- writing until 3 a.m.
- finally watching How I Met Your Mother
- cat-sitting for my neighbor
- reorganizing our books by color
- not blogging
But here’s the thing: I’m close. Close to the end of the first draft. I won’t say how close, and I won’t predict when I’ll actually be finished, but as all those 2012 doomsday-ers say, THE END IS NEAR.
Be ready.
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I am with you right up until the organising your books by colour. Now I’m concerned (and not just by your American spelling!). But part of me wants to see a photo.
Oh and most importantly, great work!! So excited that your draft is almost done.
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Yea! First draft almost there. So inspiring to watch your progress.
I got distracted this week with watching all three seasons of United States of Tara on netflix streaming.
Funny, I went to blog today, fully intending to blog this very thing: What am I doing right now, and what do I have in store for the near future?
Instead I got sidetracked and talked about Star Wars toys.
Great progress, and can’t wait to see the finished product! Now, back to work on my own…
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Congratulations on making it almost there! I can’t wait to read it.
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Yay, yay, yay! Congratulations on being so close, and have the best time wrapping it up. Enjoy every moment :)
(Also, I agree with Amanda – can we see a picture of the books?!)
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Excellent news (except for the not-blogging part :-) ).
My last girlfriend was always bothered by the fact that my books are completely disorganized. She offered to alphabetize them for me, but I declined. Well, my parents were both librarians, and our books when I was growing up were never organized either.
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By color?
eeeek! so excited for you!
That is fantastic! I can tell you’re on a roll now! Finishing is going to be awesome! Okay! Enough exclamation points!
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Exciting!!!
Wow…writing until 3 a.m….AWESOME! I love those nights (or mornings) when you’re in the zone, writing so fast and furious that it feels like your fingers are gonna fall off. It’s a writer’s high. Enjoy it!
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Thanks, everybody!
I’ll take a picture of our shelves, but I warn you that we don’t have enough books to make the effect totally awesome. Just more awesome than what we had before.
YAY!! This is so exciting! I usually do my best work at 3 am … it’s quiet and peaceful! Can’t wait to read this book!
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Me too, recently I’ve been having short amounts of sleep because of all the things I wanted to do. There is much to do yet so little time especially if 2012 prediction would be true. Time is limited. I wanted to try things and adventures that I have not done yet before 2012 ends just in case.
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I can’t wait to celebrate with you. You have put a lot of effort into that writing, I am sure it will be amazing.
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First draft nearly done? Wow! Hooray!!
Virtual high-five!
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Kristan,
Good luck with your work in progress. I mentioned your recent Writer Unboxed post on my blog today. It really resonated with me since I was finishing up my work in progress and suddenly the cover art arrived for my already finished first novel. I then decided to go back and polish my novel (after seven rounds of line edits). Talk about juggling. Anyway, here’s a link to my blog:
http://www.cgblake.wordpress.com
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Thanks, y’all!
Em-
Yup, haha, there are a lot fewer distractions at 3 AM.
Samantha-
That’s a wonderful goal. Here’s to adventures! :)
CG-
Aw thanks, I loved your post.