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I just had to share this with you guys. After nearly 2.5 years, I finally finished my first book. It's a whopper at 188,000 words, but that can be tightened up in the 2nd draft.
Wow, it feels AWESOME to have that beast over with... Of course, that only means I'll have to tackle book 2, but that can wait for another day.
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Thank you one and all for the grats. It's truly been a long freakin' haul with this book. Not sure how I'll manage to trim it, but maybe when it stops being my baby... by that time, I'll prolly be ready to start Bk 2 ('course, I have NO idea what I want to happen for Bk 2 anyway).
Hildy, absolutely! Your feedback is world class, spot on-- I truly couldn't consider it finished til I have your blessing. What's the last thing I sent you and I will send you the rest.
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No, cheers are always welcome...! I knew you guys more than most would appreciate the tremendous feeling of relief and accomplishment. My friends are mostly, "oh. that's cool." You guys KNOW what it means to bleed a novel/story out.
And actually, even if it's not publishable-- I still like it, and I still get to say, I FINISHED IT. That's worth more than anything.
Not that I'm not going to try to get it published... LOL.
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We're all here for you in the attempt to move to that stage, each in our own way. My way mostly involving lots of unnecessarily cruel laughter Posts: 8322 | Registered: Aug 1999
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