Today is a day for celebration. I completed the third major edit/rewrite of Cataclysm. It now stands at 344 pages, 94,000 words.
Today, I met with the company in New York that I paid to professionally critique my novel last year. I am seeking their help and guidance to find an agent or publisher and to review my query letter. Those damn things have to be rock solid. I got help from a friend familiar with writing novels and going through his own trials with query letter hell. After all that, I needed thirty revisions to get it just right. After going 0 for 40 sending it to agents last spring, I decided it would not hurt to give it another looksee.
I should know more by Wednesday of next week.
I am following a plan. It's taking a long time to get through it, but patience and determination are key. If this next stage fails to bring me to the doorsteps of traditional publication, then I will e-publish.
