Sometimes I wonder why I set timeline goals for myself. It reminds me of the four rules of planning on TikTok.
#1. Make the plan
#2. Execute the plan
#3. Expect the plan to go off the rails
#4. Throw away the plan

Right now, I am throwing away the plan. No less than a day after I made the query timeline, I got news from a friend that aspects of the publishing industry may be slowing down right now. It is understandable, and I need to take a breath. Let’s be clear, I am not stopping. I will engage in a variety of activities that further my progression towards publishing.

I have continued researching querying, which led me back to working on my social media standing. Oh Facebook, how I loathe thee. I need to embrace the platform, but it is so late in the game that I am having difficulty getting off my high horse of not using it. I need to look beyond the way Facebook was initially used (stupidly) and see the marketing/connecting potential.

I’m also editing/writing the book specific portion of the query letter. The immense information found on Query Shark blog has really given me direction. I took the initial blurb written for the book and have edited/transformed it no less than ten times. Some of the editing rounds were minor, but many were almost rewrites of entire sections. I will let the new book explanation breathe for a day, and then look at it again.

Thankfully, my family took time this weekend to walk around the neighborhood. We really enjoyed seeing all the plants in bloom!