Oh man, if I could count the number of times I’ve said I was done with my book in the past 6 months, well, I guess I would feel like a liar. But, seriously, this time I mean it!
Six full times through on my own, seven readers, eight if you include myself. 69,536 words. 184 single spaced pages. D-O-N-E.
I’m not allowing myself to read it again right now. I’m of the opinion I could make subtle changes to my words for centuries. I’m ready to ship this bad boy out and get started on something fresh, something new.
So, in the spirit of publicly decreed focus, here is my remaining to-do list:
1. Format the sucker. You know, double spaced, indents, all that fun crap I should have been doing from day one of Nanowrimo. You live, you learn.
2. Write my generic query letter to be tweaked per agent. Oh yeah, and I guess write a synopsis too.
3. Enter my last line edits from my two superstar remaining readers.
4. Send the beast out, (starting with the 31 agents I compiled last May).
5. Wait, hope, wait, start something new.
There you have it, a plan, a little excitement, a little trepidation, a little self-doubt, a little self-congratulations. A little of everything really.
I know in reality, if it’s ever going to be read by a larger audience, it’s not done, it will have more editing, more rewriting as it moves through the various states of either traditional or self-publishing. But at least for today, it’s D-O-N-E.
oliviaobryon 
Congrats!! I know the feeling.
Thanks, here’s hoping something pleasant happens 😉
What a great feeling–congratulations! The good thing is, formatting should not be too difficult–a lot of it can probably be done with a ‘select all’ and a few keystrokes. The query, well, good luck. That and the synopsis are extremely difficult for me. But again, congratulations!
Thanks, regardless of whatever happens next, it feels nice to almost be ready for a new project. I agree about the querying/synopsis being challenging. I’ve often wondered how many agents actually ask for a synopsis, most I hear of want the whole manuscript or chunks…
Fabulous!
Let’s hope so 😉
Huzzah and good luck!
Thanks!
Keep writing. It’ll make waiting on those agents a bit more bearable. Good luck and congrats.
That’s the plan! 🙂 And, thanks, feels nice to be able to move on to something new soon!
I’m so excited for you LIV! 🙂
Woo-hoo! Time to hope and wait! You’re a great writer so congrats and here’s hoping for a great result!
Thanks for the kind words! Here’s hoping! (Or, at the very least, here’s celebrating time for something new! 😀