Wa-Hoo! I finished my novel! YAY!

[shadowkat]

Wa-hoo! I finished my novel! I finished my novel! It clocks in at 96,973 words and approximately 255 pages. It only took me two years and three months to write. Best thing I've ever written in my humble opinion.

Now, comes the hard part. Revising? Nope. Having other people read it. Then sending it to literary agents and publishers. Then working on the next book in the series. Hopefully, with a full time job, I can clock in a novel every two years. Not giving up the day job any time soon. I come from a long line of frustrated novelists and artists on both sides of my family.

Feeling very proud of myself right now. Even if nothing comes of the novel. There's an odd feeling of accomplishment when you've completed one.

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

What a headache, I'm so sorry about the contest. If it is any consolation my mother told me she'd seen an article in the paper regarding it - apparently the contest originally required an entrance fee. Something like 50 dollars or thereabouts. But no one was submitting. So they changed it. Also quite a few people complained about the submission guidelines and how incredibly confusing and contradictory they were. I thought they had clarified some of that. But from your post, apparently they hadn't.

Sigh.

The scary thing is the contest was hosted by the marketing/acquisitions department of one of the major NYC publishing houses - either Simon & Schuster or Random House. There really is no excuse for not being clear about this. If you expect people to comply with your requirements, you should be clear regarding them.

Oh and thanks. Have made it through four chapters so far. This is really and truly my first draft...since I didn't really revise much as I wrote it, which I used to do. Just wanted to get the story out.