Saturday, June 20, 2009

THE END

I. Did. It. Today, I wrote THE END and finally finished my women's fiction novel! Yippee. Hooray. Woo hoo. Snoopy dance. I can't believe it. Novel writing is very HARD. Much harder than I thought it would be. It takes discipline, determination and doggedness. Also, I didn't realize the lonliness that would be involved. Sometimes I feel like I'm in my writing cave, hunkered over my keyboard, rubbing my wrists or back while the bright sunshine gleams through the window, teasing me. I tell it to leave me alone for I have to finish. Actually, I've become a pretty good hermit. Thank goodness for the writers' groups I've joined. We spur each other on and actually leave our computers for a few hours to socialize. Here are the stats: I finished at 1:24 p.m. on June 20, 2009. That's when I wrote THE END and hit the 93,000-word mark (that's over 300 typewritten pages). Spouting off all these stats makes me feel like a proud mother. Honestly, I almost feel like I gave birth. (It wasn't as painful as my natural childbirth but darn close.) I'm so happy I could cry--or do a Snoopy dance. Maybe I'll do both. Just had to share. Thanks to everyone for their support over the past 1.5 years. Huge smile.
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  1. Palooski65June 20, 2009 at 11:57 PM

    Congratulations! It's a great feeling when you put that finis on. It's also a sort of sweet/sad time. Like taking your child to school the first day.

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  2. BethJune 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    Thanks, Ginny. I couldn't wait for this day. Now for the business of finding an agent and getting it published!

    You're right that finishing it is slightly melancholy. I already miss my characters. Good thing it's a prequel and I'm one-third into the sequel so I don't have to miss them for long. But I think I'll take a break, write some short stories for a month and then get back to a MS I began over two years ago (a romantic suspense).

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  3. JessJune 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    I vote for the Snoopy Dance!

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  4. Palooski65June 28, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    The Snoopy Dance does it for me, too.

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  5. BethJune 28, 2009 at 10:18 PM

    I admit I did twirl around my office, punched my fists in the air, and screamed, "Woo hoo" among other things. :) Happy days. Now for one more big edit... (You know I hate editing--AGAIN--but I'll do it.) I'm ready to move on to the next novel.

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