I’ll keep this post simple:
The first draft of Subnetworks is complete!
I slowed down in June, but started rolling downhill in July: final word count for the month was 14,500. Final word count for the novel? Probably too long. But who cares? I finally finished it!
Is it normal, when you finish a novel, to feel like you should get like a month off from everything?
You did it!!! Wooot!
Thanks, Lisa! I almost can’t believe it!
That’s quite impressive, sir. I finished a dissertation, but never something that creative. I wanted to turn off my brain, remove it, and soak it in a high-proof bath. Congrats!
Way to go! Let me know if you ever want a critique.
Thanks folks! I actually have another draft planned before I enter the critique phase, so it may be a while. But first, a few weeks of nothing but music to clear my head. My version of a high-proof bath. 🙂
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