What Happens When You Finish a Book
I have some writer friends, professionals who make much of their living from writing, who finish one book and immediately start another. No downtime. No decompression. No wait between. I don't make my living from writing and don't usually have to do that.
l declared my latest book done this morning and sent it in to the Editor. About 73,000 words. A western/historical. I understand there may be edits down the line but for now I can let that work slip out of my mind. Or can I? Easier said than done.
The first part of the book was a bit of a struggle but once the characters jelled it became a lot of fun. And now it's done. And I don't have another book contract immediately. I have a few minutes to breath. But on my walk I found myself working over the ending of the book again. I had to make myself stop. And last night when I went to bed, I had to force my thoughts into unusual channels because I was not still writing the book, only giving it the final read through to make sure it was as good as I could make it.
Now, what am I going to do with myself today? Well, if you're reading this then you know one thing I'm doing. It's not a book but I'm going to write something today anyway. This blog, and probably a short flash fiction I've been asked to do. But not the book I've lived with for the past four months (give or take).
And what will I do tonight when I lay down to sleep? Every night for months now I've been living inside that book for a little while when I laid down. Tonight I won't need to. Tonight my thoughts will be free. That's kind of scary. http://38.34.178.204/home.php?mod=space&uid=903467 | http://teafish.cc/home.php?mod=space&uid=1732688 | http://16885858.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=279852 | http://bbs.xinhaolian.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1815229 | http://jszst.com.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1546144 | http://palangshim.com/space-uid-430768.html | http://www.jzq5.cn/space-uid-25862.html | http://a.8fnu.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=946010 | http://www.aibangjia.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=216000 | http://epmbi.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=264996
l declared my latest book done this morning and sent it in to the Editor. About 73,000 words. A western/historical. I understand there may be edits down the line but for now I can let that work slip out of my mind. Or can I? Easier said than done.
The first part of the book was a bit of a struggle but once the characters jelled it became a lot of fun. And now it's done. And I don't have another book contract immediately. I have a few minutes to breath. But on my walk I found myself working over the ending of the book again. I had to make myself stop. And last night when I went to bed, I had to force my thoughts into unusual channels because I was not still writing the book, only giving it the final read through to make sure it was as good as I could make it.
Now, what am I going to do with myself today? Well, if you're reading this then you know one thing I'm doing. It's not a book but I'm going to write something today anyway. This blog, and probably a short flash fiction I've been asked to do. But not the book I've lived with for the past four months (give or take).
And what will I do tonight when I lay down to sleep? Every night for months now I've been living inside that book for a little while when I laid down. Tonight I won't need to. Tonight my thoughts will be free. That's kind of scary. http://38.34.178.204/home.php?mod=space&uid=903467 | http://teafish.cc/home.php?mod=space&uid=1732688 | http://16885858.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=279852 | http://bbs.xinhaolian.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1815229 | http://jszst.com.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1546144 | http://palangshim.com/space-uid-430768.html | http://www.jzq5.cn/space-uid-25862.html | http://a.8fnu.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=946010 | http://www.aibangjia.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=216000 | http://epmbi.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=264996
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