Today was an important day. Today was a day I will long remember.
No, not because the new Argos catalogue came out (although that merits a blog post in itself). No, I’ll remember today because it was the day I finished my line-edit for book one of my horror series.
That’s it. The final draft of the first installment is in the bag. No more changes shall be made, and so the manuscript I sent off today is the same one you’ll be able to buy in bookshops early in 2010.
It’s a strange feeling – almost sad in some ways. That was the book that let me “break through”, and it will now have to go off, stand on its own two feet and face the world. My insides are gripped by a strange mix of panic and pride. Or it could be heartburn, I’m not 100% sure.
Either way, it’s a momentous occasion. I plan to celebrate by making myself a jolly nice cup of tea, then cracking back on with writing book two and plotting book three.
In other news, I have become involved with an utterly brilliant online project. Can’t say much at the moment, for fear of having the flesh rent asunder by wicked, horrible beasties, but I’ll reveal all as soon as I can.
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Written by Barry
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