Shannon Mackie

Emerging Speculative Fiction Author, Detroiter, Reader

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It takes a long time to write a novel.

May 2020Completed final version and began querying
February 2020Hired sensitivity reader
January 2020Hired developmental editor
November 2019Queried 12 agents, received 5 rejects and 7 no responses
November 2019Started version 8 – 59,000 words
August 2019Started version 7 – 59,000 words
June 2019Started version 6 – 58,000 words
May 2019Attended writers’ conference
April 2019Started version 5 – 62,000 words
March 2019Recruited three beta readers
February 2019Started version 4 – 61,000 words
November 2018Started version 3 – 60,000 words
October 2018Started version 2 – 50,000 words
November 2017Wrote 20,000 words as part of National Novel Writing Month
October 2017Completed novel outline

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