Yeah, one of those. 😉
- I queried my novel.
Yeah! I started in January and kept going for half a year. It was an interesting experience, but the next book is not really something they will be interested in. I’ll keep them in mind for my next standalone. - I fully edited my novel!
I had a copy edit, two sensitivity reads, and a proofread. (I also had other structural edits, but I did that last year, before I queried.) - I formatted my novel!
If you care, check out my formatting posts here and here. - I attended Worldcon in Glasgow, read from Immortal Gifts, and caught COVID. Do NOT recommend. Er. Do not recommend COVID. Worldcon was great!
- I set up my shop, which currently has one product (okay, no, it’s one book in a variety of formats) but that will be changing soon! (Actually, Immortal Gifts is already there but the links are hidden so only I can see them. This is because unlike the retailers, my shop takes your money right now and gives you the book later. I thought people would find this confusing.)
- Did I mention that I was on the Functional Nerds podcast? (I did! Earlier today!)
So, yeah.
All in all, I feel a lot less “don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya” about 2024 than I did about, say 2020 or 2021. I will say that I feel very… I spent my misspent youth in fandom, and this year has felt like being in a fandom of one or two (bless you, Joy–my alpha reader) and I’m ready to be able to squee about things publicly without fear of spoilers. 😀
