This week I had a fun time going on a solo writing retreat in the Finnish towns of Hämeenlinna and Tampere. I started the second draft of my Pride and Prejudice retelling that I wrote the first draft of last November. As all my other writing projects are now on hold, I decided it was the perfect time to get back to this project!
I finished the fifth draft of Project Prehistory in June, and in July I have been preparing for querying. I've read books and watched hundreds of YouTube videos on the querying process, and I've written the first drafts of both the query letter and the synopsis. I have a blog post about how I wrote my synopsis, but since I wrote the synopsis while I was working on draft three, it needs to be updated. But luckily, it seems to be mostly in order!
I have also been working on a cozy fantasy short story. I wrote the second draft in May and June, and in July I sent it to beta readers. I just received their feedback, and I need to revise the short story before it's ready to be submitted to magazines.
In the spring, I submitted a literary fiction short story to three magazines. In July, I sent it to another magazine and received one form rejection. In August, I'm sending it to one more magazine. We'll see if one of them picks it up.
If you want to see more about my solo writing retreat and the museums and a medieval castle I visited, check out this writing vlog:
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