Hello, Void.
Just a quick little update to let you all know that I met my own personal deadline for completing the final draft of Zemblanity. It took five years and five drafts, but it’s finally done! By the time you read this, I will be balls deep in sending query letters to agents.
This is treading new water. My game plan is to try to get the story to stick somewhere in a year. If after a year it’s still bouncing back, I will look into a smaller publishing house to work with directly. If after six months it’s still finding it’s way back home, I’ll cave and look into self-publishing.
I seriously cannot wait for you to read this. It’s like nothing else I’ve written previously, unless you count Improbable, but the site that was featured on I believe went under. Now that I think about it, I might take a look at that contract and see when I can publish it on my own. How do you handle contracts when the group doesn’t exist anymore? Huh.
While you’re waiting for this baby, I’ll still be working on other projects. I have another short story in the works that will likely end up in novella territory if things pan out the way I think they will. I’ll also be working on a novel that will go in a different direction than my first. Think Phantom of the Opera (for manipulation) meets Night Circus (for magic) meets You (for modernity). It’ll be fun. And maybe a little messed up, let’s be real.
Stick around, void! No matter how this pans out, it’ll be great!
Manda Kay Writes 