Year 1 of Querying Under My Belt

[HayleyGF]

Hello, Litopia! I'm so excited to join you here. I'm Hayley, and I'm a freelance editor, videomaker, and mom of 2. After editing loads of novels I decided to write one myself. I spent 1 year writing it and 4 years editing it, and now I'm a year into querying. Born and raised in Wisconsin, now settled in the Milwaukee area after 13 years in Seattle. Damn glad to meet you!

 

[Emily]

Welcome to the Colony and damn glad you are here

 

[Robert M Derry]

Hey Hayley, welcome to Litopia.

 

[Carol Rose]

Welcome!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Hello and welcome!

 

[ghuffman]

Welcome, Hayley!

 

[Marc Joan]

Welcome!

 

[Barbara]

Welcome to the Colony.

 

[HayleyG]

Hello fellow Hayley! I'm also about a year into querying. I have my fingers crossed for you!

 

[yanapuma]

Welcome Hayley

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[HayleyGF]

Hello fellow Hayley! I'm also about a year into querying. I have my fingers crossed for you!

My fingers crossed for you, too!

 

[HayleyGF]

Hello fellow Hayley! I'm also about a year into querying. I have my fingers crossed for you!

Whoa! And 2 Hayley G's at that!

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome to the Colony! My husband has family in Wisconsin--way up north in Saxon.

 

[HayleyG]

Yeah I only joined Litopia the day before you - so I got to be HayleyG

 

[Emily]

And 2 Hayley G's at that!

What are the chances?! At first, I thought you were the same person (two HayleyG's joining within 24 hours of each other!)

 

[HayleyGF]

@Rainbird @HayleyG and redheads! LOL! If your G stands for German then this will officially be TOO. MUCH.

 

[Emily]

Yes, and there was a great resemblance in your photos (even though one was an illustration, lol)

 

[Lex Black]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[Ann B.]

Hi Haley, welcome

 

[HayleyG]

What are the chances?! At first, I thought you were the same person (two HayleyG's joining within 24 hours of each other!)

I'm in London, England, and my surname is Gullen, so hopefully the similarities end there

(This is the point at which we find out we've been writing exactly the same novel...)

 

[yanapuma]

welcome to the twilight zone!!!!

 

[Webbwalker]

I've been terribly busy and not keeping up so sorry if I missed any welcomes. Hello all!

 

[Haze O'Hagan]

Hello, Litopia! I'm so excited to join you here. I'm Hayley, and I'm a freelance editor, videomaker, and mom of 2. After editing loads of novels I decided to write one myself. I spent 1 year writing it and 4 years editing it, and now I'm a year into querying. Born and raised in Wisconsin, now settled in the Milwaukee area after 13 years in Seattle. Damn glad to meet you!

Welcome! Having the experience of being an editor must be a dream come true for a writer.

 

[HayleyGF]

Welcome! Having the experience of being an editor must be a dream come true for a writer.

It's a bit of a mixed bag, actually! My sentence constructions are always tidy and grammatical, but each and every word is like pulling teeth. I have a hard time just letting go and getting the words on the page.