The
idea of the Insecure
Writers Support Group is for writers to blog on the first Wednesday of the month
about their fears, struggles and triumphs they have experienced with their
writing.
Having almost completed Book 2, I am about to embark on the most terrifying part of writing for an Insecure Writer - the dreaded submission process. I got nowhere with Book 1, which doesn't help the old confidence but I know it's something I'm just going to have to get on with. If I don't submit my work to agents, I'll never get one. I tell myself this but it doesn't make the prospect any easier.
But confidence or no confidence, it's going to happen. I have paper, I have stamps and I have an almost finished manuscript. Eek!
Good luck with those submissions! I'll be rooting for you! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kyra :-)
DeleteGo for it!
ReplyDeleteI'll never get anywhere if I don't try, will I? (that's what I keep telling myself. Hoping it'll sink in one day...)
DeleteCongrats on getting this point. And, even though it didn't happen for the first one doesn't mean anything in connection to what is going to happen this time. Good luck with submissions and keep positive.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm hoping Book 2 is stronger than my first so fingers crossed!
DeletePaper+stamps+almost completed MS = GO FOR IT!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck Mama J.
I have everything so I might as well give it a shot :-P
DeleteLuckily nowadays are mostly emails so you dont have tos pend a fortune on postage and print paper.
ReplyDeleteIt can be scary out there in the query fray, but just keep swimming!
Thank you. I'm a rubbish swimmer though so I think I'll keep writing instead!
DeleteGood for you and I'm crossing my fingers and sending you best wishes for the submission process. It can be a scary thing, but like you said, no submission, no agent. Hang in there! It will happen!
ReplyDeleteOne piece of advice though: Don't think about while you are on your honeymoon!!
I'll try not to think about it while we're away. That's why I've put off submitting until afterwards. I don't want it hanging over me and the last thing I want is being carried over the threshold (yeah, right, I'd break my partner's arms :-P) while there are rejection letters underfoot.
DeleteHi, Mama J. I'm a fellow IWSG member. Glad to meet you. Just submit. It's tough at first but gets better. You can do it! Just keep on going. It's all a part of the process. :D
ReplyDeleteHi Julia. I should stop thinking about it too much and just do it, shouldn't I?
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