The manuscript has been formatted, and the cover resized and made into a PDF. A bunch of questions and options are set, and now it’s just a bit of waiting and last checks before publication. First as a paperback and then soon after as a digital version.
It’s been 2517 days since I started writing on book one. And though I’ve had long breaks, including writing the first draft of another book, it’s been a fair while. But what an experience it has been.
The first day I wrote, I wrote eleven pages (4333 words). However, that text required extensive editing, and as I continued writing, I also revised my previous work. That helped me remember where I was in the story, and also get a handle on some of the worst errors right away. I have had days where I wrote as much as on the first day, but not more than one or two.
“We don’t do it because it’s easy. We do it because we thought it would be easy.”
I read this quote a few days ago and think it’s both funny and, to a large extent, valid. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I first started writing. And I’m delighted I didn’t. Because it’s unlikely that I would have prevailed as a starter at all. When the first draft was done in mid-2019, I still had to do a lot of editing to get the text presentable. But I did it, and now I know that I can (even if I easily forget it). If anyone wants to read the first book, well, that’s another story. But because I have written the book and will publish it, I will find out. Either way, I will most likely continue to write my story. Since it’s not done, it’s good fun to do, and I know I can.
