Riding the Vaucoos-finished!

[marshall_payne]

Finished in that I typed The End on the third and final draft. It came in at 107,000 words with 18 chapters and an epilogue. (No prologue, but it doesn't need one.) Took a little over a month to rewrite this novel, working long hours most days and working at it some every day.

Now-marketing: query letters, synopsis etc.

Comments

[marshall_payne]

Thanks, Aliette!

Clearly an occasion to get these little critters out:

Oooh, two leaping, cavorting dragons. My SWFA-qualfying sale post only got one of these. Yes, I remember these little things. ;-)

[marshall_payne]

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! :-)

[marshall_payne]

Thanks, Charles!

[marshall_payne]

Thanks, Barbara!

My secret: "I quit my day job." Or haven't had a real one in so long I forgot what one was like. The Fix seems like a "day job" at times, but that's still something I enjoying doing. Oh, and I telemarket from home...as little as possible. ;-)

[marshall_payne]

My abundance of spare time is about to come to an end, so I'm glad I finished this part of the project.

[ckastens]

Wow! Congrats on the novel finish, and good luck with the next steps!

[marshall_payne]

Thanks, Chris!

[mylefteye]

I bet that feels good! Good luck with the pitches. Are you going to sub to agents or publishers?

[marshall_payne]

Both. Primarily agents. There's a lot of them out there I can garner form rejections from. But who knows.

Thanks, Mike! It does feel good. They say that you're a novelist not when you're writing one but when you finish one. I've finished novels before, but as soon as I typed The End that was the thought that sprung to mind.