I KNOW my word count thing says I’m still over 6,000 words shy of my goal for Amazon Ink, but I am DONE. I was originally shooting for 90,000 words but the acceptable range (I think/hope) is 85 to 95. I am just a little over 1,000 short of 85 on my first draft.
I know how I write and I know another 1,000 plus words will come out in revisions. There is a distinct possibility an entire scene will appear–which would put me nicely over the 85. So, as I said, I am DONE!
Yay! Funny how good you feel when you finish even though I enjoyed writing this book (for the most part). There was a section where things got dicey, but I pushed through and got to the last act where a lot of lovely action ensued. I love the action. Love writing it. I think if I could write a book of nothing but fight scenes I would oh so happy. And really good conflict filled dialogue. I love that too.
So, now I will pay bills (something I don’t love) and tomorrow I will set to work revising either this or the Bite that is due July 1. Maybe a bit of both….
Awesome! Any word on pub date?
by Chris Howard June 10th, 2008 at 6:22 pmMarch! It got moved up.
by Lori June 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pmLori