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Friday, March 10, 2006

Stick A Stake In Me, I'm Done!

Happy happy joy joy, my minions. I just finished the first draft of Ninth Grade Sucks!

It ended at 31,248 words--pretty short of my 40,000 word goal, but I have no doubts that revisions will carry me at least to 40,000...and likely, beyond. I'm in love with the story--ugly as it is in its first draft form. And I think I did a pretty good job this time around. We'll see what my readers say after the second draft.

At any rate, it's a day of celebration, my minion horde. So make with the happy!

15 Comments:

Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Thanks, Bethany! I'm so geeked. Of course, now I'll be moving on to WONDERLAND after a brief reading break.

*sigh*

Ought to be interesting. ;)

9:15 AM  
Blogger Ewoh Nairb said...

*makin' with the happy, makin' with the happy*

OK, so now my co-workers are staring at me.

*hunkers back down to avoid more strange looks*

Really though, congratulations. The feeling of finishing the first draft is, at least for me, such a huge weight off of the shoulders. I was completely euphoric when I finished the first draft of my last (and still far from being published) book. However the need to write drove me back to the keyboard after 3 days... so much for euphoria.

Happy Friday and here is to a great weekend.

10:31 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Yay happy! Thanks. :)

I need at least a month away from the draft in order to see it clearly. But I busy myself with a lot of reading & occasionally, I'll delve into other projects. And vacuuming.

Well...not really.

10:34 AM  
Blogger Ewoh Nairb said...

You need a roomba!

11:40 AM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

What's a roomba? Is it like a maid, only free?

11:47 AM  
Blogger Ewoh Nairb said...

well, sort of... it is a robot that vacums your floors and carpets. So, it is like a maid, but not really. And you only have to pay once, not every time it cleans.

Here are two blog entries someone wrote about getting their first roomba:

http://www.earlygirl.com/roombah.shtml
http://www.earlygirl.com/roombaloo.shtml

And I'll be doing a lot of vacuuming this weekend. Downstairs. Upstiars. Stairs. Also need to scrub down all the bathrooms. Hope my wife appreciates it :)

1:06 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

I need one of those.

But only if it compliments my eyes and brings me chocolate. :)

1:09 PM  
Blogger Ewoh Nairb said...

Well, I'm sure with a little hacking that could be accomplished :)

That and a wee little spraypaint 'll do ya fine (said in Shrek accent).

1:14 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

As Jean Luc Picard is wont to say...Make it so. :)

2:11 PM  
Blogger Jackie said...

Huzzah, Heather! You and Vlad are AWESOME.

7:18 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Awww, thank you, Jax! *kish kish*

8:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Woo-hoooooo! Good for you, darling!

Proud of ya.

The Faery Lady ;)

12:38 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

My favorite Faery Lady!!!

Thanks, doll. ;)

5:13 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

congrats on the first draft ^v^

6:50 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Thanks, Batty!

5:24 AM  

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