Another Novel Written

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I hesitate to say "finished" since I associate that with a completely polished work. But I wrote an ending to the first draft of my children's novel yesterday--at 77, 577 words and 127 word-processed pages.

I'm not really happy with the ending, but I can't currently think of a better one. I'm also going to give it some time before I consider changing it because there are often many things I'm not happy with immediately after I finish a book. This happens to many authors, as I understand, and led some of them to try to burn or destroy what is later hailed as their best work. So I'll wait until I can look at it a bit more objectively.

So, currently, I'll concentrate on editing my fantasy novel and writing my next book. Editing, as I've said before, is far less satisfying than writing. It always feels like this endless, bottomless maw. I can't give you editing updates because, while I do go chapter by chapter, I can't say I've finished editing a chapter just because I've read over it once. Though, I suppose I could start keeping track of how many times I do read over them.... Okay, so currently just finished editing Chapter 3 for the second full read-through of my novel after most my beta-reader comments.

And I think I'll probably start editing my children's novel after I finish editing my fantasy. So hopefully by January. But if any of you are really excited and want to sign up as beta-readers now, feel free to do so in the comments of by email. And no worries to the beta-readers who still haven't finished my fantasy novel. I won't expect you to read all my books just because you read one.