So, that happened

[textualdeviance]

I finished my book.

The one I'm writing, that is.

OK, not totally finished. It needs a crapload of editing to get anywhere near where I want it before I go pinging agents. But the story and rough draft are now complete. About 45k words right now, should be about half again when I'm done with the final edits.

I envy folks who can bang out the 50k-word novels for NaNo. That's just not how I work, though. Attention span, fickle muses, etc. It's taken me three years to get this far, and it's the first real novel-sized thing I've ever finished (more or less.)* So, yeah. Pretty pleased with myself.

It's probably not the Great American Fantasy Novel or anything, but I do think it's a fun little read, and I hope it's good enough to get out there in the world in some professional fashion eventually. We'll see, I guess. :)


*We'll just ignore the fact that my ongoing A/B/C fic universe thusfar has about the same word count. What? My muses are pervy little bastards.

Comments

[pottsfanatic.livejournal.com]

Yay! for you...can't wait til you get it all finished and we can have a read. From what you've told me so far it seems really interesting. Congrats! (and don't worry about the A/B/C stuff...it helps to keep the juices flowing xD )

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

Once I get the top-level edit done, I'll smush it all into a doc and let you have a read. I'm interested in getting some story/characterization feedback from various folks, so I can fix any big problems before I go sending it to an agent.

And yes... Juices. ;)