A brief recap. I finished my third novel about three months ago. Instead of self-publishing: arranging marketing, blog tours and posting my book using the many channels available to us indie-writers, as I have learnt to do from previous iterations, I decided to take the plunge and try the traditional publishing route. So what has happened in the past three months? Not much in terms of what I would call a successful outcome, but a lot of progress in terms of my personal learn

In a previous blog post, I shared some thoughts about giving traditional publishing a chance. I have already published two novels independently, and I feel like I should — at very least — learn about the other side and make an educated decision about which way to work. So I did it. The learning curb is pretty steep, I'll admit. Since I shared that deliberation, I have: — Researched how the process works and what needs to be done — Written a more-or-less standard query lette