Of course, I captured the moment with some pics for a blog post. Just wait until it is my very own ARC, or better yet, the published book. It'll probably look like my head is about to pop off.
My weekend consisted of a mad 500-yard dash of revising. Saturday was my deadline to release it for the first time in its entirety to a couple people to edit/critique it for me. Before that, I only had a critique partner work on a few chapters at a time. Anyway, I stayed up late on Friday until I was about to drop dead of exhaustion, and awoke early on Saturday and finished another edit. Tehehe! Plus, I wrote the book's ending which has been stashed away in my head for months now. I finally wrote it. And. It. Is. Beautiful.
All you writers out there, how did you feel the first time you printed off your manuscript? Were you as jubilant as I was, speechless, or did you really pass out?
That feeling was so wonderful! The words that I'd written were on printed page! And then the honeymoon was over, and I realized that my "finished" novel needed a lot more work than I'd ever considered. I became embarrassed that there was physical evidence of some of the literary atrocities I'd committed. Those first copies are now safely buried where the light of day may never find them. =) Now I'm super excited for the printing of my rewritten novel! It still needs some work, as it sits around 115k words--but Kinkos is going to love me. ^_^
ReplyDeleteGreat post, and good luck! =)
Amanda, I see what you're saying. I read 3/4 of the manuscript and there is a lot work that can be done on it. I will have fun reworking it and hopefully my editors will find things that I am oblivious to becuase I've been working on it for so long. Good luck to you as well.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read your books Julia! I hope to see you published soon so I can go out and buy one.
ReplyDeleteI hope to see me published too. My dad is reading my book and he can't put it down. Liz, it is a real thing. Can't believe it. Ahh! Well, it's a reall thing that needs lots more work.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Julia!!! That is SOOOO exciting!! You are an inspiration. I think about doing that when I'm stuck, so I can't WAIT to be in your shoes!! Can't wait to see you published!
ReplyDeleteYes, I felt the exact same way! Seeing all the slaved-over pages printed out really does make the accomplishment feel more real. Good luck to you! Congrats on having so many followers on your blog. I just started mine. hopefully I will build a following too!
ReplyDelete