But when will the proposal be ready?

A common question and its exasperating answer: I don't know.

Happy Inauguration Eve, everybody.

This is a newsletter about why and how you might un peu lose your mind in the months between finding an agent and submitting your book proposal to publishers.

Of all the adjustments one has to make upon entry into book publishing from just about any other career, the hardest is learning to tolerate the uncertainty. Good…