I am thrilled and relieved to report, that as of 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time today, I have completed the first draft manuscript of The Calling, my first original supernatural thriller.
Now I shall run my spell-check. When that is done, I will consider taking a few hours off before I begin my read-through and polishing draft, starting from page one.
But until then — can I get an “AMEN!” brothers and sisters?
AMEN!
It is my pleasure to report that I have, this evening, finished the first-draft manuscript of the final volume of the Star Trek Destiny trilogy, Lost Souls.
I still need to do a read-through and polishing draft, and it then it will need to go to my beta readers for seriously rushed comments and revisions so that I can turn this in before I leave for Mexico…
…but the manuscript is done, and I feel good about it.
It clocks in at 108k words, 490pp. I have been slogging away on this project for 16 months now, and there are still more months of copyediting, line editing, rewrites, and page proofs to come.
But at least all the fucking manuscripts finally exist. Hallelujah.
As of this evening at 9:15 p.m. ET, the draft manuscript for Star Trek Destiny: Mere Mortals, is finished. Final word count: just a wee dram over 100k.
Spell check is completed.
Now I’m putting it down for 48 hours. Tomorrow is a day off with my lovely wife, and on Wednesday I must report back to my full-time job.
But on Wednesday night, when I come home, and after I have dinner, I will begin my read-through and polishing draft. If all continues to go as hoped, it will be off to my beta readers over the weekend.
And while I await their feedback, I will begin the last leg of my literary death march, into part the third: Lost Souls.
Happy New Year, f-listers!
~ Dave
I am pleased to post that, as of 2:30 a.m. today, I have finished the first-draft manuscript for Gods of Night, the first book in the Star Trek Destiny trilogy.
As a reward, I will now have ice cream. Then I will sleep.
Tomorrow, I will watch some DVDs and read a bit, just for pleasure.
On Monday I will start my read-through of the ms., to make certain that it’s internally consistent, and to polish it up as I go along. If all goes well, I will turn it in to my editors by the end of the week, and move on to book two, Mere Mortals next weekend.
One down, two to go. Yee. And, might I add, Haw.