I just finished entering the last 60 pages of edits.  The manuscript is, once again, complete.  It came in at 51, 623 words.

Of course edits are never completely finished.  The story is complete.  It has it’s logical timeline and there will be no further changes to the story.  However, proofreading will be next.

While those who asked to read it are doing so, I will be sitting with a fresh copy of it and proofreading for sentence structure, spelling and grammar errors before I announce that it is truly done and proceed to… well, what should I do with it?  Do I just go ahead and publish it myself… again, as usual?

And I need a title!  Oh boy… I need a title.  I hate titles.  I despise titles.  I am not friends with titles.

HELP!

I need to do a little happy dance if you don’t mind!  Perhaps I’ll attempt to do a cartwheel for the first time in many years!  Wow!  I still can’t believe it’s done…

It also feels like a small part of me has died too!  Those characters told their stories then followed through the edits to make sure their stories were correct; accurate.  Now all that’s left is the superficial stuff… putting on the dress and making it beautiful.  The characters I have to lay to rest.

Okay, now I’m sad.

As authors we traverse many emotions.  It’s not just telling the story or at least I don’t think so.  It’s getting involved in the story.  It’s feeling all the emotions of the story just like reading a book or watching a movie.

I have celebrated engagements, break-ups, illnesses, deaths, miscarriages, births, weddings and grand openings.  That’s an emotional roller coast.

Join me, my author friends!  Jump in and test the waters.

Is it worth it?

This is novel number 11… yes, it most certainly is worth it!