God, has it been that long since I posted over here? I haven't even wished you congrats, Jennie - so, congrats!
I finished my novel last night - final word count: 63,789 words, which put me firmly on page two of the word count list last night but I am about to get knocked off this morning. Oh well, I can still say I made it to page two! But more importantly, I FINISHED!!!
I have to thank Sue for telling me about NaNoWriMo - it made my unbearable November much more bearable! And Jennie - thanks so much for providing this blog to come rant on. And thanks to everyone who was so encouraging! You guys all rock, you know that?
It's still not as long as Shadows of the Past (64,649 words, twelve chapters, 107 pages) - Winter's Path is 63,789 words, nineteen chapters, and 100 pages, and I don't think it's as long as the novel I wrote when I was fifteen and sent to publishers when I was 18, but I didn't have word count back then, so who knows! That one is about 120 pages printed out on a dot matrix printer in whatever that font was way back in the 80's ('89 to be exact). I have been meaning to transcribe it into Word for about 2 yrs now, so maybe this will be the kick in the pants I need - I've transcribed most of my other stuff. I'd love to polish it up more and give it another go around at the publishers.
Well, we're heading back to Michigan today and won't be back 'til after December 1, so I'm not too sure how much computer time I will have, so good luck to the rest of you - keep truckin'! I know it's corny, but I think we're all winners just for trying this - it takes a special breed, ya know? *g*
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone! (And a Happy Thursday to you, Sue! Oh BTW, I TRIED to make Marc be from Canada, but he just was NOT having any of it! I guess his ancesters were - I mean, why else would he be so insistent that THAT'S how his name was spelled!)
Hugs!
Oh yeah - is anyone taking a crack at NaNoEdMo?
