Wow. Holy shit. I did it. I just finished. 442 pages. *makes a vague attempt to figure out how many new words* Oh, hell, I don’t know. About 15,000. I ended up with not less than 4000 *more* words than I started out with, and I completely rewrote at least 3 chapters. Enough; it was enough.
A week ago I did not want to turn this book in. Today I am satisfied enough with it to do so. This is an enormous relief. Finishing books–even revising them–is not exactly new to me at this point. Deciding a week before they’re due that they need to be shredded and redone is something else entirely. I do not care to repeat that experience.
(Fortunately, I have a new PRINTER, because TED ROCKS, so I don’t *have* to repeat that experience.)
Tomorrow morning I’ll do my spellcheck, fix my NOTES:, see if there are any transitory scenes I can polish up a little more (I know there are some that need it), and send COYOTE DREAMS off to the agent and the editor.
Wow. Holy cow. I did it.
And when I flipped unexpectedly to the last paragraphs of the last chapter, I thought they were good enough to make me want to stab myself in the heart from the AUGH.
It’s either a really good sign or a really bad sign when your own writing takes you off-guard like that. I like to think it’s a good sign. ’cause, AUGH!
Two down. Eight to go.
ytd wordcount: 71,500
In addition . . .
CATIE ROCKS!!
Whoo-hoo Catie!
8 more that must be all series! you need a messue on speed dial.
Actually, 8 more is 3 different series!
-two more Old Races contracted for LUNA (first one was turned in in January)
-four more Strongbox Chronicles contracted for Bombshell
-two epic sf contracted for Del Rey
*beams at Jai* Thanks. :)
Awesome!! So glad for you that your wonderful Ted was able to bring home the printer. Really looking forward to reading your new book (and the ones to come in the future too).
CONGRATS! That’s AWESOME! I also can’t wait to read it. :)
Sure and I never doubted you for a minute!