Loved every bit of this. I feel this same anxiety with my debut novel and this absurd and arbitrary timeline I’ve given myself. I frequently beat myself up for feeling good about myself when I finished my first several drafts in seven months and thought that it was good enough to query. 🤦♀️
Fast forward two years and the book is a million times stronger but still not done. Will it ever be? God I hope so. But it does feel endless sometimes, doesn’t it?
Thanks, Angela! 'Absurd and arbitrary' are exactly the right adjectives. I absolutely feel you on that process... and from an outside perspective two years + seven months really isn't long at all (but not when you're in it!). Solidarity – and if you discover an air fryer for novels, let me know.
Loved every bit of this. I feel this same anxiety with my debut novel and this absurd and arbitrary timeline I’ve given myself. I frequently beat myself up for feeling good about myself when I finished my first several drafts in seven months and thought that it was good enough to query. 🤦♀️
Fast forward two years and the book is a million times stronger but still not done. Will it ever be? God I hope so. But it does feel endless sometimes, doesn’t it?
Thanks, Angela! 'Absurd and arbitrary' are exactly the right adjectives. I absolutely feel you on that process... and from an outside perspective two years + seven months really isn't long at all (but not when you're in it!). Solidarity – and if you discover an air fryer for novels, let me know.
an air fryer for novels 🤣🤣🤣
Also I adore my air fryer and also can not live without it 😆