NOVEL-WRITING LOG: It was 40 weeks ago today....

Well, not really, but "somewhere around 300 days ago" wouldn't sound nearly as catchy. In any case, February 24 is exactly ten months after starting the right-brain novel last April 24, and I emailed the last draft to my writing coach for a final read-through on February 18. I may re-purpose it a bit to make it more genre-friendly, but basically it's done. I am quite pleased with it; I just haven't felt like blogging about it. I still don't, actually, but I have felt totally uninspired today, so I figured at least I could get the three-week-old weather report off the front page of this blog.

So at last I have joined the ranks of the untold thousands of writers with an unpublished novel manuscript lurking in a drawer somewhere (hard drive, in my case). So no longer am I merely and proverbially "working on a novel" -- I've actually GOT one! I still haven't decided whether this is a milestone or a millstone (ha). Both, I guess. Now to decide where and how to publish it.

I will probably go back to work on the LEFT-brain novel later this week. Oh, and I have had two short stories accepted into anthologies since the new year began. One is a rewrite of a story that originated in 1995; the other is an excerpt from novel #3 -- so maybe we'll call that the "middle-brain novel" (double-ha).

Go me.

Bill's Right-Brain Novel,
as of February 18, 2008:

50,422 / 50,000 (100.8%)

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

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Comments

[Marcy]

Mucho congratulations, Bill! Join the club. As for me, I have five of those novels languishing. It's gotten so I don't even have the heart to send em out anymore. I hope you have better luck.