Just finished the first draft...yay!

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98,600 words, 33 chapters, whew!

But I've got it done, baby. :D This is my second complete draft, my first WIP is in late-stage ediiting, hoping to find an agent or publisher for that one. This WIP I plan to self-publish as an e-book sometime this summer.

Still have to revise and edit and/or rewrite, but I've got the framework done at least. :)

Think I'll have me a glass of wine. It's been a long haul. :p
 

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Congrats!! : ))))

You've already accomplished more than a lot of folks. Keep truckin!
 

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CGs, and good luck with both books!
 

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Good job and good luck
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Thanks for the above :)

I've started the long process of editing and revision, but so far I'm happy with the way I've written it. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid having to rewrite large chunks of the ms. :) I just hope it's a story that people will enjoy reading, lol.
 

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Well, I'll feel better once I get this thing edited - the actual writing is more fun than doing line-by-line, lol. Hopefully I'll be able to hand it over to my primary beta reader next week and he can have fun marking it up...lol.

I'm excited though, it's going to be a fun, exciting story I hope many people will enjoy reading. :)
 

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Congratulations. Editing isn't as much fun but you've got to be objectively ruthless when you're editing. Sometimes I just want to cry when I'm slashing things down...
 

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My debut novel to be released on KDP - Winter Fall

Update - The first round of editing is now complete, as well as getting my ms past my main critter and initial beta reader with no major difficulties. :D It looks like the final word count will be a hair over 100k words, which is a pretty good length, imo. :)

I just have to find a few additional beta readers and do some more self-editing, however, I'm confident enough to set a release date of July 1 on KDP, with other platforms to follow a few months later. And yes, I'm very excited. :D

I'm working on my cover now - can anyone tell me if there's a proper forum to show possible covers for my novel to see what people think?
 
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