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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52 comments on “First draft finished
  1. Sandra says:

    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!

  2. Sandra says:

    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!

  3. nipper jenn says:

    Go, lady, go! Have a glass of wine and bask!

  4. nipper jenn says:

    Go, lady, go! Have a glass of wine and bask!

  5. Kathy says:

    That’s fantastic. Congratulations!

  6. Kathy says:

    That’s fantastic. Congratulations!

  7. beverly says:

    Whoo Hoo! Congratulations! Bask in the glory before the revisions take over!!

  8. beverly says:

    Whoo Hoo! Congratulations! Bask in the glory before the revisions take over!!

  9. Lizbon says:

    YAY INDEED! WOOHOO!!!

  10. Lizbon says:

    YAY INDEED! WOOHOO!!!

  11. Hanna says:

    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!

  12. Hanna says:

    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!

  13. Melissa says:

    Congratulations!!! What an accomplishment.

  14. Melissa says:

    Congratulations!!! What an accomplishment.

  15. anina says:

    Yaaaaay!! Congrats.

  16. anina says:

    Yaaaaay!! Congrats.

  17. Tina says:

    WOOOOO! (and, jealous). WOOOOO! YAY!!!!! That is such a good feeling. Savor it!

  18. Tina says:

    WOOOOO! (and, jealous). WOOOOO! YAY!!!!! That is such a good feeling. Savor it!

  19. Annie says:

    Awesome. Congratulations–and keep us posted on revisions and such!

  20. Annie says:

    Awesome. Congratulations–and keep us posted on revisions and such!

  21. Riin says:

    Yay! Congratulations!

  22. Riin says:

    Yay! Congratulations!

  23. Phoe says:

    HOORAY!!!! That’s absolutely fantastic.

  24. Phoe says:

    HOORAY!!!! That’s absolutely fantastic.

  25. heather says:

    yay!!! congrats, lady!

  26. heather says:

    yay!!! congrats, lady!

  27. Muriel says:

    Awesome, and congratulations!

  28. Muriel says:

    Awesome, and congratulations!

  29. marrije says:

    Yay! YAY! Well done 🙂

  30. marrije says:

    Yay! YAY! Well done 🙂

  31. irene says:

    hoorah! congratulations, my dear!!

  32. irene says:

    hoorah! congratulations, my dear!!

  33. Knittripps says:

    Congratulations!!!

  34. Knittripps says:

    Congratulations!!!

  35. pattie says:

    Can’t wait to buy it at my local book store! Way to go!!

  36. pattie says:

    Can’t wait to buy it at my local book store! Way to go!!

  37. Isobel says:

    Congratulations! I admire the discipline that you must have exercised to have achieved so much in such a relatively short time. Way to go!

  38. Isobel says:

    Congratulations! I admire the discipline that you must have exercised to have achieved so much in such a relatively short time. Way to go!

  39. claudia says:

    Nice job. The second of many.

  40. claudia says:

    Nice job. The second of many.

  41. Jennifer says:

    Congratulations!

  42. Jennifer says:

    Congratulations!

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