Saturday, June 03, 2006

Six Years of My Life for this Purpose

I've done it! It's done! My novel is finally done! I just finished typing the last chapter. It's all there and it's glorious.
Of course, I haven't quite figured out how they defeat the trolls in the mountains just yet. I just kinda summarized parts of that chapter. And the beginning is too choppy, and there are all kinds of inconsistencies throughout the whole thing. Plus it's WAY too long. Right now it tops out at about 91,800 words. Unless you're J.K. Rowling, editors won't even consider anything over 80,000, preferably 60,000 for YA novels, like mine. But cutting is easier than adding, and heck, it's done!
Well...so I guess I'll go get drunk now.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mazel Tov! Can't wait to read it...

Anonymous said...

!!!!!!! Congrats! Amazing!

Jazz said...

Now I just have to do a few years of rewriting...