Update on Progess of Getting Published

Although it may not not seem that I am working on my actual books and the process of getting them published, I am I swear! I have entered the slow and at some points, painful process of creating lists of publishers and contacts. There is over 200 pages of publisher information in the book I am currently going through. Each with their own requirements and steps I must go through before they will even look at my manuscript!

Currently I am going through each entry, and after reading them carefully, highlighting the ones I feel are good candidates. This means that they are accepting manuscripts like mine in areas such as age level, genre, etc. It's almost like playing Guess Who! I go through each time saying "does this and this match this?"

I did go ahead and put together a worksheet that I will fill out each time I send out any material. This is key to keeping track of what you sent where and when. After all, there are over 100 publishing companies; each that require different things! Not something you could memorize and not such a good post-it-note project.

Today I am prepping to write a few general Query letters as well as a Cover Letter. First completing a little research before jumping in! I hope to have those completed today, or at least have a rough draft.

Other than that, not much else is going on! I will say that my (**cross fingers**) planned date to send out my first round of mail is on the 14th of July. That gives me approximately 14 days to get everything together. It also falls right after payday so that I can afford the stamps! Then, the slow and painful (yet exciting) waiting process will begin!

In other news, I am still working on the book reviews! It's been crazy lately, but I have checked the first round out! So look for a review soon! Also, Sally and Conrad (my fish) have survived 3 days and my new desk is still standing strong! Things are going well... and now I am off into the library world!
-Kat