It’s finished!

That’s right: with a final word count of 168,316, the rough draft of The Lost Colony is now complete!

I am SO close…

Man, I am so close to finishing this novel!  I’m at the last part of the last chapter, with the closing scene and the last viewpoint.  Man!  I’m going to finish it tomorrow! In other news, my sister Sarah just got married, I packed all my junk and put it in storage, and I’m getting… Continue reading I am SO close…

First submission sent off!

Yep, that’s right!  This past Thursday I sent off the first three chapters plus a synopsis to Tor for them to consider!  It was all part of the English 318 final.  And…I’m not exactly sure how I feel about sending it out just yet…

FREEDOM!!

Well, not quite yet.  There’s still exams.  But no more classes!!!  Yay!  I’m so relieved! It’s been so awesome to have free time again.  Unfortunately, these past two days I’ve squandered it quite a bit, and haven’t written a whole lot.  I changed that today, though, and wrote about 1,440 words.  Still…man, only about a… Continue reading FREEDOM!!

Down to the last stretch

…in more ways than one.  School is coming to a close, I’m making my final preparations for the study abroad, and this novel is only one or two chapters from completion (in rough draft form, that is.  Very rough draft form).  Now that I’m almost finished with this draft of the novel, I’m able to… Continue reading Down to the last stretch