I am so close right now to finishing my second full novel, Genesis Earth. Just two more scenes. One final scene to wrap up the chapter, and the epilogue to finish the book.
Am I excited? Am I pumped up? I guess. Right now, the thing that’s on my mind the most is getting this story out to my first readers. I’m eager to hear their reactions to the story, and the fact that I have about a dozen people waiting for me to email them the completed draft gives me a lot of motivation to finish the thing.
To be honest, though, this novel has always been like…I don’t know, the second choice girl you always go back to because she doesn’t say no (speaking theoretically, of course, and not from experience (A) ). Up until the last month, it’s always been the project I worked on when I didn’t have anything else to do–and now that 318 has started again, I’m trying to get rid of it as fast as I can so I can focus on that one.
Still, for the weird fluke that it’s been, I’m pretty satisfied with it. I know it’s a rough draft–it still feels like one–and it’s going to need a lot of polishing, but I’m happy to almost have it finished (how weird is that? like being engaged to be engaged?) I guess, I just mean that the thought of having another novel under my belt is something I’m looking forward to.
I guess I’m not in a position to sit back in the overstuffed easy chair in my library and expound on the process of writing this novel, especially since the rough draft isn’t even finished. But it will be finished within the next 24 hours, even if I have to kill myself (or at least sacrifice my homework) to get it done! And when that’s done, I can do all the expounding I want! Yay for motivation.
Oh, and there’s other stuff I should write about, but it’s 2:30 AM and in case you haven’t noticed, I’m feeling rather loopy. Gnight.
