UNDER THE COVERS
Clock-watching
Gillian Harvey is evolving a whole new theory of time based on waiting to hear how her manuscript is faring
Whether you’re a seasoned, contracted writer, or someone like me scrabbling for leftovers in the slush pile, you’ll probably have noticed that the wheels of the publishing industry turn painfully slowly.
At this moment, I have a book on sub to publishers. And – since it was sent into the world – have been eagerly anticipating responses for… oh god: what seems like Years.
Because, as anyone who’s been on sub, or sent a novel to agents, or simply spent a while trying to get pen to paper knows, time isn’t as fixed as we might imagine.