I finished the first draft of my novel tonight. It clocks in at approximately 179,000 words and 589 pages. And at about 1-2 hours per page, that’s…well, a lot of hours spent working on this thing. I started this project in May 2003 and I’m a little miffed it took me that long to finish the first draft, but I have only myself to blame. I’m reasonably certain that the novel isn’t terribly good, but I’ll try to rework it into something a little more compelling. After I let it sit for a little while. The last hundred pages or so was a real bitch to slog through and there were a few occasions when I seriously contemplated shelving the whole thing. I’ll return to it before long, but I think my characters and I need some alone time. And there are some other stories that are beginning to unspool inside my head and I should probably put them to paper before they start cluttering up the place.
My book does have a title: State of Normal.
Congratulations!
Good-O! Needless to say, there are some who would truly like to read a few snippets. How about it?