Eeeee!! You're looking at my first printed draft of the new Canterwood Crest book! (I know it's blurry, but I didn't want to, you know, give away any plot secrets just yet...) YAY!! Sure, it's a mess and needs several edits and about 5,000 more words, but it's a draft! Woo hoo! I had old light blue paper, so I printed it on that and had fun editing on something that wasn't boring, old white paper. I love the sight of a new draft.
I celebrated by deciding to buy myself a new phone when I turn in the completed manuscript later in the summer. I've been desperate to have WiFi on my phone since I'm a serial e-mail checker, so I'm leaning toward a BlackBerry Pearl or the new iPhone releasing in July. Anyone have a BlackBerry Pearl? Like it? I've had my phone for a couple of years and it's time for a change.
Give me an update on your project status! Who's working on revisions? Or drafting? Share!
6 comments:
Congratulations, Jessica. That's great. I'm the same as you. Just finished the first draft of my middle-grade novel yesterday. Aaaaaahhhhh! What a feeling! My husband took me to dinner to celebrate last night. Now on to revisions.
Oooh, congrats to you, too! It's an amazing, wonderful feeling!! Yay! :)
Yay! I always like the look of a new draft printed out :D
Lets see...my editor has my first editorial letter coming the end of this week, which I am looking forward to with a mixture of anticipation and dread. And I'm still in the middle of book 2 draft 1, about 160 pages in. Fun starting something new after working on book 1 so long!
I think after I finish the first draft, I'll buy a new video camera :D mine is a misery to behold.
--K
Hey, Kaleb! Oooh, the first letter. Drum roll...
My tip--look at it, be emotional in whatever way you choose and then stuff it under your bed for the required and mandatory waiting period of 24-hours. Then tackle it at will. :)
Good idea on the camera!
Woohoo! New drafts are always exciting!! Okay, not that I would know since I'm a the tail-end of my first one ever, but still...it sounds very exciting.;) Congrats, Jess!
That's awesome!
I'm rewriting my teen vampire book, as well as writing another contemporary teen book. I'm not sure whether either of them will get published because I'm only 13 and I know I have a long ways to go writing wise but I'm willing to try.
Anyway, congrats! I can't wait for the series to come out. I LOVE horse books!
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