Halfway mark.
Jun. 11th, 2013 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plutherus183: He recognized the area from the description Sam recorded in the last minutes of his life.
And... check out that number. Half a year exactly. Which is kind of strange, as I started this whole thing 11 months ago. Man, I missed a lot of days.
I'm about halfway through the story, though, now. Which means, actually, that I would have actually finished within about a year if I'd have actually written every day as I'd planned.
But, even at this rate, I'll have completed a novel in about two years. Well, I'll have completed the first draft of a novel in about two years. After getting it all typed in, I plan on giving it a once-over myself before sending it out to volunteers for feedback. Then, I guess, one more pass, based on everybody's feedback, and start sending it out to publishers, while I start my next one.
Or is that hopelessly naive?
I don't know what I'll do next. Work on Jahid, probably, and/or the John Brown project. I really kinda want to do the John Wilkes Booth play, still, too. Then there's a couple of other novels I want to write, and at least a dozen short stories I have jotted notes for. Man, I wish I didn't have to do anything but this all day long.
But then I remember I'm in this for the long haul. I'm 46 now. That means I can retire and write full-time in about 20 years. At that point, all these projects, and a few more I haven't thought of yet, should be done, and I should have gained enough experience to be good at it.
And... check out that number. Half a year exactly. Which is kind of strange, as I started this whole thing 11 months ago. Man, I missed a lot of days.
I'm about halfway through the story, though, now. Which means, actually, that I would have actually finished within about a year if I'd have actually written every day as I'd planned.
But, even at this rate, I'll have completed a novel in about two years. Well, I'll have completed the first draft of a novel in about two years. After getting it all typed in, I plan on giving it a once-over myself before sending it out to volunteers for feedback. Then, I guess, one more pass, based on everybody's feedback, and start sending it out to publishers, while I start my next one.
Or is that hopelessly naive?
I don't know what I'll do next. Work on Jahid, probably, and/or the John Brown project. I really kinda want to do the John Wilkes Booth play, still, too. Then there's a couple of other novels I want to write, and at least a dozen short stories I have jotted notes for. Man, I wish I didn't have to do anything but this all day long.
But then I remember I'm in this for the long haul. I'm 46 now. That means I can retire and write full-time in about 20 years. At that point, all these projects, and a few more I haven't thought of yet, should be done, and I should have gained enough experience to be good at it.
