So my boss has requested I return to work on May 23rd. That gives me another 9 days of isolation before I have to go back to my other job.
Mostly, I’m nervous. This feels too soon to me, but unfortunately those decisions are completely out of my hands. More critically, if I want to finish another novel for the end of June (and I do!), that means about 30-40k words in the next week (more or less), since I won’t be able to keep up this pace once returning to “more regular” hours.
Blargh. I really wanted another few months of this. But, what can you do.
I’m going to reach out to the folks I would like to be my agents (again), see if they’re still considering The Queen of the A.I.s for their representation work, and if not that gives me another 4 months to finish one of these novels as I publish that one. And if not (or if they continue to say nothing, which considering the times, might be what happens) I should still have time to finish this Tintian novel by the end of June. Or July at the latest. Which would still keep me on pace, although certainly less so.
Anyway. I should get back to it.
Oh, one quick positive note: I think today marks the first time I’ve ever sold two physical copies of a book on the same day! I have sold 9 or 10 digital copies in a day, but physical copies tend to only come in one at a time… so that’s another kinda sad, kinda happy note to my career thus far. Hopefully that pace picks up soon!