Hien Nguyen Writes

 So. Funny story. Do you recall when I said I was going to take a long mental break from my manuscript and maybe query this fall? I finished my manuscript with one major revision (mostly of major structure and the addition of some scenes) in September. I felt a bit meh  about it. Well, last week I received news that my submission to Avengers of Colour was accepted and June Hur had selected me as her mentee. I thought I was mistaken for a second after receiving the e-mail.  But, here we are. So, the "long break" plan is scrapped and I will be instead undergoing some serious revision with the aim of querying this year. It's scary and exciting. I'm grateful, for both the mentorship and the little community it's already conjured.  For now, I'm reviewing some work for my critique partners. Then, hopefully, I'll be diving deep into revisions. Wish me luck! 😬

 Hi there :) It's been a while. I've actually been working on my first complete novel manuscript. As per usual, I vacillate in how I feel about it. BUT the important thing is: the manuscript is complete. I'll be taking a mental break from the work for a while before going back to do another revision. The goal is  to query sometime in fall, but we will see how I feel. I have my next project planned, which is very exciting and hoping that will be my NaNo project this year. Shoutout to my 7th grade class for being correct. It only took 17 years but that's okay. Anyhoo, cheers!