First draft finished
First draft of my second novel, finished today. Crazy. I started it in October 2005, and in the time between then and now I landed an agent, made a baby, had my first novel shopped around and rejected for two years, moved across the country…
250 pages. 74,627 words. A first draft is only the beginning, and the book will likely grow by at least 50 pages, but possibly 100 before it’s done. I have a lot of work ahead of me yet before it’s ready even for my agent to see it… But for tonight, no more work. Tonight I get to sit back and bask in the glow of Having Written another novel. Apparently the first one wasn’t a fluke. Go figure.
(yay!)
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WooHoo! I wish I could write. I mean, I can write, but after reading some of your excepts, you seem to be able to WRITE.
And finishing two novels while also making and raising a baby? Dude, you deserve more than one night to celebrate!
Can’t wait to buy it in a store and read it!
WooHoo! I wish I could write. I mean, I can write, but after reading some of your excepts, you seem to be able to WRITE.
And finishing two novels while also making and raising a baby? Dude, you deserve more than one night to celebrate!
Can’t wait to buy it in a store and read it!
Go, lady, go! Have a glass of wine and bask!
Go, lady, go! Have a glass of wine and bask!
That’s fantastic. Congratulations!
That’s fantastic. Congratulations!
Whoo Hoo! Congratulations! Bask in the glory before the revisions take over!!
Whoo Hoo! Congratulations! Bask in the glory before the revisions take over!!
very cool.
very cool.
Yay! Congratulations!
Yay! Congratulations!
YAY INDEED! WOOHOO!!!
YAY INDEED! WOOHOO!!!
Hurray!
Hurray!
Congratulations!
It can be so valuable to take stock, every once in a while, of how one’s life has evolved over the past couple of years. It’s amazing how fast life can change! What a wonderful set of developments you’ve had. And I’m so glad to hear that the novel has continually been growing and is coming to fruition!
Congratulations!
It can be so valuable to take stock, every once in a while, of how one’s life has evolved over the past couple of years. It’s amazing how fast life can change! What a wonderful set of developments you’ve had. And I’m so glad to hear that the novel has continually been growing and is coming to fruition!
Congratulations!!! What an accomplishment.
Congratulations!!! What an accomplishment.
oorah!
oorah!
Yaaaaay!! Congrats.
Yaaaaay!! Congrats.
WOOOOO! (and, jealous). WOOOOO! YAY!!!!! That is such a good feeling. Savor it!
WOOOOO! (and, jealous). WOOOOO! YAY!!!!! That is such a good feeling. Savor it!
Awesome. Congratulations–and keep us posted on revisions and such!
Awesome. Congratulations–and keep us posted on revisions and such!
Yay! Congratulations!
Yay! Congratulations!
HOORAY!!!! That’s absolutely fantastic.
HOORAY!!!! That’s absolutely fantastic.
yay!!! congrats, lady!
yay!!! congrats, lady!
Awesome, and congratulations!
Awesome, and congratulations!
Yay! YAY! Well done 🙂
Yay! YAY! Well done 🙂
hoorah! congratulations, my dear!!
hoorah! congratulations, my dear!!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!!!
Can’t wait to buy it at my local book store! Way to go!!
Can’t wait to buy it at my local book store! Way to go!!
Congratulations! I admire the discipline that you must have exercised to have achieved so much in such a relatively short time. Way to go!
Congratulations! I admire the discipline that you must have exercised to have achieved so much in such a relatively short time. Way to go!
congrats!
congrats!
Nice job. The second of many.
Nice job. The second of many.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!