The Neuro-is-a-butthead finish-it challenge

NeuroFizz · Aug 3, 2009

I finally get to post in my own thread. I just sent a draft of my non-fiction book (Encyclopedia of Marine Science) to the series editors. It's been a massive project, and there still will be a bunch of work to be done, but the big bolus is clear of my desk for now. This has been like writing ten novels...

Oh, yeah. And I had another journal paper published in a scientific journal. Another is about to be submitted to another journal.

I can't give myself an "I am a butthead" rep, so I'll just do it here.

I am a butthead.

Wayne K · Aug 4, 2009

I sent it for you.

bettielee · Aug 16, 2009

Neuro, YOU ARE A BUTTHEAD!

I finally get to say it.

Finished book II of my III book (planned) trilogy (If I may be so bold....)

I FINISHED IT! WHOOOOOO!

Cranky · Aug 16, 2009

Finished and submitted two very short stories for an anthology. Go me! (Actually did that early Saturday morning)

Aggy B. · Aug 31, 2009

Submitted another short.

And the previous one got rejected and promptly resubmitted (to different publishers.)

That put me at two stories submitted, one rejection. Go me.

Terie · Sep 22, 2009

Finished the draft of my first adult novel this morning. It's not the first draft, but a major overhaul of the first draft (as in, cut off the last half of the first draft, rewrote the first half and wrote something completely different for the second half). Now I just need to make a final pass before shooting it off to my agent next week. Whew!

Aglaia · Sep 23, 2009

I finished the first draft of my first novel. Yay me!

Bubastes · Oct 3, 2009

I finished and submitted a 6000-word short story today.

ETA: and sold it 27 days later!

heyjude · Oct 28, 2009

Finished--80K crime fic.

Is Neuro getting tired of saying he's a butthead yet?

Parametric · Nov 15, 2009

This is how much of a butthead you are:

Late on the 31st of October I finished the beta draft of my third novel (over six months' work) and mailed it out to beta readers. Half an hour later, I resumed work on my stalled fourth novel for Nanowrimo. I hit 50k on night fourteen. Tonight I finished the novel.

That's two first drafts and one major revisions beta draft finished in the last eight months, making this officially my most productive year ever. And it's my 21st today. So I am terribly, terribly full of myself.

erinbee · Nov 24, 2009

Hey, Neuro, you're a butthead. CASE IN POINT: I finished and turned in my book-length manuscript three months before deadline last Monday. BOOM!

bettielee · Dec 26, 2009

Mr. Neuro! You are a butthead, Sir! Second time I have gotten to say that since finding this thread and joining AW!

Last time, it took 8 months or so to get to the "Neuro is a butthead" - but this time, 103K in less than two months.

whoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

mario_c · Jan 25, 2010

Well done, non-butthead club.

And I'm so excited to post in this thread, because it can only mean one thing.
Script #5 is "done".
By "done", I mean it needs better development for some character relationships, and some filler scenes to build the tension in act 3...and with that, it'll still be a big shiny turd of a script, but I don't even care because it's DONE. Going to WGA and copyright before my ski vacation next weekend, too.

Namatu · Jan 26, 2010

I finished my WIP last Friday and it will be going out to betas this week!

bettielee · Feb 11, 2010

Hello again. I love that I am two posts away from my last post.

Mr Neuro! You are a butthead, sir! Third time I get to say this.

This time: 1 month, ten days and 95,597 words, 465 manuscript pages.

uh huh. Oh yeah. mmm-hmm....

Now on to editing that Spiritcaster manuscript.

heyjude · Mar 5, 2010

I loooooove coming to this thread and saying "Finished another ms!" (Especially this ms. in particular.)

Marzipan · Mar 6, 2010

HAH! I finished the first draft of my YA Urban Fantasy! HA YOU BUTTHEAD! lol

Dorothea May · Mar 15, 2010

I finished the first draft of my first ms.

90k--and it almost killed me.

Now begins the hard part.

Eddyz Aquila · Mar 15, 2010

Neuro, you're a butthead. There, I said it.

Having said that, I'm also saying that I finished my first novel. Am I not AWsome or what?

goddessofthehunt · Mar 28, 2010

Finished the first draft of my first-ever novel, Coldfire, last night. I handwrote it so I'm now going through the gruelling task of typing up the backlog of chapters I haven't had the time to type. The ms stands at over 130,000 words, with about ten more chapters to be typed up.

Yes, Eddyz, you are AWesome

jerry phoenix · May 10, 2010

WIP is ready for final edit but it is only a short-5K. resubbed two other shorts today, both around 2K.

got 4 shorts on submission all together plus my longshort/novellette which is shortlisted by the antho i subbed it to.

also sent my script out again recently.

will post here again when my wip is my latest sub.

jerry phoenix · May 13, 2010

my wip is now my latest submission. i sent it a few moments ago.

this means i have no wip. will have to come up with one soon.

also followed up a submission from nov last year-will most likely be resubbing this one next week

KyraDune · Aug 16, 2010

Angel - Short Story - Published in June
Flight of Dragons - Novella - Submitted
Best Kept Secret - Short Story - Submitted
The Good Ship Gehenna - Short Story - Submitted
Forever Stone - Short Story - Submitted

mario_c · Aug 28, 2010

Screenplay #6 done, FADE IN to FADE OUT. Not even a outline, dammit. (BTW there is only one way to finish a full length WIP, and that is well after 2AM after too many beers.)

Terie · Sep 4, 2010

Just finished the first draft of my latest WIP. Rewrites commence soon, but for now...well, to bed.

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