I'm Done

As of today, I have finished the final draft of my novel. Now, that doesn't mean there's no editing to do, but I have the plot the way I like it and the time has come to do a quick edit before I ship it off to my beta readers. This has me excited like you wouldn't believe!

That being said, my right brain is a pile of goo right now (I wrote about 15k words in the past 3 days, 7500 of that being on one day), and so even writing this post is a challenge. I think it's time to take a few days (hopefully a full week) off to relax, and then come back to my draft with fresh eyes to edit before I send it off to my beta readers.

This is not the end of the journey. In fact, it is only the beginning.

The Big Finale

     The end is near. The end of my story, that is. I have come a long ways since the start of this year, about the time when I really dug in and started working on finishing my final draft. I have somewhere in between 5-10 chapters left to write, and I intend to get those written within the next handful of days. Yes, that is about 10-15k words.

     But hey, why not?

     After I finish, I will be taking a break from my story. For one whole week, I won't even look at my outline. Then, I shall begin the painful process of editing in order to get it publishing worthy by summer.

    Wish me luck, this is where the real work starts.