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Hello Readers, A.G. Silver here!
Hello Readers, A.G. Silver here!
Holy guacamole it has been a hard week. Remember that 65,000-word book I told you about last blog post? Well, I was blessed to find two extremely amazing editors who are working on it right now. (A miraculous occurrence that I am grateful for) and as much as I appreciate their work, my heart breaks to see how many words are considered ‘unnecessary’. I sent chapters 1-6 to my first editor and I had a condensed version of 62 pages. Once she worked her magic and sent back the document, I went through and edited everything only to find that I now had a condensed 56 pages. How did I lose so many pages?! I lost like a day’s worth of writing within a matter of an hour and a half. That shouldn’t even be legal.
Holy guacamole it has been a hard week. Remember that 65,000-word book I told you about last blog post? Well, I was blessed to find two extremely amazing editors who are working on it right now. (A miraculous occurrence that I am grateful for) and as much as I appreciate their work, my heart breaks to see how many words are considered ‘unnecessary’. I sent chapters 1-6 to my first editor and I had a condensed version of 62 pages. Once she worked her magic and sent back the document, I went through and edited everything only to find that I now had a condensed 56 pages. How did I lose so many pages?! I lost like a day’s worth of writing within a matter of an hour and a half. That shouldn’t even be legal.
Anyway, I have sort of moved past that unfortunate circumstance… mostly. That’s not to say anything against my first editor though- she is amazing and a huge blessing in my life. I just wish I had known what editing would do to my heart. But Hakuna-Matata yah know? Time to move forward and embrace the possibilities!
Anyway, I have sort of moved past that unfortunate circumstance… mostly. That’s not to say anything against my first editor though- she is amazing and a huge blessing in my life. I just wish I had known what editing would do to my heart. But Hakuna-Matata yah know? Time to move forward and embrace the possibilities!
Now that I have editors working on my book, I’m getting so close to being able to publish it! That will be a dream come true and I’m extremely excited to see where my writing career will take me. I think I’m most excited about being able to publish a book while I am still in high school. That’s been a top wish on my bucket list, and here I am, this close to actually doing it!
Now that I have editors working on my book, I’m getting so close to being able to publish it! That will be a dream come true and I’m extremely excited to see where my writing career will take me. I think I’m most excited about being able to publish a book while I am still in high school. That’s been a top wish on my bucket list, and here I am, this close to actually doing it!
To be extremely honest with y’all, I never would have made it this far without the encouragement of all my beta readers and alpha readers. Seriously though. All the encouraging words and funny comments kept me going. There were so many days when I would stare at my screen and just think ‘what am I doing with my time?’. There was even a time when I considered just deleting the entire document because I didn’t think it had a plot.
To be extremely honest with y’all, I never would have made it this far without the encouragement of all my beta readers and alpha readers. Seriously though. All the encouraging words and funny comments kept me going. There were so many days when I would stare at my screen and just think ‘what am I doing with my time?’. There was even a time when I considered just deleting the entire document because I didn’t think it had a plot.
It’s scary to think I would have thrown all this work away because of a few days of doubt. But that’s why beta readers are sooo important. I have a close friend who beta reads for me, and she is probably one of the main reasons I continued writing my novel. Every time I sent her a chapter, she would text me a few hours later, her words in all caps as she fangirled about a rough draft book. It was probably one of the best feelings ever- to have someone fall in love and get attached to your characters as if you wrote a best selling novel.
It’s scary to think I would have thrown all this work away because of a few days of doubt. But that’s why beta readers are sooo important. I have a close friend who beta reads for me, and she is probably one of the main reasons I continued writing my novel. Every time I sent her a chapter, she would text me a few hours later, her words in all caps as she fangirled about a rough draft book. It was probably one of the best feelings ever- to have someone fall in love and get attached to your characters as if you wrote a best selling novel.
Now, I keep saying all these things like ‘my novel this’ and my novel that’. You are probably wondering what on earth I am writing. (And if you aren’t… where is your sense of curiosity? 😜). So without further ado, I present (drumroll please)... Elven Cursed!!
Now, I keep saying all these things like ‘my novel this’ and my novel that’. You are probably wondering what on earth I am writing. (And if you aren’t… where is your sense of curiosity? 😜). So without further ado, I present (drumroll please)... Elven Cursed!!
Elven Cursed is a YA Fantasy Romance novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who is reading a book with her best friend when BAM! She gets transported to the realm of the Elves in the book she was just reading. The girl, Faelynn Rabinsky, befriends the Elf Prince and lives at the palace with him and they become an inseparable duo. Soon, a war is waged with the Wraiths, and Faelynn must use her knowledge of the book Elven Cursed to help the Elves win the war. As she helps the Elves try to survive, she grows closer to the Elf Prince, and eventually falls in love with him. The rest shall be left unsaid as I do not want to spoil anything. Bwahaha!
Elven Cursed is a YA Fantasy Romance novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who is reading a book with her best friend when BAM! She gets transported to the realm of the Elves in the book she was just reading. The girl, Faelynn Rabinsky, befriends the Elf Prince and lives at the palace with him and they become an inseparable duo. Soon, a war is waged with the Wraiths, and Faelynn must use her knowledge of the book Elven Cursed to help the Elves win the war. As she helps the Elves try to survive, she grows closer to the Elf Prince, and eventually falls in love with him. The rest shall be left unsaid as I do not want to spoil anything. Bwahaha!
So on top of having finished the first draft and having editors working on the second draft, I am also searching for agents at the moment. I used to consider self-publishing as my main option, but that wasn’t as good as an opportunity to get my books out into the world so other people could read them as traditional publishing.
So on top of having finished the first draft and having editors working on the second draft, I am also searching for agents at the moment. I used to consider self-publishing as my main option, but that wasn’t as good as an opportunity to get my books out into the world so other people could read them as traditional publishing.
I will say, if you want to traditionally publish, be prepared to write a bunch of formal emails and letters. First, you have to research types of agents for your style and genre of writing, but then you have to email them in a formal style, with all these fun words.
I will say, if you want to traditionally publish, be prepared to write a bunch of formal emails and letters. First, you have to research types of agents for your style and genre of writing, but then you have to email them in a formal style, with all these fun words.
Then comes the waiting.
Then comes the waiting.
You have to wait at least four to six weeks for the agent to reply if they want to work with you or not. Sometimes it’s even longer than that. It’s a great way to practice patience, but its extremely nervewracking. I sent out a few agent queries today, so I should be getting replies around August 19th. Can’t wait till then!
You have to wait at least four to six weeks for the agent to reply if they want to work with you or not. Sometimes it’s even longer than that. It’s a great way to practice patience, but its extremely nervewracking. I sent out a few agent queries today, so I should be getting replies around August 19th. Can’t wait till then!
That’s all for this week, so adios and write on!
That’s all for this week, so adios and write on!
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