Good writing news, folks!

I’ve never been so close to a finished book!

Well, I have in libraries and bookstores, but I mean my own book. In fact, I’m halfway through categorizing and finalizing the poems in my poetry book. Then, it’s off to literary agents who are looking for that genre!

YAY!

I found a few through the amazing (and cheap, if not free when you don’t buy “premium”) QueryTracker, but I got anxious, very, very anxious: there is none from Canada!

So I sent a Tweet asking my friends in publishing if I could query agents that fit my criteria in countries other than mine. Barely a few minutes later, the sweet and talented Debbie Zaken (check her out on Twitter here!) answered my question: yes, I could do it! If said agents didn’t mention they disapproved of it. Thank you again, Debbie!

What I will do is first finish the manuscript completely. Meanwhile, I’m also making a Gantt chart to plan when and how I’ll go about realizing this project. I plan on having the completed book in 4 months and start querying as soon as it’s done.

I’m so excited about this project! But don’t worry, I’m still writing Nightshade: The Death Stone (my novel), but I’m focusing on finishing it while querying and publishing my poetry collection.

Updates will come when I reach significant milestones or if I have something interesting to say about this poetry book project of mine.

I can’t wait for you, ladies and gents, to have it in your hands and read, diving into my world.

Thank you for reading!

See you next post, lovelies!

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