A couple of days ago, I finished the long-long-long belated second draft of the unnamed steampunk pirates YA novel and now I'm at loose ends? I'm not sure where to go from here because it's the first time finishing something hasn't meant "post it to all the communities and archives that apply".

Anyone have any advice?

Comments

[newredshoes]

Hmm. I think if you're ready to query, that's a good way of getting outside feedback! Are you querying to sell the book or to be represented by an agent, though?

As for self-pub, are you interested in just having it out there, or do you want to do all the work that a publishing team would do should it be accepted for publication?

[katewrites]

I'd like to sell the book? As of now, I don't have anything other than the one novel, so I don't know if I need representation.

As to self-pub, I know that I don't have the time to actually do a lot of marketing or publicity, so if I did, it would likely be just to have it out there. But I'm not sure that's where I'm at either? Like, I appreciate how much work it is and I see all sorts of amazon success stories, but I just don't have it in me to be that self-promoting outside of work (and even there it's SUPER hard). :(