So, I was listening to a podcast a few days ago talking about how much slower in the publishing world right now, even though Oct 1st will see almost 600 books (lockdown backlog) being released. And it made me think right now (and the foreseeable future) would be a bad time to be submitting.
I've been writing my current WIP since Dec/Jan (4th book I've written but yet to be published) and I also work full-time and doing a part-time degree, which has always been my priority, but hopeful of getting a finished draft by the end of the year. When I started writing I made a deal that it was all right not to be completing drafts in a matter of months but to take it more slowly (which also allows me to cogitate more, especially when I'm at work bored). But this podcast, I think, has allowed myself the permission to say its all right to take two years to write a manuscript that is sellable.
Is anyone else doing something similar, maybe putting their books through another polish while things settle down further?
I've been writing my current WIP since Dec/Jan (4th book I've written but yet to be published) and I also work full-time and doing a part-time degree, which has always been my priority, but hopeful of getting a finished draft by the end of the year. When I started writing I made a deal that it was all right not to be completing drafts in a matter of months but to take it more slowly (which also allows me to cogitate more, especially when I'm at work bored). But this podcast, I think, has allowed myself the permission to say its all right to take two years to write a manuscript that is sellable.
Is anyone else doing something similar, maybe putting their books through another polish while things settle down further?