Cleaning up
- K.C. Auburn
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 7, 2021
Well as you know from my first post, I completed my book Mythera. I originally had it as one whopping 200k word manuscript with 23 chapters. (A little known fact about my sister is that she loved easter eggs in movies and games, so I included them throughout my book in various ways.)
After some rookie mistakes with sending off that boheimeth to some publishers, I realized that smaller books were more appealing for printing purposes. I found an editor from Reedsy and he advised me to separate my three part book into a trilogy series. Thus, Mythera Chronicles was born!
I'm still working out the kinks of each book, with book 1 edited, book 2 in the editing process, and book 3 in the raw.
I got some custom prints for family members through Barnes&Noble Press and even made some (what I think to be enticing) blurbs. I will post those next!
I've also entered some writing contests in hopes that this will help with exposure and am applying for mentorship. I really want this to work. Even if it's just to prove to myself that what I wrote in Brii's absence is good! I know she would love it and that's why I want it to get out there. You will only ever know her through my writing, and I pray that you get to know her soon.
Congrats on finishing your books! That's a huge accomplishment in itself. At the end of the post you talked a bit about entering contests for exposure and sending your book to publishers---- not sure what your long term goals are, but here are some things I've learned during my querying journey. If you are already doing all of these, then never mind my advice lol.
Make friends. Join and participate on the querytracker forum (https://querytracker.net/forum/index.php) if that's a helpful space for you to be in. People critique for free, and it's a really friendly community. I have learned so much from watching other people's queries and pages be critiqued.
Make more friends! Writing twitter can be a good place to…