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09-20-2013, 05:05 PM
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I've done it!
I have finally finished my book that I've been working on for 2 years! Well, I've finished the first draft. Now on to editing, rewriting, and deciding whether I should kill a character.
Being a published author has been a dream of mine for a long time, and with my hubby's blessing I quit my job last year to write and go back to substitute teaching. Very excited that I finally have something concrete to show him. 
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09-20-2013, 05:13 PM
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Congratulations!
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09-20-2013, 05:33 PM
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Wow! What an accomplishment! Congrats to you! Go celebrate with your wonderful husband.
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09-20-2013, 05:52 PM
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Wow! Congratulations!
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09-20-2013, 06:07 PM
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Congratulations! I also quit my job last year to finish my novel. I wish you much success as you move through the editing process.
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09-20-2013, 09:31 PM
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Congrats! I'm seriously impressed.
Do you read Query Shark? Because that blog is a must for anyone looking for an agent. I'm not even seriously writing at the moment (it goes in spurts) but I read her all the time. It's pretty funny and enlightening. I also recommend the Getting Past the Gatekeeper blog, although it hasn't been updated in quite a while.
What kind of book is it?
Also, if you need a copy/line editor, give me a PM (you too, Sen, or any writer!). I can do some content editing as well, and I will note if something leaps out at me, but I tend to miss the forest for the trees.
Last edited by angels&angles; 09-20-2013 at 09:34 PM.
Reason: first attempt really scattershot. This is why I'm a better editor than writer.
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09-20-2013, 10:36 PM
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Congratulations!
I would love to write a book.
Can't wait to read it!
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09-21-2013, 08:50 AM
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Congratulations!!
I've got to find time to write mine.
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09-21-2013, 11:01 AM
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Congrats! I left my full time job a year and a half ago to write and I've never looked back! Released my fourth book last month! Hooray for working in pj's!
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09-21-2013, 02:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by angels&angles
Congrats! I'm seriously impressed.
Do you read Query Shark? Because that blog is a must for anyone looking for an agent. I'm not even seriously writing at the moment (it goes in spurts) but I read her all the time. It's pretty funny and enlightening. I also recommend the Getting Past the Gatekeeper blog, although it hasn't been updated in quite a while.
What kind of book is it?
Also, if you need a copy/line editor, give me a PM (you too, Sen, or any writer!). I can do some content editing as well, and I will note if something leaps out at me, but I tend to miss the forest for the trees. |
Thanks for the encouragement guys! It's young adult fiction. Other than tuning in to Write On Con this year and going to a couple of writer's groups, I've kept pretty quiet about it and haven't read many blogs, etc. I'll check out the ones you mentioned.
This is the first one I've finished. (I've got a lot of first chapters I've collected over the years, though.)
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09-21-2013, 02:42 PM
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Congrats! I left my full time job a year and a half ago to write and I've never looked back! Released my fourth book last month! Hooray for working in pj's!
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Wow! What have you written? Something I can find? I need more new books.
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09-21-2013, 02:49 PM
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Congratulations MTSUGURL. That is awesome!
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09-21-2013, 09:54 PM
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Congratulations!
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09-22-2013, 01:23 AM
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Add me to the list of those:
1) Saying Congratulations!!!
2) Wishing you the very best of luck!
3) And wishing I had the time (and trust) to do the same!
PLEASE keep us posted!!
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09-22-2013, 01:09 PM
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Congratulations! Thats really impressive! I can't wait to hear more!
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