Manuscript Update

So obviously, I’ve gone quite awhile without posting. Lack of Internet access coupled with some domestic adjusting to new jobs and things of that sort are my excuse. But really, I just needed a break from constantly updating this blog. 😀

But hopefully, I’m back, at least semi-regularly. And I have a new deadline! If you remember, my last deadline was to have a signed copy ready for my niece by October of 2015. Well, this new deadline is to have the manuscript ready to send out by July. O_O I’m not a nail-biter, but if I were, I would be biting my nails.

Currently, chapters 5-8 are with my critique group, chapters 9 through 15 are with my sister, and the whole of part one is with my critique partner. I have also been going over chapter 1 with a fine-tooth comb in order to submit it to the SCBWI Work-In-Progress grant. Again, a nail-biter.

So, I’m making progress. Now I have to decide—send to agents or to publishers? Is Part One its own book or do I need to go ahead and finish writing Part Two? (more nail biting) I have a lot on my plate!

Hope all is well with you! Happy Writing!