The first edited draft is out to reviewers! The rough draft ended at almost 200,000 words, far too many to ever be publishable. I managed to get the 1st draft down to 160,000 words, but that’s still at least 30,000 above my target so I have a long road to go. But with the help of my first reviewers and another draft, I believe might be able to have a query-able (if that’s a word) draft out by the new year.
Here’s hoping. In the meantime, I’m writing the first draft of a query letter. Talk about nerve wracking.
But, progress is progress and progress I’ll take!