April 24, 2006
11:07 am • Filed under: Uncategorized
I gave myself a goal this weekend of getting my word count to 45,000. And yahoo I did it! I am now 75% of the way through my wip!
Which excites me and frightens me all at the same time. Here’s how I feel - Yea, it’s almost done! And - It’s almost done????? Oh crap!
It’s exciting to be almost finished. This will be the first manuscript I’ve completed that I like (uh, the real first ms I completed is a real disjointed piece of you know what but we don’t need to talk about it), so I’m proud of that achievement. But on the flip side, now I have to go back and layer in some stuff, edit the crap, etc. and then submit it.
Oh boy.
And then once it’s submitted I have to sit around and wait and wait and wait and hope they won’t send me a R. And if I do get the dreaded R, then I hope it’s at least one with comments on how to improve.
See how my brain is working? I’m already jumping to the R I’m going to receive and I haven’t even completed it yet! I think I just need to take one step at a time and deal with that stuff later.
So I gotta go finish writing a love scene. My two were just about to have a little “Love in a Elevator” (think Aerosmith) but they got interrupted. They’ve now moved on to a balcony. Whoo-hoo!
Julie S says:
That’s so great - Congratulations!
And don’t jump too soon to the R - it’s a great story that fits well with the line!
Becky says:
Good for you Karen!
At least when you submit to the UK they send you a nice confirmation letter. It feels very REAL when you get that letter. You know someone is actually gonna read it.
Becky
Julie S says:
They send a confirmation letter? That’s so good to know!
Karen, you must be having the best day. First, serious word count. And now… new reading material! You must be psyched! Now, don’t let these new books stifle your writing momentum (like I did!).
Karen Erickson says:
Julie that is the best compliment you could’ve given me. Made my evening.
And thanks for letting us know about the confirm letter, Becky. That’s cool. At least you know they rec’d it…
Stacy Dawn says:
AWESOME!! Good for you!
Reign in the brain…I know it’s hard but thinking too far ahead, and the way you are thinking, might get you depressed. If you can’t then just change the way you think. Instead of thinking waiting waiting waiting, think of the next story your going to write during that time. And instead of thinking R, think about the Revision letter you are going to get because they absolutely LOVE your story.