Quietly freaking out. My agent is submitting my YA manuscript to our A list of editors today.
We've done a couple rounds of revisions and both feel really good about the book, but it's so weird to have it now out of my hands.
I've been in this situation with screenplays and know it's a waiting game, but the publishing scene is new to me. Any advice? How long are we looking at here, in terms of getting responses?
I HAVE taken some time off from the freaking out to celebrate a bit -- it's the result of six years of on-again, off-again work. It really is a dream come true just to have the book go out into the world like this! I'm just so afraid the first round of submissions will come up empty and I'll be too dejected to do anything...Sigh...
We've done a couple rounds of revisions and both feel really good about the book, but it's so weird to have it now out of my hands.
I've been in this situation with screenplays and know it's a waiting game, but the publishing scene is new to me. Any advice? How long are we looking at here, in terms of getting responses?
I HAVE taken some time off from the freaking out to celebrate a bit -- it's the result of six years of on-again, off-again work. It really is a dream come true just to have the book go out into the world like this! I'm just so afraid the first round of submissions will come up empty and I'll be too dejected to do anything...Sigh...
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