Nearing the home stretch to getting published

@KristenH (33591)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
April 30, 2017 2:14pm CST
Two months ago, my fellow friends, I've shared to you the good news concerning an agent giving me a partial R&R (revise and resubmit) for Venom. As I'm nearing the two-month mark, I hope to send it out to her real soon and pray for a miracle she would say yes and give me an offer on the table. Then the rest would follow on having my own editor and be published. I can go back to my backlist of titles that needs to be finishing writing and/or editing in the years to come. Right now, I'm waiting to hear from my beta on chapters 3 and 4 tweaks and her suggestions for chapters 5-6. After I work on chapter 7 this week with any new crits for my online crit, I'll send it to her this weekend and work for her comments in an expedite fashion. Then I'll send it out to her by mid-week next week at the latest, if not by next Friday. Although I still have my two full R&Rs to work on for Venom, I'll continue to do so with my online crit list and hopefully my beta, until I hear otherwise from her. I hope to have good news to share with you next week and later this month about my seven-year journey to publication will come to an end with an agent, a publishing contract, and an editor to boot.
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• United States
30 Apr 17
A long seven years then Kristen. I sincerely hope now that this is going to get an okay and go ahead for you. You deserve it friend.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Apr 17
Thanks Ocean. All good things might come to an end. My mother always told me to take my time, like the Hare and the Tortoise story. The query pool will end and then the bidding war for pub houses will begin this summer.
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• United States
30 Apr 17
@KristenH I pray you are blessed with this.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1 May 17
@TiarasOceanView Thank you. I'm going to need it this month.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
1 May 17
That would be so wonderful if it all came together for you. Keep on writing and believing in yourself. You can make all of your dreams come true.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1 May 17
Yes it would. I've heard back from my beta last night and she said 3-4 are good and said there wasn't much to do in chapters 5-6. So it'll be ready to go out to her next week. Thanks Susan. I hope so. And I know my mother will be crying happy tears from heaven.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2 May 17
@HazySue I hope you're right.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
1 May 17
@KristenH I am sure she is watching and cheering you on.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
30 Apr 17
Gosh, that kind of sounds like a lot of work. Have you thought of publishing on creative space at Amazon or Smashwords?
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Apr 17
A lot of blood, sweat, tears, tons of rejections and a lot of revisions. I did as a last resort. But I feel I might need not to now if I get the "Call" real soon.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 17
Wouldn't that be great? Hope it all happens for you.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1 May 17
Yes and thank you!
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
30 Apr 17
That all sounds like exciting progress!
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Apr 17
Yeah it is. I can actually salivate victory next weekend hopefully. I hope the waiting game isn't too long to wait like I did back in February.
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@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
30 Apr 17
Good luck!!!
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Apr 17
Thanks. I'll be nervous next week after I hit the "Send" button.
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