Well, today is November 30th, the last day of National Novel Writing Month. I was hoping to punch out the first draft of From Darkness Won (Blood of Kings, book 3), but it was not meant to be. I made it about four chapters in before I realized that I needed to polish up book two (To Darkness Fled) for the advanced reader copies. So I spent the month of November doing that.
And now the ARCs are being printed and shipped to me. Once they arrive, I’ll box them up individually based on the submissions guidelines from Publisher’s Weekly, VOYA, School Library Journal, and other publications like these. I’ll add a press release, a copy of my media raves sheet, and a nice letter. Then I’ll haul all ten boxes down to the post office and send them off. It’s quite a process. I learned a lot from doing it last year, so this year should go a lot smoother. Then I’ll wait and pray that some of these publications will review the book. Last year I got two: Library Journal and VOYA. This year…we’ll see.
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