Magic Ink

Finished, at 82,000 words, the stick-a-forklike-implement-in-me, I'm done, draft of NIGHT LIFE.

I finished the first draft in April of this year, and spent 3 months on rewrites, ultimately adding 1 sub-plot and 9,000 words.

I started NIGHT LIFE in November of 2005, as my second false start in that year's NaNoWriMo. I first got the idea in the summer of 2004 and have three previous false starts, one an urban fantasy, one a paranormal romance with hints of romantica, and one nothing more than a very dry outline that still makes me cringe.

It has been a long, strange journey with Luna, Dmitri, Sunny, Mac and Alistair, but I can honestly say I have not regretted a single second spend writing this MS rather than going out, watching movies, eating, sleeping or spending time with other Real Live People.

I can also honestly say that I am so sick of the MS that were it Napoleon, I would banish it to Elba and be content to never lay eyes on it again. I have one more grammar/continuity pass to make, a formatting run and a run to add one minor bit of lore throughout the MS, and then tomorrow morning it will be going out to the two agents who requested it, and can type gleefully at the bottom of my cover letter, "The manuscript is complete at 82,000 words."

Posted by Luna on Tuesday, July 25 at 6:07 PM | Permalink