Tonight I was delivered of a rough draft of a novel of speculative fiction, weighing in at 78 pages of single-spaced 12-point Helvetica. After 31 days of labor, I now have this sort of helpless squirming mass to deal with.
Soon, the editing will begin, but for now... I think I'm going to stop writing for a while, stop thinking about writing, and re-connect with the rest of my life.
Thanks to all of you that put up with my using this blog as a scoreboard, and still kept checking in. (I know your IP addresses, don't try to deny it!)
Thanks so much to all of you who sent me support and encouragement.
Holy shit.
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6 comments:
Bravo!
And please tell your blog I'm not in Gioia Tauro. I'm looking over my shoulder just considering the prospect.
Congratulations! Now have a drink. Quite an accomplishment!
And your blog pegs me correctly in Austin. Not so exotic.
I've never had a Kolache!! Can you believe it??
On another note, I see that you read Cryptonomicon - you should check out www.highwayhags.com - my new favorite blog. Two female truckers (VERY funny and very intelligent). One of them recently finished that book and did a little review on it.
Enjoy! And congratulations on hitting 50K!
Congrats. I'm with Boots - have a drink.
Thanks, all. Rest assured, a bottle of champagne was happily consumed Tuesday night...
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