Cliff Jones Jr.<p>@writingcommunity@a.gup.pe How do you deal with the excruciatingly long wait between finishing a manuscript and seeing it in print?</p><p>My debut novella <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DRECK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DRECK</span></a> has been waiting with the publisher so long that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dreampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dreampunk</span></a> legend Jeff Noon read it and wrote a nice little review a full year and a half ago (<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bragging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bragging</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nameDropping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nameDropping</span></a>). Edits and illustrations are complete, just waiting in line behind one other book now. 🥲</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indieAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indieAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writersLife</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indieWriter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indieWriters</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JeffNoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JeffNoon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indieAuthorProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indieAuthorProblems</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/writerProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writerProblems</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indiePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indiePublishing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indiePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indiePress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sffh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sffh</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/specFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>specFic</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/speculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scienceFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scienceFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trippyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trippyFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dreampunkFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dreampunkFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weirdFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>weirdFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>novella</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/novellas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>novellas</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/adviceNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adviceNeeded</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/irrealist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>irrealist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/irrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>irrealism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/avantPulp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>avantPulp</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sleepstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sleepstream</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trippyCyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trippyCyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/debut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>debut</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookDebut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookDebut</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>newAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>newAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/upcomingBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>upcomingBooks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookNews</span></a></p>