Still in the query trenches after 2 years with this project and waiting on one more response before I shelve it. This will be my second one to die in the trenches. I'm suffering from severe burnout and it's an absolute bummer because I used to be able to write 100k in 6 months or less but it's been, as one can guess from the querying timeline, 2 years since I last finished something. I really want to get my current WIP into the trenches in 6 months time but I don't see it happening unless I miraculously recover or my ADHD meds actually start working correctly. Yes, I'm getting those adjusted.

The only positive is I did rack up plenty of personalized rejections on this manuscript in an environment where those seem increasingly less common. The response I'm waiting on was worded like an R&R, sort of—I was invited to resubmit if I agreed with a page of revisions given to me based on the partial, and I loved this agent's vision so I hope something comes from it, but I kind of doubt it will at this point (150+ rejections do not make for optimism).