Newsletter Mayhem, More on Manuscripts, and a British Political Murder (Mystery Book)
Thank you to all of you who’ve been steady subscribers for the past several months. I’m so grateful for each of you! If you’re noticing this email looks a little different (hopefully better) than my previous ones, I’m using a new provider called Substack. This will hopefully keep my emails out of your SPAM folders and make it easier for me to share updates.
More on Manuscripts
If you follow me on Instagram, I post regularly about my writing journey and updates, but here is the long version (this is a newsletter, after all.)
The more I’ve been posting about my work, a common response I’ve been getting (from non-writers) is: If your book is done, why can’t I read it yet?
I would love to pull out a polished, signed copy of my recent brainchild and say here you go. Sadly, all I have is six-plus Google Docs and a printed draft that I forgot to put page numbers on.
My goal is to make writing books my career, and to do that, I’m pursuing traditional publishing, which means I need an agent.
This means that it might be a long time until I have that printed copy, but for what I’m envisioning for my career, this is the direction I’m trying out. If I happen to change my mind along the way, well, then you’ll likely hear about it in one of these emails.
One exciting step is I submitted a short story to an anthology magazine. If it gets accepted, I’ll likely begin to reach out to agents with my finished book so I can reference a recent publication online.
In smaller manuscript news (but no less exciting) I’ve gotten good feedback from Beta Readers and my growing online community of writers. It’s been a blessing to connect with new writers and see the stories they are creating. Much love to you all!
A Book I’m Loving
As mentioned, I received a recommendation to read The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe. This book is a satirical work that mixes political critique with dark academia, murder mystery, and autofiction.
I really had no idea what I was getting into, but I’ve been enjoying the writing style, and the 1980s University of Cambridge lore.
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