Here It Is

I finished the typing and printed out the manuscript for my chief proofreader (and #1 fan) to read. It was kind of fun to listen to my  husband and son argue over who gets to read it first. =D The printed version is 506 pages long. I printed it double-sided for proofreading, so in standard manuscript format is would be twice as thick. Yikes. I know it's a little on the long side, but for sci-fi, it's an acceptable length. I wrote the thing in 14 months and 18 days, which comes out to 62.6 weeks, and it was 626 pages (by hand), so despite many ups and downs, I managed to average my goal of 10 pages per week. It was nice of the math to work out so easy like that.

I have been contemplating what to work on next. I feel lost with nothing to write. I did a little work last night on love song lyrics. Sigh. I am not great at lyrics, but I'll keep trying. I think the front-runner for my next writing project is a novella called Renegade, but I may write a Christmas story first. I just don't really have any Christmas story ideas right now. I've been spending my normal late-night writing time lying on the grass in the backyard staring up at the stars. It's so nice. I love that, but I'd love to get back to writing too. Soon!

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